Hi,
No, that is not my blog but I too own an Aldens. Mine is a model 140 that I think was made in 1958.
I have been searching for any info I can find. I saw your post and joined the quilting board to answer this post.
I know that Aldens was a mail order company that imported these machines from Japan and "branded" them.
There is quite an interesting history on the branded (also called badged) Japanese machines if you google "Japanese cloned sewing machines".
There isn't much info out there specifically regarding Aldens machines but there are similar machines since they were all made by the same factories.
I hope this helps you,
-Nik
Last edited by KuriousNik; 03-11-2013 at 11:17 AM.