Originally Posted by
SteveH
THIS is why I collect OLD machines... wow....(head spinning)
Yea....mine too. If anyone sees an error in my information, let me know, please. I’m not sure that I have even that little bit of the combinations all straight yet.
Singer made a bunch of different feed combinations for the Singer 31-15 and models similar to them. In many cases, feed combinations are interchangeable between models 31, 44, 95, 96, 195K, 196K, 241, 245, 251, 281, 331K, 366K, 400W, 451K, 491, 600W, 1300, and Centurion 121D Class.
It almost seems like Singer kept making new feed combinations (foot, plate, feed dog) for the earlier machines, especially the 31, 44, 95, and 96 class machines, to take on new sewing tasks with old machines. There are feed combinations for regular work, medium heavy work, heavy duty work, auto upholstery & seat covers, shirt work, regular duty chain-off, heavy duty chain-off, light to medium chain-off, fine work & permanent press, special long stitches, collar & back binding work, binder work, feeds for edge cutter work, darning work, and plastic-coated work to name a few. And there were multiple combinations for most of those feed types, sometimes by simply substituting a different foot, and the number more than doubles when you throw in the Teflon-coated plates and rubberized feed dogs. Then later, machines were developed for more specific tasks that had totally different feed systems, but apparently, the demand was still there for new machines to replace the old worn-out ones, so they kept adding new models that took the old feeds. I don’t know this for a fact, but it sure looks like it to me.
CD in Oklahoma