Short backstory: My aunt is completely awesome, and upon discovering my fondness for old machines gifted me with an old Singer that she had bought to decorate her craft room years ago but no longer has room for it. I picked it up yesterday and just got it home this morning.
Here she is!
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Serial is 15017915 - I looked it up on ISMACS and all it could tell me was 1899. I LOVE these decals, all those little curlicues look so elegant and they're pretty much intact.
I am still learning how to ID the model of these machines and was hoping to cheat with an ISMACS ID on that! I am pretty sure it's a 27 or a 28? I am really shaky on those models; I think the only real difference is the 28 is a 3/4 size version of the 27...is that right? I'll have to measure but I think she's on the smaller side, so my guess right now is that she's a 28.
This is my first "shuttle" bobbin machine so I'm a little afraid to play with it too much, but I'll get over that pretty quick. It's complete as far as I can tell, the bobbin shuttle is there and there's a bobbin in it and another on the winder; my aunt says she has a couple more of the bobbins in a display case and will get those to me, too.
It's in really good shape - some rust specks here and there and some blemishes on the paint and decals but everything is there and she moves beautifully. The bobbin tire is shot but that's hardly surprising and I'm assuming a replacement won't be hard to find. The case needs some oil or something but it's in good shape too, latches all work, etc. What should I put on this wood to help protect it?
I laid the lid on its side and discovered a cubby full of attachments! I'm pretty sure my aunt didn't even know it was there. One of the attachments appears to have been modified (bent all to hell) and I have no idea what some of these pieces are for, so I have some learnin' to do there, too!
I noticed the stitch stroke is a little different, there's a sort of "bounce" to the needlebar movement. It doesn't just go down then right back up; it goes down and then slightly up then back down before starting the upstroke. Is that a VS thing? Or are my eyes playing tricks on me? I DID get very little sleep last night...
More photos - please ignore the kitchen clutter, that was the only room in the house with good lighting and some clear space at 6-something AM this morning when I got home.
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