Originally Posted by
Mickey2
None really, I just assumed it did. I have never done much sewing on a 401, but I have a Supermatic with lots of cams, and it does the reverse stitches. I thought the 401 did the stretch stitch patterns and simple over lock stitches. There's one currently for sale in my area and have been tempted to buy it.
Singer machines didn't have stretch stitches (reverse function stitches) until the mid 1960s or so.
Cari