Originally Posted by
themadpatter
Denny,
The best way to have the people here confirm the model of your machines is by posting pictures. Plus we all love to see them, lol. Also, one way to tell if you have a 128 or a 28 is by measuring them. One is smaller. I forget which one, but there are many others here who have that memorized. So, I just think of it as not my department, lol.
Welcome, and I have to second leonf's idea about that Spartan, lol.
Actually the 128 and 28 are the same size and considered to be 3/4 machines. The 27 and 127 are the full size machines. I was thinking there had been some discussion here on QB about the differences. I can't seem to find it now. I was thinking that generally it was thought the most visual difference was the location of the bobbin winder. I tried to find it as I think there was some crossover, I just checked the model lists on ISMACS (acronym for International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society) and see that the 28 and 28K were produced 1890- 1918 and 1890-(1943) respectively. The 128 and 128K were produced 1912-52 and 1912-62 respectively. So probably the serial numbers would be the best determination. (Although there have been discrepancies noted.)
A thread here on QB about the differences between 115 and 15 can be found at
Singer mdl 15 vs the 115, what's the difference? There was a later 115 that looks more like a 201 than the early 115s manufactured 1912-1935 The 1915 manual for the 115 can be found at
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...ine-manual.pdf (Not affiliated with link) The one on the Singer site is for a different machine.
Leon is correct about the the reproduction hand crank are not the greatest, but can work.
I agree with KalamaQuilts "kudos for keeping family machines running and in current use."
I'll give another thumbs up for sew-classic.com about a good place for parts.
Yes, we like pictures.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.