Originally Posted by
GardenLady68
I have another question, some say they are a vibrating shuttle. How do I know if that is what I have. I have trying to get a manual and want to make sure I get the right one.
Davis only made vibrating shuttle underfeeds for Sears. Here is a cleaner pdf copy of the Burdick manual. I can't recall ever seeing a Davis model E / Minnesota A manual. There are a few similar ones. Some of the diagrams in the Burdick manual show the model E with the rectangular needle bar and thick face plate. Evidently they didn't have time for proper diagrams.
https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollec...f/sil10-37.pdf
Jon