Old Portable Singer
04-24-2011, 05:01 AM
#21
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: the first state - delaware
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i have a machine like this. all in tact. my mother had one (my sister, who does not sew, has it) i wanted one because i made my wedding gown on that machine 39 years ago. i love it and use it once in a while. i hope you get yours restored and are able to use it. happy easter
04-24-2011, 07:00 AM
#24
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Mars
Posts: 2,549
I would like to have one of these in my collection, too - mostly because being 3/4 size, it has the "cute" factor. ;)
But, it's also a great sewing machine with that perfect straight stitch. :)
Replacement parts are cheap and easy to find: I buy everything I need from shop.sew-classic.com or from a couple of eBay sellers.
There are free manuals for it on the web, but if you can't find one, p-mail me your email address and I will send you a pdf.
There's a ton of free info and instruction on the web about cleaning and maintaining these old machines - you don't ever have to pay a repairman for a clean, oil, adjust (COA) if you are interested in doing it yourself. Tools For Self-Reliance has about the best manual around for refurbing this machine and several others: http://www.tfsr.org/publications/tec...achine_manual/ (it's in many parts, lots of good pictures and clear directions)
Have fun! It's a cutie! :)
But, it's also a great sewing machine with that perfect straight stitch. :)
Replacement parts are cheap and easy to find: I buy everything I need from shop.sew-classic.com or from a couple of eBay sellers.
There are free manuals for it on the web, but if you can't find one, p-mail me your email address and I will send you a pdf.
There's a ton of free info and instruction on the web about cleaning and maintaining these old machines - you don't ever have to pay a repairman for a clean, oil, adjust (COA) if you are interested in doing it yourself. Tools For Self-Reliance has about the best manual around for refurbing this machine and several others: http://www.tfsr.org/publications/tec...achine_manual/ (it's in many parts, lots of good pictures and clear directions)
Have fun! It's a cutie! :)
04-24-2011, 09:16 AM
#26
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Lake Suzy FL
Posts: 224
Originally Posted by Tinabug
I have an old portable Singer machine that is in a brown & beige case with latches on the side. The handle is marked Singer. The machine is all black no decorative markings and the number that is on a little plate at the front left side reads AM057452. There are some other numbers on the back that read
CAT BZ 15-8
SS AU 52-30-24
Mfg. Elizabethport, NJ
Does anyone know what I have or direct me to a site to find out. I went to one site but the number I have wasn't there..thanks for any help.
Frankie
CAT BZ 15-8
SS AU 52-30-24
Mfg. Elizabethport, NJ
Does anyone know what I have or direct me to a site to find out. I went to one site but the number I have wasn't there..thanks for any help.
Frankie
Yes, there is a wonderful Yahoo group for vintage Singer machines. You can search on Yahoo for "Vintage Singers" and it should come up, and you have to join.
[email protected]
04-24-2011, 10:30 AM
#27
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Happily buried in a heap of fabric in Indiana!
Posts: 731
Originally Posted by Tinabug
I took these w/my iPhone, hopefully they might help with the identity. I hope I'm not being a PIA & I hope I did the attachments correctly. I'm eating purple peeps, lots of energy.
04-24-2011, 11:30 AM
#28
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Arizona
Posts: 873
Oh my gosh....what memories the photos brought. This is the same machine my mother had when I was a child and she made all my dresses on it. Later I used it to make clothes on. How I wish she had kept it. It got damaged in a move and the insurance paid her out. She bought new machine and was never happy with it. Hope you fix her up and keep it. It you decide to sell, let me know first.
04-25-2011, 02:25 PM
#30
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 391
Originally Posted by Tinabug
Mine has the look of the 99/128, but the plate on the left side of the foot is like a half circle, and the ones I have looked at online have a rectangle shape plate, strange.
Do you think maybe the difference is with the date mfg?
Do you think maybe the difference is with the date mfg?
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