I hope you get it open. Please show us a picture if you do!

I have one the same I will check out which way to turn it, I was also given a key just the other day, if it fits mine I can send it to you if you want it. Let me check it out first OK.

BTW if your DH damages that case I will RUN across the pond and beat him to death with a feather duster :twisted:

This is my one: http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/32...425x425Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/46...425x425Q85.jpg

A Singer 201K sews the most wonderful straight stitch and one of Singer's best machines.

My DH buy me one just like it. with no key!!! If you take a samll sreew drive and put it in the hole and ture easy you sure be able to get it open[ a drop of oil in the hole may help]. If that dose not work if you can get the top away from the base just a little you can slide a knife in the space and move the lock that way. If you was close I would love to help find the baby in the box.

It's out!!!!

Wow what a great find! Even if you have to buy a key, you got yourself a fabulous deal. Off to the locksmith with you!

Hello here's a bit of a tutorial. These cases can be difficult to open, but just go slowly and carefully.

I think I remember hearing that the key is a shape - like a square or triangle... Sorry, I do not have one to share. Don't let your DH break the box!! I have a machine that came without the top of the box, and am looking for a replacement. Not easily found :-(

Here she is in all her glory! Serial Number says she was manufactured in 1934.

What a beauty!

So what kind of a machine is she? She is a handcrank which is not surprising as many communities in Newfoundland did not have electricity until into the 40's and 50's.

I think she is beyond beautiful! ( and I was not actively looking for a vintage machine...)

Now that she is out should I offer it back to my sister? She really didn't seem to want it!

Maybe I have more of an affinity for it because my grandmother taught me to sew when I was 7 or 8 on her old Singer treadle machine. My sister two years younger didn't get to use that machine because by the time she was old enough my grandmother was dying.

What a beauty.