The machine should go back together and should actually sew - somewhere Cathy described how to get them apart - seems like a screw on the back and then the stitch lever. I think it is more fragile than the other small machines we have all posted above. I don't know if it would be considered a toy or if it would be a real machine. I kind of think mine will cheerfully be decorating my shop for a while.

Here is the picture that I found on the internet showing a naked Cinderella :o

AW Cathy, she's just like the rest of us - she looks better covered up... now I know why she is so light weight.

WOW! I've never seen a vintage machine taken apart like this...thanks for posting the pic. I've also never seen a Cinderella...looks like a beautiful machine...love the decals.

Cathy,

That is a neat little machine. If any machine could be used as a teaching tool for simple straight stitch machines, that one is it.

Joe

OK, looking at Muv's video, I see the tension spring wire on the 15 is going out toward the front of the machine, not toward the back. If you look at the mechanism from the face of the machine, the wire goes to the right, not to the left like a poster put a pic of earlier.

I had a bit of trouble with a Japanese 15 last night. The bobbin case and bobbin would roll out just as soon as I put it in. Some times it would actually stay in. I was going CRAZY... Things can cause - maybe more - maybe someone else will know...
ONE. The take up lever has to be ALL the way to the top of the space (this is true on my modern industrial sewing machine, too - it has a mark on the machine for where the bobbin will go in and it is the same position)
TWO: Be sure the bobbin is not bent or warped and fits in the case flat - any defect can cause the whole thing to roll out.
THREE: Be sure the thread is clear of the area - it should be sticking out - not in the path of the bobbin.
FOUR: Make sure the tail from the bobbin winding is cut off and not making the case stick out too far.
I'm sure there can be other causes of bobbin case and bobbins rolling out of a machine.

Miriam, what about the most obvious one . . . the bobbin case not being inserted correctly? I mean when it is in properly you should hear a little snap/click/pop like noise - then it is in place!

Nancy

Yup that too - it still rolls out... I don't know why...

I now am the owner of 2 different clones. One is an Admiral with a badge from Occupied Japan, the other an Ambassador I got off Goodwill for 25.00 which will be here on Monday. I think I'll have to rewire the motor on the blue one if I want to sew on it, but I haven't decided if I'm going to keep it or resellt it. I'll decide when it gets here and I look it over:
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