Someone mention vintage attachments?
 

I'm finally going through mine to make sure I have a set for each machine. I really don't need to be saving everything. These are top clamp and direct clamp feet.

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Most of these I know what they fit - Free, New Home, National, White, Standard and the the older oddball sets, Davis, Eldredge (pre National), Household, Demorest, Domestic (pre white), Foley & Williams, Wheeler Wilson, Wilcox & Gibbs, Florence and Howe High Arm, Royal, New Royal (quite different). And probably a few I've missed.

This is what I have to sort through - I'll be fitting them to machines to get them all sorted.

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After I get through this mess I'll get after the side clamp ones.

Keep posting this stuff, folks - every time DW worries about me, I show her the hardcore pictures and tell her I will never. ever. get. there. She believes it just about as much as I do.

WOW!!! That is some collection. It would be fun just to be able to look through. I will look through attachment boxes, just to be looking at them. It is so neat that you have machines that they go with and know so much about them. I know you have told us about the top clamp ones have different dimensions. I noticed you didn't mention Weed, though. I don't know what type they are called.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

I do have a Weed "Hartford" it also is a High Arm. I'm down to the "oddball" stuff, which is anything that isn't White, Standard, New Home, National or Free and New Royal. BTW - New Royal was made by Free, and is the only other machine that takes the 1/4" gap top clamp attachments.

I've got a bunch of Domestic attachments (pre White) and then I think I'll do the WW because they are easy to identify. Then on to the harder ones, but luckily many of the older sets have names on them.

I think I'm keeping about 2/3 of what I had - at least I'm going to have some room on the shelves in the workroom after this.

I've found this chart helpful for sorting through the top clamping feet when the boxes are only marked "Attachments" with no other clues. Not an easy task.

http://www.treadleon.net/library/topclampingfeet.pdf

Jon

Oh my! I am at a loss for words! It looks like there is one of every type in there, sew much fun!

Suzanne

Jon, I have something like that I've put together from my machines. However I find it easier to take the feet and try them on instead of using the calipers.

Yesterday I went through Free and New Royal, then National, New Home, Standard and White. So I got through the bulk of that. Then on to the "oddballs" and I've got Florence, American #7, New Williams, Household, Demorest, Wilcox & Gibbs.

Most of what I have left is Davis, Wheeler Wilson and then some I'm not sure about. I had gone through the Davis before and I think I already have sets for them, so all on the table may be extras.

After I get through the bobbins (round and long) and shuttles, then I'll start working on putting together a chart using all the top clamp machines I have.

Well, at least you have a large selection of machines to try all those attachments out on!

Nice to see you back, Cathy!

You are amazing. You probably sort and organize in your dreams!