looking for help with old singer
 

I just bought an old singer machine from an antique store and need some help to find the model numbers and what the machine might be worth. It is built into a table, the machine is in real good condition but we think the foot pedal is missing. Sandia

A picture would help, can't identify it without seeing it. If it's a black Singer, the usual spot for the serial # is on the bed right in front of the pillar and many have the model on a little plate right below the Singer emblem. Most models of black Singers can be identified this way. If it's a colored machine the model should be somewhere on the front of the pillar.
The controller is probably up under the cabinet in a bracket with a knee lever.

Cari

Yes, picture or serial number should lead us to the correct model number. If you can describe how the stitch length adjuster looks like it will help; knob, lever or nut-screw type. The placing of the top tensioner is a clue, as well as bobbin covers and shape of bobbin and bobbin case. Over all color makes a difference too :-)

Finding out what a machine is worth is very subjective. Here in the St Louis area on Craigslist there will be over 200 sewing machines for sale at any given time, sometimes 300. That definitely lowers the price. Generally these machines aren't worth much. But we love them so it doesn't matter.

finding the model number
 

With the serial number, you can go to http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...-database.html and find out the model number by looking up the serial number. You can also go to this site and answer some questions and it will tell you the model number. http://www.sandman-collectibles.com/id-singer-machines.htm#4.


bk

Is there a knee bar tucked into the table? The foot pedal could be mounted to the inside of the table and used as a knee control.

So the pictures I took I dont have on my computer just my phone. The machine is black and we think the foot pedal was taken off. I have a CAT.NO.BA3-B also has under that S.S.AU52-17-1. The machine was made in Elizabethport, NJ.

You have to send the pictures to your email or computer if you can't upload directly to the web from you phone. The numbers you post look like they are taken from the motor and not the body of the machine. A typical serial number have two letters followed by six numbers. Where it's placed can vary, especially later machines.

I am trying to email them so I can post, all I have right now is the plate I got the last info from. The machine is at my inlaws and they are not home for me to get any others.

I am going to have to get some other pictures so I can post them. The machine itself is Black with gold detail, and it folds down into the table.