Originally Posted by
lynnie
can someone tell me how i find out what model it is?
I'm thinking of going back to get the other ones. Opinions???
I'll ask my son to take photos over the weekend.
Thank you for saving it from the atrocity of the its intended purpose. One has to wonder why they would "get it cleaned and oiled and running" if they were going to make bookends with it.
https://www.sandman-collectibles.com...r-machines.htm has a good site to get started identifying Singer sewing machines.
If you are certain that it is a 201 then
https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.c...hich-is-which/ tells about the different varieties of 201s.
https://sewalot.com/singer_201k_sewalot.htm has some good history about 201s
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...-database.html can tell you the age of the machine.
The 201 has a very good reputation.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.