Originally Posted by
bkay
It appears to be a 15 clone. The story is that the US gave the plans for the Singer 15 to Japan after WWII, so that they could re-start their manufacturing base. As I understand it, it's almost/exact replica of the Singer 15 (I've never owned a 15 clone, so I'm speaking from hearsay). They came out will all sorts of good old American names.
It is not a left homing machine. Are you sure you want a left homing machine?
bkay
Thanks for the information. I'm not sure what you mean by left homing? Do you mean the needle sets to the left when it's running? If so, that's not what I was looking for. I'm looking for a machine that doesn't have all the body parts in the way on the left like the new machines have. I've started sewing bags and I'm having a hard time with the bottom of the bag because my Janome 9400 has so much on the left side of the needle/foot so I can't get close enough to the foot with all the stiff fabric.