J3General

Your 27 appears to be a September 30, 1901 if you assume your serial number is L 10,452, 2xx, which it probably is. I learned you have to really note how many numerical digits are in these earlier Singer serial numbers.

John Thomas in NC

leonf

I feel like you re staying to topic on your 2 machines, so I think you are fine.

bkay

I don't think there is any limit. When you quit posting or others quit answering you, the thread will die.

As long as it's interesting and/or someone has something to contribute, it will keep going.

bkay

OurWorkbench

I appreciate that all your 27s are in the same thread. Thank you.

I didn't think I would ever learn to treadle. I tried many years ago. My sister told me how much she enjoys treadling, I finally sat down and just "played" on one. It really is neat, once you get the hang of it.

Besides feet and attachments that don't belong with machines -- there can be some rather unusual and interesting things that can come with these old machines. Also some gross things, too.

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

Dougstermd

So I guess I was too tired to proofread my post yesterday. As it turns out I went from trying to resurrect my 1901 model 27 to owning three of them all within 24 hours. These things should not multiply so fast. I bought the second machine for parts but instead it was too nice. So I found another with just the machine and table top for $25. It has lots nice parts that I need. The T serial number on the 3rd machine has me stumped.

Mickey2

I find new info all the time searching up serial numbers, from the Singer site; serial numbers starting with single letter T is made from 1906 in Podolsk, Russia. Archives were likely lost in WWII, or some other disaster.

Dougstermd

“J3General” after closer inspection I see the L now and yes that puts in in the same year as my original machine from my family that I am trying to resurrect. Thanks for steering me straight on this. Btw I’m in Newbern NC.

OurWorkbench

That is not a T serial number. Thank you for posting a picture of it. Go back and read post #32 as J3General says the most recent acquisition is a September 30, 1901 allocated serial number at Elizabeth, New Jersey.


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

Dougstermd

I really like the first method you mentioned. I was trying to hand wheel it backwards. I finally opened the bobbin cover and watched the shuttle in reverse and it does not pick up the thread correctly in reverse. Causing my birds nest under the needle plate.
Again I appreciate all the awesome info I’m picking up on this forum. Everybody on my Facebook page thinks I’m some sort of Jedi singer master. You folks and some YouTube videos gave me the confidence to finally tackle my family machine.
heck I’m a helicopter mechanic. I don’t know why I have been so scared to actually get this machine operational.

leonf

And do you try reverse pitch on a helicopter? Some things are just not meant to be done. hehe
100 yar old technology that was used for 50 years isn't so scary. And lives aren't depending on your work.

Ok unless you ride in a home sewn balloon like I did.