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05-08-2012, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by sew.annie
...exactly what machine this is?
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05-08-2012, 10:13 AM
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Very strange, it has the old-school "Singerlight" on it from the 1930s, odd since it's a Centennial (1950 or '51). I suppose it could have been added after the fact. Muv, if you're reading this, do you happen to know if Kilbowie-produced machines used the older light fixture into the '50s?
05-08-2012, 11:31 AM
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Even stranger! Now I see it has the unmarked tension dial. That, the faceplate, the stitch length lever and the Singerlight all say 1930s, but the machine's a Centennial. Very curious.
I'm so used to cleaning machines that as soon as I saw the photo of the bobbin case, with the lint cloud above it, it made me want to grab my vacuum cleaner with the micro nozzle attachment.
I'm so used to cleaning machines that as soon as I saw the photo of the bobbin case, with the lint cloud above it, it made me want to grab my vacuum cleaner with the micro nozzle attachment.
05-08-2012, 11:35 AM
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Good point, Muv. I cannot reconcile the stitch length lever and some other things about the machine with the Centennial dating; I assume it's because I'm used to seeing Singers that came out of Elizabethport, and perhaps Kilbowie-produced, UK-market machines had different configurations.
05-08-2012, 11:44 AM
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Possibly because of the halt in production during WWII they had a bunch of older parts left and decided to use them up. Stranger things have happened in the history of sewing machine manufacturing!! LOL
I LOVE those RAF decals....you have a very unique and beautiful sewing machine. I certainly am very envious of it....you did good!!
I LOVE those RAF decals....you have a very unique and beautiful sewing machine. I certainly am very envious of it....you did good!!
05-08-2012, 01:23 PM
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Rain - I've slipped up. My 15K treadle is 1945 not 1940 (I have another Singer machine that is 1940) and it has the same stitch length knob, so I'm not surprised to see that a machine from only five years later has the same knob.
Thayer - My bobbin is like the 15K80 shown above.
Jljack - Kilbowie did not switch over to arms during the war but carried on with sewing machines. Some models had plain or black faceplates during the war.
Thayer - My bobbin is like the 15K80 shown above.
Jljack - Kilbowie did not switch over to arms during the war but carried on with sewing machines. Some models had plain or black faceplates during the war.
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