c0r1nn3

I am a cast iron singer sewing machine enthusiast..I have been collecting these machines for years and years...somewhat a little over 20 years. I am refurbishing a featherweight and another singer for a client and for some reason I cannot figure out if this is a singer 99 with a handcrank or if its something else. if someone would please help me identify this machine I would be ever so grateful! I know I hardly get on here but im so busy with my business of servicing machines all day everyday that I just now am able to sit down and do this... I have a meeting with him tomorrow ( I know I waited till the last minute...) but any help would be great! Thank you so much!

c0r1nn3

I looked up the serial number which is Y373183 already and I believe what I found on ismacs was wrong...

OurWorkbench

It looks like a 99 to me and at http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...l-numbers.html for Y373183 would be in the line
Y- 354911 379910 99K 25000 February 23 1922

Oh, another good site to help identify Singer machines is https://www.sandman-collectibles.com...achines.htm#27

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bkay

Janey is usually right. However, just looking at the shape of the machine in your photo, it has to be a 99 or a 66. If it's a full size machine, it's a 66, if it's small, it's a 99.

bkay

c0r1nn3

That is what I was thinking and what I found on ismacs website... its confusing because I have never seen those decals before.

Also im not sure how to do this one because I don't want to mess up the decals but the paint is sort of kinda funky on the top by the hand crank and I just noticed *first time looking at it since I got it* that the hand crank is rusted. I might need a new one... possibly?

I knew it would be a 99 because of the size.... just the decals got me

Thank you both for everything !!

OurWorkbench

Those are Filigree decals, for both the 66 and 99 per http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...ic-decals.html I saw a good comparison of the 66 and 99 at https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.c...r-66k-and-99k/ There are some other ways to tell the differences between the 66 & 99. such as the face/nose plate, the amount of space above and below the arm, the location of the badge if it is a knob stitch length and whether the decals end on the arm or go into the nose area. Another good source, for identifying some of the Singer sewing machines from photos, is a 5 part series which starts at http://vssmb.blogspot.com/2011/07/vi...g-singers.html

Probably the hand crank can be cleaned and lubed. The machine needs a face plate, tension assembly, bobbin case, needle plate, slide plate and probably some other things - from the pictures I saw.

I wish I had a hand crank 99.

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bkay

Are you talking about the rust on the metal part of the hand crank? If so, it will probably polish off with metal polish.
Also, buying an original hand crank is pretty expensive.
I've never messed with a hand crank. Leon does it all the time, as he and his friend do demonstrations on 99 hand crank machines and he has several, some with original and some with reproduction hand cranks. He will be a good person to ask about that.
bkay

leonf

bkay and Janey are right. That hand crank is good and valuable, cleaning and polish, and oil will do it wonders. then you can clean up the other bits too.

I haven't done a handcrank demo since Friday. Actually Iris did the demo on it while I was doing demo, talk and introductions for serious bikers to a Penny farthing., Most of these folks have ridden bikes 500 miles across Kansas. Only one was able to ride it.

liking quilting

I believe it is a Singer 99K made in 1922.