American #7

Old 03-16-2015, 07:37 AM
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She showed up today - other than the bent spool pin, I'm real happy with this one. The pin was bent in the sale pictures- does anyone know if it's threaded or pressed in? DH will remove it and then see if he can straight it, but not for a while (he needs to get my shed done first).








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has a unique shuttle and bobbin







The stop motion is a pin - press down and over and it pulls the pin from the hole in the flywheel, so the outer wheel can spin free.



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interesting "hinge pins"





Serial number in a unique location





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Neat machine! A lot of pretty unique features to that one.
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Great machine -- some really interesting details such as the length dial and the teardrop bobbin case. The underside's shaft is interesting and the serial looks as though each number were eyeballed, then stamped by hand.

Nifty machine!
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It is so fascinating to see how things were made in the past. So intricate!
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The No 7's seemed to be the last gasp of the American BHO company. The handcrank one I have is very different but also uses that same odd shuttle/bobbin. It seems like they were trying to hit the sweet spot in the new "cheaper machine" market. there are even two versions of THIS American Cathy has. The earlier one has the top leaf tension like mine.

This one is VERY cool. Maybe I should make a No 7 Display with one of all three models known! hehe
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Very interesting shuttle have not seen that one before. Nice find you will have fun putting that one back to work she is very pretty with all of those decals and love the engraved OIL. Thank you fro sharing.
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Hi,
I'm new to the group and I found EXACTLY what I was looking for here. I have my great grandmothers American No. 7 treadle with the cabinet, but I have virtually NO decals left. My serial #is 96439 so perhaps mine is a little bit older? I am thrilled to see photos of one in much prettier condition than mine; however I love mine and have hung on to her for years and years because she's "family". Does anyone here know how long this company was in business? Were they cheaper than a White? Singer? just curious. Thanks!
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The full name of the company is: - American Button-Hole Overseaming & Sewing Machine Co.

Here are some research links
- Needlebar
- Sewalot
- Sewmuse
- Smithsonian
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