Shelli

I am looking for this manual also if anyone can help me.

sergethrift

Jleigh, if you made a scan of the manuals, could you please send me a copy too?

I have a Free Westinghouse 603, have never been able to find a manual anywhere! Maybe this would at least be similar!

Or if anyone has a Free Westinghouse 603 manual, please let me know!

Rodney

Sergethrift, welcome aboard. This thread is 4 years old, many of the people responding aren't active anymore. If your machine looks like the one shown, it's a 15 clone-a Japanese copy of a Singer model 15 with minor differences. A Singer model 15 manual would be close enough to help you. They're available as a free download at Singerco.com.
Rodney

Toluca Moon

Hi there...I have this same blue machine w serial #5052. It is in a wood cabinet w a rattan insert and lifts out on hinges. Anyone know it's value?

Cari-in-Oly

Sadly, while these Japanese clones are really great machines, there is not a lot of value in them. The US was flooded with them after WWII so there are literally still millions of them. The pretty colored ones tend to get a little better price than plain black ones, but still, not much. It's only worth whatever someone is willing to pay you for it. I have several and have paid anywhere from $5.00 to $20 for all but one of mine. One I paid a lot for but it's an original hand crank machine in a pretty green.

Cari

SugarCopper

I bought a 303 and realized it had no foot peddle. Where could I find one? Also where would it plug in? Photos would be appreciated.

Cari-in-Oly

Your machine should have a short cord with a plug coming off the motor, and one for the light as well if it has a light. These plug into what's known as a cord block. The cord block has two cords coming off of it - one to the outlet in the wall and one to the controller(either a foot controller or a knee controller, used often when a machine is in a cabinet).
The cord block you need is shown here on this page - https://shop.sew-classic.com/Univers...-Wire_c50.html it's the first item on the page. You add the controller of your choice to it.

If your machine is in a cabinet, look underneath and check to see if the controller is mounted under the cabinet.

Cari

leonf

Cari's link didn't work for me. This is one of my cord blocks. Most are not labeled so nicely.

https://www.quiltingboard.com/member...922-590161.jpg

OurWorkbench

Leon is right, most are NOT labeled as clearly as his is.

SugarCopper

As Cari said you should have some wires coming off the machine. The cord block can be found here -
https://www.shop.sew-classic.com/Cor...143-SCE143.htm

You'll notice one end has a plug to plug into a wall outlet and the other has two wires that would connect to the foot pedal - aka motor controller. Sew-classic has a wiring service at
https://www.shop.sew-classic.com/Foo...SCE-Wiring.htm

And for your machine you would want either of these foot controls to be wired to the cord block.
https://www.shop.sew-classic.com/Foo...p-SCE168FC.htm
https://www.shop.sew-classic.com/Foo...TAL-SCE507.htm

If you do not have a manual, one that comes close can be found at http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...al-rotated.pdf


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

leonf

If you have an unlabeled cord block; plug in the light first. If it is on you are OK, if it isn't try the foot pedal and see if it acts as a dimming switch. Then pug it into the other socket. If you plug a motor into the wrong one it will spin full throttle...ooops. Ask me how I know...hehe