nickie876

hey so I forgot to mention in a post about the national sewing machine I asked for help about, in that same cabinet there was an attachments Tin box by greist attachments…if it all is from the same set that is literally amazing as it is in near perfect condition. I would like to get approx years this set was out so I can narrow down the national model as all tips I have received have sadly got me no closer to correct model info. So last ditch effort lol but this is an awesome set, but I have no clue how to use these attachments or what they do. So if could help I’d be grateful or just as long as I peeked your interest, I’d be glad. Have a great day and thanks in advance guys 😊

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Looks like a complete set of attachments for your machine. The manual for the Expert BT that I have posted the link to has the instructions for using the attachments starting on page 13.

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I forgot to mention, that there is a good possibility that this machine will take a what is considered a 20x1 needle. You didn't say what machine you made your quilt on (as mentioned in your profile). It looks like there are some needles in your attachment box. If you used a modern machine for the quilt, you probably used 15x1 or 130/705. As Zorba mentioned he was able to drop the 15x1 needle a bit and had it work. Compare the needles from your other machines to the ones found in the attachment box. The ones in the attachment box are probably longer.

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nickie876

I also don’t know exactly what some of these are called and I been trying and using those tips but attachments are too different to find any matching ones

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I saved the image and edited it with numbers and circles. You may have to enlarge it to be able to read.
1 ruffler instructions start on page 21 of the pdf
2 tucker instructions on page 16 of the pdf
3 quilting bar to be used with #6 instructions on page 25 of the pdf
4 & 5 are screwdrivers
6 quilting foot instructions on page 25 of the pdf
7 binder instructions on page 20 of the pdf
8 narrow hemmer instructions on page 13 of the pdf
9 seam guide instructions on page 8 of the pdf
10 needles
11 underbraider plate instructions on page 26 of the pdf
12 shirring plate to be used with the ruffler instructions on page 22 of the pdf
Items circled in red are wide hemmers instructions on page 17 of the pdf
Items circled in blue are bobbins instructions for winding on page 6 of the pdf and instructions for threading the shuttle on page 7 of the pdf


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nickie876

Thank you so much I was so at a loss I have been looking though patents all day lol made it to like 48,000 of them ranging from 1887-1915 roughly I believe I am lol so thank you