OurWorkbench

That is a slant shank machine. I've read that some have had trouble with the walking foot for the early slant shank machines. I think it had something to do with the height of it and presser foot lever hitting it.

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

OurWorkbench

Snap on adapters for low shank machines are pretty universal, now. I know years ago I got a cording foot for my Pfaff 1471 as it had a snap on adapter. However, it didn't work with that machine. I kept it anyway. I now have many machines and attachments. I now have the adapters that will work with that foot from a variety of machines.

Most of the sets of feet have an adapter. They are made for zigzag machines, but will work with the straight stitch machines. I noticed that on https://www.sewingpartsonline.com/ke...t=desc&index=1 that they have some screw on low shank hemmers in three sizes. They also have a few adapters and feet by themselves, in addition to the sets.

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

Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is the informed kind of info I’ve been looking for.

wayneair

what makes it a slant shank machine? I looked at it and I don’t see it angled in any direction...

wayneair

i took some up close pics of my machine, shank down, with and with out the foot, and without the foot measuring from the screw hole to the deck - which is 1/2”. https://www.quiltingboard.com/member...bums20311.html

OurWorkbench

Sorry for the confusion. I was responding to cashs_mom post at A noob that needs a little confirmation The 301 is a slant shank.

Your machine is a low shank machine,

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

wayneair

whew...good, i was sweating there for a little while wondering what I had missed and where I missed it. It looked like you were telling cashs_mom that mine was a slant and that was why she couldn’t find my model number because it was an odd machine.... thank you for pointing me in the right direction, thanks to everyone. I have a few foots on the way, they’ll probably get here about the same time as my material.

QuiltMom2

Definitely a short shank machine, very very nice! Have fun.

wayneair

Thank you! Planning on it.

juliasb

It sounds like you have a gem of a machine. Short shank and screw on feet. I had a Kenmore like this one time. It was a work horse. I grabbed it out of the trash one day and used it exclusively for years until the crank shaft just shattered. I started to learn to quilt on that machine. You should get many years of good use out of this machine.