ginnie6

the black one is my Grannie's old machine. It was badged Royal on the front but it came off. I added the handcrank to it when the cord became dry rotted going to the motor. Dh says he will repair it one day.....
The 2nd one is one I got off freecycle. It sews wonderfully but has the left needle position which makes it kind of odd.
The third one is the machine dh just brought me today. I know nothing about it except that it runs. I'm wondering if class 15 bobbins will work in it?

The only one I don't have a good picture of is my Singer 127 treadle. The decals are all silvered on it so it doesn't look great. I hopefully have found a redeye though that looks good to put in my treadle base.

cjomomma

Wow, nice machines. I don't think I have ever seen one like the third pic. Let us know when you get some info on it.

sharon b

What fun machines, and what a sweetie of your hubby to bring you a new machine ;)

Charlee

Nice machines Ginnie! I think the New Home is maybe from the 40's...I found one that looks similar on Needlebar...that one dated between 1944-1949...your's may be earlier than that from the looks of it. :)

Lostn51

Ginnie I like the hand crank, and the New Home, and the.....Oh heck I love them all!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

The color of your New Home is rocking and I really like how the bobbin winder attaches and is used. The more I see the Handcranks the more I am liking them. Since I have a Singer 128 coming my way (Thank you Jan!!!! :thumbup: ) I am thinking about making it a handcrank.

That is the machine I will be doing the tuturial on how to clean and preserve a machine, and might as well do one about how to convert one to a handcrank also. Would anyone be interested in a conversion tute?

Billy

ginnie6

well I have a headache this morning so am wasting my day sitting here online instead of sewing. I did play around with the wheel on the motor and got the machine a tad quieter and i think actually cleaning it will help more. I know better than to tackle tearing it apart though when I feel like this.
I also found out that there were 3 model numbers used on this machine....NLB, NLH, and AHC. The most info I found gave a serial # of 471451 made about 1930. Mine is 909684 so I'm guessing it was made in the late 30's to mid 40's? I do have a call in to the company to see if I can date it.

ginnie6

the handcrank is really fun to use. Its not hard at all like you think it would be and piecing on it is so accurate.

amma

You have very beautiful machines :D:D:D

littlehud

What cool old machines. They are beauties. Thanks for sharing them with us.

SewExtremeSeams

Yes! I think we all would like you to do all the tutes you can think of.

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