A couple new pictures
 

Here are a couple of the other machines that I have found so far: a Minnesota and an Elite. I have just removed them to a different location and haven't even wiped the dust off yet, lol

Very cool. For belts i like The Treadle Lady on Etsy. Then i bought a giant spool because i realised i needed so many. 😁

But she's pretty awesome. While you are there buy a copy if her little Treadle book.

The Elite looks to be an early 15 clone made in Japan. There is a thread about them at https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictur...p-t164361.html I say it is an early as there is not a knob to lower the feed dogs. There is a manual for the 15 clone machines at https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mac...ion-manual.pdf There is another at https://www.manualslib.com/manual/10...Morse-200.html Both have the feed drop knob on the bed. I'm not sure if the feed dogs can be dropped like a Singer 15-90 machine as seen at https://www.manualslib.com/manual/18...page=35#manual

The Minnesota looks like the one in this thread https://www.quiltingboard.com/vbulle...e-t276831.html I'm thinking the post about the needles at https://www.quiltingboard.com/7497839-post2.html would apply to your machine. One of my posts about Minnesota A machine can be found at https://www.quiltingboard.com/8414961-post27.html Minnesota machines were sold by Sears, but some were made by companies other than Davis (Davis made yours). The link at https://ismacs.net/sears/sears.html tells of the Sears machines.

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ETA - There are some that think the clones are as good as Singers and maybe even be better.

Pedal
 

I found this late last night in a corner in a box wrapped up in plastic. I know that the cord is in terrible shape and it looks 100% original and it's cast iron and really heavy, lol. I don't see a name or part number or anything like that anywhere on it. Any clues?

I've seen one in person but never did figure out what machine it may have come with. I should have coughed up the 30 bucks and brought it home.

It is for a Western Electric. If you download the manual for "Western Electric Number 2 Portable Manual" at https://ismacs.net/national/national...n-manuals.html it is illustrated on page 6 of the pdf. There was another similar one for a Western Electric as seen at https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintag...e-t148766.html

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ETA - I think you will find some odd ball plug for the motor.

That is very interesting
 

Well, that is extremely interesting. I know that he worked for a Western Electric plant for several years until they were bought out by AT&T....

I found this in one of the cabinet drawers, can anyone tell me what machine this was made for or would work better with? I can't find any information on it anywhere. It even has the original receipt in the box dated Nov 14, 1967 😊.

It appears that it could be put on many machines (universal). I can not tell how it would be attached to the machine from the picture. I'm wondering if it has a regular light plug and a bracket that one might be able to attach to the back inspection plate of many machines.

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