"Favorite" sewing machine... who made this???
 

Pics? A name is just a name, manufacturers used many names and there was a lot of crossover.

Cari

Bernina made one called favorit, like this one: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mckin...ine/1096680315 540, 640 and 740

look inside it for plastic parts

I still am sewing on my Bernina 1530. Best investment I ever made.

Saw one at an estate sale. Didn't have the cash on me. Was short $5 and they wouldn't hold it for me till I came back with the rest and weighed a ton. Grrr!!

Most sales I go to I'm short of cash. Carol is good at making sure I don't have too much money to burn. She's smarter with money than I am. I ask people to hold things pretty often.
I'm surprised they wouldn't hold it for you or negotiate the difference. I don't think I've had anyone refuse to hold something for me. Usually if someone is willing to wait I'll pay full asking price. It seems fair to me. I also only ask for enough time to go to the bank and back.
Rodney

I thought I had posted a pic... trying again...

old style bobbin winder, stitch regulater on pillar, round needle plate, top tension -

first off, I'm only good at US machines (and then I'm still guessing). It has the tension most similar to New HOme (but it's missing the lever) but I've not found research showing that New Home made a fiddle base machine.

Otherwise I'd think Eldredge/National, except for the top tension.

And I do know Standard used the Favorite name, but it has none of the tell tale Standard marks.

It is yours? if so, the form of the presser bar where the foot attaches is also an identifier, as is distance between the presser bar and needle, and if the needle is centered or offset from the presser bar.

DH enlarged picture - and it looks a lot like my older New Home as far as top tension, bobbin winder (and I see in the enlarges picture that is does have the cam) and flywheel.

If you take the presser foot off and the bar has a step to it - so far New Home is the only one I've encountered like that.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psa677dd65.jpg

At times, the companies made machines that had the "look" of another mfg that was more popular, but usually the similarities were on the surface, so the underside / inside workings looked quite difference.

no, this is not my *yet* -- someone nearby offered it for sale on a group I belong to. It is a beauty, but she is asking $200 which seems to be quite a bit for an "off brand" machine. I am enamoured with the fiddle base, and the different wood on the base

I think I'd pay $200 for it, but it's because it's something unusual, and I love the unusual. It's not real often I come across a machine that has me stumped - and I'd buy it just so I could do the research in depth to determine who the Mfg was. It could be one of the few that are really uncommon.

And if it is made by New Home, it's not an "off Brand" at all, unless you call any Non-Singer an off brand LOL!!

Faye,

Certainly not a common machine. I found more pics and a discussion topic from the Needlebar. New Home and Remington is mentioned but it doesn't sound positive. Scroll down to "Favorite".

http://needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php/Ericka

Jon

I only meant that it was not a big name brand. I am aware that a lot of manufacturers made "branded" machines. I really do think that if I can get her to reduce the price (only because I am now permanently on disability and money is tight) I would like to buy it. It is indeed a beautiful specimen!

I hope you do get it, and share more pictures and details! I've got detailed measurements on a lot of US mfg machines, and would love to be able to add this one and see where it "fits"

There are a few instances where companies worked with each other, and you end up with a machine that is sort of a hybrid. And a few times someone with a new idea would contract with an existing mfg to thier machine for them.

This machine does appear to have a lot of New Home influence, but it's not like any of the documented New Home models.

In looking at the Needlebar pictures - my oldest New Home has the exact same shuttle carrier (which is different than my later New Home) the foot looks identical too, the face is quite similar and the tension is the same, which is also a bit different than later New Homes. The presser foot lifter lever is also the same. However the underside is very different. I did not open up my machine to compare the innards!

My oldest New Home is one that looks like those that used a boat shuttle, but mine is slightly newer and takes a bullet style shuttle.

I even hiked out to the shed to look over my other machines to see if I could find others that were more similar.

Here's another possibility. Too bad the sewing machine isn't pictured:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/504121752016768976/

Jon

The treadle cabinet could be compared on this one:

https://books.google.com/books?id=pi...chicago&f=true

Oxford Manufacturing, bicycle maker, under same address and uses the same ad:

https://books.google.com/books?id=0h...epage&q&f=true




Jon

What ever it is I don't think the price is way high for the condition and I like the machines with different names to them, makes it interesting I think.

here is a link to a thread with some interesting discussion about the possible origins of these machines
http://needlebar.org/bb2/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9259

hmmm- maybe some day I'll see if I can sign up for needlebar, but I think they are quite selective on how they accept. Not sure if I'd be "acceptable" lol!!

Hopefully the Needlebar will open up membership soon. The owner is having some health problems.

Wow, this Favorite is near me

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/atq/5295339871.html

Jon

Are you in the car yet, Jon?

No, my cup runneth over. Open season on this one.

Jon

Jon- go get that and ship it to me! You can keep the treadle base!

I'm serious - I really love the odd ball machines and would love to get one of those.

Jon, have you noticed that there we a lot of "Manufacturers" listed in vintage adds that weren't "real" manufacturers? I've seen quite a few that way. It seems that someone would contract with an existing sewing machine factory to make their machines for them. Some appear to have a few differences than what the factory normally produced, but enough similar to make it interesting.

Very true. I suspect Oxford Manufacturing at the very least marketed and distributed the Favorite. I think more research is needed to determine the maker. The machine and irons bear a resemblance to New Home. New Home took Oxford manufacturing to Court for infringing on Home and New Home brand names. The same article also states Oxford never made any sewing machines but bought from others.

Jon