First sewing machine
 

Hello everyone,
Newbie to the forum and sewing. A few weeks ago I dug out my grandmothers old Singer Fashion Mate 257, did some googling and started learning to sew. While working on my fourth simple envelope pillowcase the one nylon gear in the top of it disintegrated. I started looking around on Facebook Marketplace. I didn't have much money to spend on a machine and have always been fascinated by the older machines anyway. I found a New Home model 446 in a cabinet that was covered in dust and looked to have sat for quite a while. I went to look at it and bought it. When I got it home I found and downloaded a manual for it. I cleaned all the dust off and out, oiled everything with SMO and here it is.
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Very nice and dashing mid-century sewing machine. New Home is probably just a badge on a Japanese-made Sewing Machine -there are experts here who will tell you more- but these are sturdy and easy to live with as welle as pretty ;)

Yes it was made by Janome. I believe it was made sometime between 1964 and 1968. It runs well and has all metal gears

Nice looking machine !

It should bring you years of sewing pleasure. I prefer the vintage machines over many of the machines made these days. They are much sturdy machines for basic sewing. Nice for making a quilt.

Welcome to the Quilting Board from Texas. It looks like your "new" machine cleaned up nicely. Hope you enjoy your new found hobby. We would love to see what you make on your sewing machine.

Wow. Looks like you got a treasure!

Thanks everyone I think I got a good deal for $20 and about 30 minutes worth of cleaning and oiling

You have a great looking vintage machine there, I'm hope you'll have many years of enjoying sewing on it.

Welcome from Arizona. There are a lot of very helpful people on this board. Don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it.

Very nice looking machine. You will have fun using it.

I doubt if any of us would pass up a machine like yours...even if we simply kept it for a backup machine. Congratulations on your "new" machine!

I have this New Home and I bought new in 1969 I think. I still have it and have used it for cloths, curtains and for covering furniture and car seats. It is a tough machine and sews great.

What a beauty! Welcome to the board from Illinois. I basically only make quilts but have sewn all sorts of things over the years. Several years ago I purchased a new Viking Sapphire. I have since learned I really prefer old heavy metal machines. I will warn you collecting these wonderful old machines is addictive.����

welcome to the board Sonny, and the joy of sewing. Lovely replacement machine. Those plastic gears from the 60's were Singers first real mistake. You can find replacement gears occasionally from someone parting out their machine, but they might only last 10 minutes so best to move on like you have.

Very Pretty. Is it left homing?

If by that you mean needle in the left position is normal yes it is, the guide marks on the needle plate are all marked from the needle in left position. To have any kind of guide mark for quarter inch I have to use needle right and use presser foot as guide

Welcome! Lovely machine. Hope you have many years of fun stitching!