I just got one of the teal colored ones that is scarred pretty bad but pretty complete except for a manual. the ISMAC needle list shows it under Davis???? and says the needle is CC? Is that correct? did you touch up the spots of missing paint? Are the bobbins same as a Standard Rotary? I only got 1:(

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The seller did an EXTRAORDINARY job of pkg!! Almost couldn't get to it!!!

I didn't touch up any paint. The paint on mine was actually decent. It was the shellac that was terrible. The machine I have takes standard 15 x 1 needles. As for the bobbins, mine only came with one too. If you find out what they are and if they're still available, let me know.

I would be tempted to do a repaint on yours considering the paint loss. But the time involved in that is a big commitment.

Candace!! You did a beautiful job!! I am amazed at the difference!

Is the bobbin case similar to a Singer 221? How do you wind the bobbin?

No, the 221 bobbin case is much improved. The bobbin case on this machine is quite fiddly for lack of a better word. You put the bobbin on the knob that juts out on the right side of the machine. You run the thread through the handle of a pair of scissors to control the thread path.

Mine came with a 15x1 needle in it, but wouldn't pick up the thread til I dropped the needle about 1/8" which leads me to believe it was either adjusted for a 20x1 needle at some point, or that the earliest models used that. But when I google Standard Sewhandy i can't find any good info. any insight on this. I'd buy the 2nd vol of the book "Before the Featherweight-Sewhandy" Vol II but can't find it for sale. And the google preview skips the page on needles.

The manual for the GE SewHandy specifies 15x1 needles and mine came with a GE branded needle packet that was labeled 15x1. It sews great with them. GE would be the earlier machines.

Standard before GE, Osan Etc. 1928.

So, GE didn't create this machine and bought it from Standard?

That book i mentioned is previewable on google and vol is avail for Nook. Im Nookless. But yes thats what i read. im going to see needle bar for 15x1 and see how it goes. Mine is early production 1928. Chanes til cease production in1938