http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-42490-1.htm

Above is what I posted yesterday about my find. And here are the pics and the links I used to research for sure what it was. If I am wrong, please correct me.

http://www.sandman-collectibles.com/...r-machines.htm

Using this site, I decided it must be a model 66-16. But, I answered the questions without the machine in front of me, and with only what I could see on my camera, so may decide differently later when I have a chance to examine it more closely.

http://www.singerco.com/support/model_number.html was used to determine it was one of Singer's earliest machines, and going by the serial number, it appears to be made in Elizabeth NJ USA in 1930.

From what I can find, Featherweights were first made in 1933, and so this must be the cast iron (my hubby says it seems like it is) predecesor - the SewHandy? I can't remember where I got that info...

Anyway, I think it is a great find, and whether it works or not (I haven't had time to play with it yet), it will be a beautiful addition to my quilting area.

Great find! We have a couple of nice pieces of furniture resuced from dumpsters in Lincoln years ago. I think Lincoln must have the nicest trash around!

How lovely a find! Just clean her up and try her out later. The cabinet can be refurbished too, I think! Congrats on the Dumpster find!

That is a totally awesome find!

Wow!!!! :shock: I can't believe someone would just throw that away. You know whoever owned it originally would just die if they knew, or turn over in their grave! What a great find. I must admit I'm experiencing a bit of quilter's envy at the moment. :lol:

What a GREAT find :mrgreen: Can't wait til you have time to play with it and see what all it can do :thumbup: Thanks for sharing

Lovely, thanks for sharing the photos.

Great Dumpster diving!!! We don't have dumpsters in our neighborhoods, but I have walked the neighborhood and gotten some great stuff.

Here is a great tip, if you live near a college town, go drive around campus just as the sudents are going home for the summer. My friend told me she picked up 6 sewing machines one day!

Wow, that is amazing! I work at a college, and I can verify that everything imaginable is thrown away - it is easier than hauling cross country, or paying to ship it when the student flies!

I live near Notre Dame and they no longer throw things away :cry: The students leave it in the dorm room and after they all leave the college collects the items and then has a HUGE yard sale. Granted the money goes to charity, but now they even charge you to get in to look at the items :shock:

Cool idea. Surprising the money goes to charity - what with all the budget cuts schools seem to be taking lately. As long as it was in the housing contract "any left items will be forfeit" it should be good.

wow to die for

It's not a featherweight. But, it is a cool find and you will have some fun fixing her up and using her. there is a group on yahoo that is a board to ask questions about singers. If You want it let me know, I will search it out for you.

Great find! Hopefully we can see pictures when she is all cleaned up!

I need to dumpster dive with you. She is lovely!

Reminds me of the Singer I learned to sew on....

Wow!! Lucky lady!! Enjoy this little surprise gift!!

OH how beautiful! A wonderful find! I love to dumpster dive in my own dumpster! My friend cleaned his car out, empied the garbage into my dumpster and found some speakers, hooked them up and now has back speakers in his van...I've found things in there too... :-)

:P You found a real Jewel!!! Not a featherweight ,we call her a Ol Picky Mama and they are real Workhorses!!! The serial Number will tell you what she is on model#. Any Ol Singer with the Black and Gold is a real Find and Good/Wonderful!!! I cannot Imagine anyone so stupid as to throw it away!!! Happy Dance!!! :thumbup:

Nice find!! :)

other than the cabinet...looks exactly like the one I learned to sew on eons ago. LOL Great find...congrats :D

OMG. I am so loving your dumpster diving find!
Congratulations indeed.

What a find!! :D :D Enjoy to the max!!! :-D :-D

Green with envy. :mrgreen:

Congrats on your find! Enjoy her!

What a find. She is a beauty.

Nice find, some years back I found an antique settee frame behind a store. I asked if I could have it. I reupholstered it, and refinished it. Had it appraised (the set it at $1500.00). I gave it my sister as a Christmas gift.

Looks just like teh one I have sitting in my living room, wait let em see if its still there or if hubby threw it out LOL

Do you think the motor number might hold a clue as to when she was made? Like '56? I don't know for sure but it was just a thought :?:

:shock: :shock: :shock:
What a find!!!
Looks like a beautiful machine!
Hope she works, or takes little repair to do so. And the cabinet will be beautiful with a little TLC, too
:D

What a GREAT find!! That should clean up nicely and if, by chance, you get get it to work - OMG - what a find!

That reminds me of a little coffee table a friend of mine gave me, and I gave it to my son. Someone took the metal end legs of an old treadle sewing machine, cut them down a little more than 1/3 from the top part. The box part where the sewing machine lived, that was turned into a large shadow box with a nice heavy glass for the top. The CT is heavy but it is pretty. I didn't have anywhere in my house to put it but my son sures like it. It's in his living room.

that is really neat. thank you for sharing. Penny

Love dumpsters and street finds.

Wow, glad you found it!

What a great find.

I have been a member here for a long time but don't post often... hoeever, I DO read!! Here is what I found on your "new find"..:

SINGER SEWING COMPANY
"AD" Series Register Numbers
Factory Name: Elizabethport
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Register Numbers Class Quantity Date Year
Letter From To (Model No.) Allotted Allotted Allotted Notes
AD- 205531 208530 96 3000 August 26 1930
AD- 208531 209030 147 500 August 26 1930
AD- 209031 209130 57 100 September 3 1930
AD- 209131 209630 114 500 September 3 1930
AD- 209631 212630 31 3000 September 23 1930
AD- 212631 215630 95 3000 September 23 1930
AD- 215631 225630 99 10000 September 23 1930
AD- 225631 225730 124 100 September 23 1930
AD- 225731 235730 128 10000 September 23 1930
AD- 235731 255730 15 20000 October 14 1930
AD- 255731 256730 32 1000 October 14 1930
AD- 256731 286730 66 30000 October 14 1930 :idea:

And here's where I found it..:

http://www.singerco.com/support/serial_numbers.html

Click on the 'Double Letter Prefix' link in red!
Hope this helps out some.. If I find anything else I will post..! 8-)

How nice to be rescued by someone as interested as you...Whoever originally used it would be so happy if they knew where it is right now!

Can you locate the Model No.?

Below is quoted from:
http://sewingmachinerepair.blogspot.com/

"On most Singer machines the model number will be a 2-4 digit number, often followed by a letter, and located immediately above or below the stitch length lever or dial on the right front vertical part of the machine. For example 401A, 2010, 185J, 201, 301, 221k, etc. Sometimes the number will be painted, or a decal, and on the older machines it may be on a tiny riveted plate."