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OurWorkbench 07-26-2019 06:59 AM

I had heard of errors - particularly with the "G" numbers in the serial number lists. I actually saw a 66 a few years back in a thrift store. I quadrupled checked and the serial number was not one that had been allotted to a 66. It looks like you may have found another. According to http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mach...l-numbers.html yours should be a 115 rather than a 15. The serial number would have been allotted December 14, 1915. I believe you may have left out a digit to come up with the 1910 date.

I really like the decals. It was quite a while before I could get a machine with the "Tiffany/Gingerbread" decals. I now have a 15 and 115 with those decals. They aren't the greatest specimens, but they are mine.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

Seb58 07-26-2019 08:00 AM


Originally Posted by Macybaby (Post 8280177)
For those curious, the 115 is an rotating bobbin machine while the 15 is an oscillating bobbin machine. Singer only made the 115 for a rather short period of time, and it is identical to the 15 of that era on the top side.

Underneath, you can easily see the difference between the hook assembly - the 15 is the larger of the two.

https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps772d7d82.jpg

Sorry to hijack the thread but does the rotating bobbin make a difference to the sewing compared to a 15?

Oh and Juliasb, your is a lovely machine whether a 15 or a 115! I am partial to the gigerbread decals ;)


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