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I am super excited. While out and about for Mother's Day with DH and kids we stumbled upon this beauty at a neighbors yard sale. I left her there thinking what do I need with another machine since I have four newer models already. Well knowing that I have been wanting to start collecting vintage machine DH stopped back by there on the way home and insisted that he buy this one as one of my Mother's Day gifts. I havent had a chance to try her out but neighbors say she still works. She needs some cleaning of course but I think she may have been a steal at $20. I have searched on the internet for a couple of hours now and found only that is was most likely made by National. Other than that there is not alot of info for these. If anyone here has some info they may be able to share in order for me to find more out about it please feel free to let me know.

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What 'till the "pros" answer in but I am going to say it's a Japanese clone of the Singer 15. It should turn out to be a very nice machine! :D

It looks like maybe it was marketed by Montgomery Ward.

CD in Oklahoma

Yep, it looks like my Montgomery Ward URR-188. $20 is a good price.

I'd have to dig it out to be sure, but I think "Happy" was the manufacturer of the one I have.

Here is a link to a manual you can download, though it costs $10.00
http://pages.sewing-machine-manuals....923735858.html

mlmack, yes it does look like the Urr 188's. The plate on the motor says Urr 120. I am a newbie at the vintage stuff so not sure if that means anything or not. I can not find a serial number on the under side of the machine just have the plate number on the bed.

Your husband did well at $20. If you go to Singerco.com you can download a free manual for a Singer model 15. While not exactly the same, it'll be close enough to work. True Singer 15s and their clones are nearly identical. The biggest difference is most clones have the feed dog knob and the 15s don't.
Rodney

The biggest difference is that some, if not most clones thread the needle in the opposite direction to that of the 15s. Someone has a link to a generic HA-15 manual with the proper threading pattern.

What a wonderful hubby and MD gift. Enjoy her!

Not exactly. It depends on which “15” you’re talking about. Singer 15-80 and older threaded left to right. Singer 15-88 and newer thread right to left.

CD in Oklahoma

Yup it is a clone and one of the best ones IMHO here is a link with info links and free manuals - feel free to post a pic.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t164361.html

Thanks for the clarification.

I understand that the US Government arranged for Japan to get design information for sewing machine models after WWII (1945) that the patents of which had expired. If so, then I would say that it was probably the Singer Model 15-30 or a similar model in the class that was expired by that time, and the design adapted by the Japanese makers. Singer was still making the Singer Model 15-91 at least up until the Centennial (1951), and the basic design had been changed to the right-to-left threading before then, so Singer probably didn’t care about the old design that much by that time. I’m just guessing, so don’t take my word for it, but it seems like the majority of Japanese “clones” tend to thread left-to-right like the old Singer obsolete 15-30.

CD in Oklahoma