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Originally Posted by amcatanzaro (Post 6359354)

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/hsd/4135049446.html

Free machine with gameboy purchase?

I almost bought one of those Izek machines, but the seller tried to turn the sale into an auction. The Gameboy was used to create stitch patterns.

Not a giggle, but an unusual model 15. Has a roller foot and seems to have a knee lift. The badge says 15-33 but Ismacs says only model 15 from 1910. Decals are unusual for a 15, too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-sing...-/171149636194

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/singer-se...2e9dc8f&_uhb=1

errrr....can someone switch on the lights please?

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Originally Posted by ruby2shoes (Post 6359570)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-S...65acb81&_uhb=1

to shy to do a full frontal??

I'd say just plain lazy. It's a 201, missing its slide plate (as usual).
Probably well worth $25, but the sign of a truly ignorant owner is that they don't know where the front is.
You can't buy replacement slide plates, unlike the 66 ones (which are also always missing).

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Originally Posted by ruby2shoes (Post 6359570)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-S...65acb81&_uhb=1

to shy to do a full frontal??

In my experience it just means the person selling doesn't sew and doesn't know a thing about sewing machines.

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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn (Post 6360187)

because SINGER can also be spelled D-O-M-E-S-T-I-C . . .

Isn't that what the D in DSM stands for? Domestic Singer Machine? :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by miriam (Post 6358639)

The stitch selector is a dial - it clicks as you turn it. Must have been a novelty.

Thanks Miriam! I thought the knob adjusted the "throw". I guess the lever is just forward/reverse.

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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane (Post 6360177)

Oh! That's possibly my favorite Singer decal! Steve said in another thread that it's possibly the most common Industrial decal. Some of the 15s were truly Industrial machines... and this was one of them:
According to Ismacs: http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...sses-1-99.html
15-33 Industrial C.B. Wheel feed. Speed 1600. For leather. 16x74

I like that decal, too! I didn't think to look at Ismacs model list. Why is "Vertical oscillating" called a C.B. shuttle. What does the C.B stand for?

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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane (Post 6360177)

Here's today's entry from Edmonton:
" I have portable electric SINGER sewing machine with all attachments, owners manual and case.
Great condition sewing machine for $100. If you are interested, give me a call "

http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...AdIdZ535100017

There's a "Singer Domestic" on my CL today, too. I see that sort of thing a lot, but usually they leave out the real brand name and just call it a Singer.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/atq/4142581963.html

Not a giggle, again, but this is a back clamping 66 with what appears to be a hinged straight stitch foot. I emailed the seller about it, thinking that maybe s/he fabbed the foot, but she didn't understand my question. I've never seen a hinged back clamp foot before. Singer stopped making the back clampers in 1922/23. I think the best view of the foot is the last picture.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=251361981528