see #39046 - to the right is a lever - I wonder if that drops the feed dogs - if not what?

Miriam, when were in Germany the Phoenix was the top machine with the Germans and was considered the cream of the crop. They also made some wonderful old treadles to.

Miriam, do these help you any? (or did you already locate these?)
http://possumjimandelizabeth.com/xht...g_phoenix.html
http://rudolfcouture.com/wardrobe/in...d=47&Itemid=39
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...sewing-machine (this one talks about the cams being removable)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvmKNxGWEQ (this is an ad for the machine)

Glenn, I am not at all surprised. What I wonder is why they did not catch on here. This is one really fine piece. I do wish I knew for sure how the bobbin is threaded and how the disks work. I suspect a few things but I don't want to break anything. My shoulder had therapeutic work and is still pretty sore. I just hope I'm not messing it up by using the computer. Anyway - I'm not messing with machines much either for a while. Well, I'm not suppose to... It will be hard to keep my mitts off that one though.

Yes I saw these. Thank you.

Ok I found the manual - it does not do the disks though. It is for a simpler machine. At least I can do the bobbin now. I saw the attachment's box on EBAY - yikes. I got one but it is not in great shape.

Yippie!!! I was right!!!

Just a note of interest I hope...... My aunt had a Phoenix. Per my cousin, my aunt paid $600 in 1955. Her machine only does straight stitch and zig-zag. I would like a machine with German engineering someday.

I played tonight with a hemmer foot. Figured it out after a bit and thankfully I have an old Singer manual that shows how it works. It was doing great until I hit the double seam in the pants which it was not happy about. So I've hopefully learned 3 things tonight: #1: Read the manual for guidance but don't expect it to work the first time out of the gate; #2: Find a wider hemmer foot for the next pair of pants and #3: Not all short shank hemmers will fit all machines. The last one is because the Necchi hemmer didn't fit the Bel Air but a Griest one did (now to find the Griest attachments - that'll be a job.)
Chris

I saw an old Singer at the thrift store today with a model # AG 276697.....can someone tell me which machine this is? It was in a cabinet & was $75.