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I 've been studying old machines on the internet for a few weeks, in my quest to learn about them. I found this on the local Craig's list this morning. I think it says it's a Sanger sewing machine. I'm not sure about that as you can see from the photos. However, we had a Sanger Brothers department store here back in the olden days. Of course, it's advertised as a Singer. I've never seen the "doohickeys" on the top before. What is that? Do they do anything? The photos are not very good, but hopefully someone can tell me about it. It's a treadle if you can't tell.
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It is the thread tensioner. I have one like it on my little Sew Handy from Singer.
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The doohickeys on top are the upper tension. I *think* that machine was built by National and badged with the Sanger name. It probably was sold by that dept. store.
Cari |
Nice machine. I'm leaning towards National as the maker to, but I'm no expert on their machines so don't quote me ;) That it's a badged machine for the Sanger department store is very, very likely even if it's not a National. Does it have the shuttle? That would make identifying the manufacturer easier.
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Here is a quiz - see if you can figure it out.
1. New Home style top tension (before Free aquired the name) Some do not have the lever part http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pse1f887a2.jpg 2. Standard, again, many may be missing the lever. Note the rounded end. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps7b696bc7.jpg 3. National (and Eldredge) Foley & Williams is very similar. http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psb1cdf919.jpg 4. New Royal (made by Free, but a quite different machine) http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps897d05b5.jpg So far, I've not encountered anything that suggests Singer ever made a top tension machine, and until later models, Singer did not put names other than "Singer" on their machines. |
As to what it does - it is the tension control for the upper thread, so it is required to be able to sew.
Most of them have a means to disengage the tension, that is what the "lever" does. So you'd push it down to pull your sewing away from the needle. |
I read a blog by Bonnie Hunter this morning, she had visited an antique mall on one of her trips. Included with pictures of quilts was one of these machines....wish I could remember where she was at the time. Until viewing her photo I had never seen one of these machines before.
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Does anyone have a diagram showing how to thread one of these top tension do hickeys?
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Originally Posted by Macybaby
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As to what it does - it is the tension control for the upper thread, so it is required to be able to sew.
Most of them have a means to disengage the tension, that is what the "lever" does. So you'd push it down to pull your sewing away from the needle. |
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