A lot of neat little machines in here. I'm a fan of the home made base on the 99 too.
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I just fixed up another cute 3/4 size machine. It is a Montgomery Ward made by Happy. This little machine has zig zag. I'm not sure of the date of it. Probably right before MW shut down just a guess. There is no light. It is not light weight either but not terribly heavy. The bobbin is like a Singer 15. Takes the 15 bobbins. The stitch length is missing something to set the size stitch. When I got it it was skipping stitches - the needle was in the wrong position. Other wise it works nicely.
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Originally Posted by miriam
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.... another cute 3/4 size machine. It is a Montgomery Ward made by Happy.
What model is that one Miriam? Here’s a photo of the replacement UHT-J266B (serial #86X 7547). The bed is 6 1/2” by 12”, and it weighs a whopping 26 pounds. CD in Oklahoma |
Model number UHT J266E I dug out the magnifying glass so I could see it.
CD your info sounds about right on the age from the looks of it. When did MW go out of business? Early 1980s? |
Love the older machines.
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Originally Posted by miriam
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Model number UHT J266E......When did MW go out of business? Early 1980s?
My wife ordered hers out of the Wards Catalog a short time after we got married. She used a big chunk of our wedding gift money to pay for it as I seem to recall. That was back when $44 was a lot of money to us. Actually, Wards got the order fouled up and sent her 2; 1 by USPS Parcel, and 1 by freight truck. She sent one back and then had to argue with Wards for quite some time that she wasn’t due a refund. They finally took the credit off of their books. Do you have any history of your machine? It didn’t come out of a yardsale in southwestern Oklahoma in the early 90s, did it? CD in Oklahoma |
These are my little machines. A couple of featherweights, a 99 from 1927 and in the back is a 128 converted to hand crank. The 99 was my primary sewing machine until the featherweights arrived at Christmas with the card table.
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Here are mine - starting with the Singers
1895 28K http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps81dd96b9.jpg 1925 128 http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pse9155609.jpg 1954 99K http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psc730434a.jpg 1956 99K (note the double stitch length plate) http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps85f51a7d.jpg 185 (not sure of year) http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps197182ef.jpg |
And the non- Singers - all of these are "badged" machines. They are listed by the company that made them.
New Home, Model T-3 http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps6f23820d.jpg Standard, model A (?) http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps240c7d8c.jpg National, Model E- BT http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps8a782e7f.jpg |
I have a La Vincendora also and mine was converted to a hand crank. The action is incredibly smooth. I love it.
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