leonf

Dashboard[ATTACH=CONFIG]590781[/ATTACH]

Cari-in-Oly

Another dashboard example -
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Cari

Treadle&Gears

Cari,
Does dashboard just apply to the made in Japan machines or all of them? My gran had a Kenmore that looked a lot like these.

leonf

Not limited to Japan; just the very busy front of the machines.

bkay

Sears did not make anything. They were marketers. White (An American company) made most of the earlier Kenmore machines, then there were a few German made Kenmores, then they were Japanese made Kenmores. So, your grandmother may very well have had a Japanese made machine.

I think that Japan did the best job of "dashboard" sewing machines. However, other countries used other design elements from the 50/60's as well.

Here's the "Rocketeer", a American made machine from that era:

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Here's a German made Kenmore machine from that era:
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Here's an Italian made sewing machine from that era:
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Here's a Japanese made machine from that era:
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bkay

Yamaha_Mama

Thank you. She is similar to the Fleetwood pictured by Leonf. I won't be able to post a photo until my IT guy (DH!!) gets home. I did bring her into our local sewing store....and determined she was meant as a garment sewing machine. Her feet are a bit wider than a quarter inch. I couldn't find a quarter inch foot to fit her.

bkay

You'll be able to find one online.

bkay

Cari-in-Oly

Not necessarily. If it's a left needle machine there may not be a 1/4inch foot.

Cari

bkay

That never occurred to me, as I've never encountered a "lefty". I just looked it up. Now I know.

bkay