Singer 401/A
01-05-2012, 09:45 PM
#33
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[QUOTE=Charlee;4846807]I can't tell you where it is on the Athena, but the 401A serial number is on the underside of the machine, near the needleplate. Should be two letters, followed by six numbers. 
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Thank you! I don't seem to be able to get the bottom plate off the 401A but will try asking the Singer repair guy tomorrow before I try forcing it. Happy new year, Charlee. I always enjoy your informative postings.
[/QUOTEThank you! I don't seem to be able to get the bottom plate off the 401A but will try asking the Singer repair guy tomorrow before I try forcing it. Happy new year, Charlee. I always enjoy your informative postings.
01-28-2012, 11:03 AM
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"...the 401A serial number is on the underside of the machine, near the needleplate. Should be two letters, followed by six numbers." (quoted from Charlee's posting)
Could the 2 letters & 6 numbers be "behind" the needle plate edge on the back, on the very top of where the bottom casing adjoins the machine? (had to kind of pull the edge of the casing forward a little to see them.)
I can see "NA579742" embossed there. Just wondering it that's it or whether I need to remove the bottom casing completely to see if there's another such designation, because the Singer site shows only that serial numbers starting in NA as 1951 manufacture year. The manual with the 401A is copyrighted 1957, so wondering if 1951 could be right?
Could the 2 letters & 6 numbers be "behind" the needle plate edge on the back, on the very top of where the bottom casing adjoins the machine? (had to kind of pull the edge of the casing forward a little to see them.)
I can see "NA579742" embossed there. Just wondering it that's it or whether I need to remove the bottom casing completely to see if there's another such designation, because the Singer site shows only that serial numbers starting in NA as 1951 manufacture year. The manual with the 401A is copyrighted 1957, so wondering if 1951 could be right?
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01-28-2012, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by postal packin' mama
"...the 401A serial number is on the underside of the machine, near the needleplate. Should be two letters, followed by six numbers." (quoted from Charlee's posting)
Could the 2 letters & 6 numbers be "behind" the needle plate edge on the back, on the very top of where the bottom casing adjoins the machine? (had to kind of pull the edge of the casing forward a little to see them.)
I can see "NA579742" embossed there. Just wondering it that's it or whether I need to remove the bottom casing completely to see if there's another such designation, because the Singer site shows only that serial numbers starting in NA as 1951 manufacture year. The manual with the 401A is copyrighted 1957, so wondering if 1951 could be right?
Could the 2 letters & 6 numbers be "behind" the needle plate edge on the back, on the very top of where the bottom casing adjoins the machine? (had to kind of pull the edge of the casing forward a little to see them.)
I can see "NA579742" embossed there. Just wondering it that's it or whether I need to remove the bottom casing completely to see if there's another such designation, because the Singer site shows only that serial numbers starting in NA as 1951 manufacture year. The manual with the 401A is copyrighted 1957, so wondering if 1951 could be right?
Keep in mind tho, that Singer's records for these machines are warped! While the Singer website will tell you 1951, the machines weren't actually produced until 1957 and 1958.
01-28-2012, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlee
That's your serial number. Keep in mind tho, that Singer's records for these machines are warped! While the Singer website will tell you 1951, the machines weren't actually produced until 1957 and 1958.
Keep in mind tho, that Singer's records for these machines are warped! While the Singer website will tell you 1951, the machines weren't actually produced until 1957 and 1958. How did you know that, besides your extensive experience? Is there another source for such information?
There has been a posting lately about getting a certificate sent to you from Singer showing your machine's 'birth' year, so it'll be interesting to see what designation they give my 401A.
Thank you! I appreciate your helpfulness.
06-19-2018, 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by pheasantduster
This may be a repeat on other topic page, but when I was in high school my Mother's Featherweight need to have the bobbin case repaired. At that time the singer company would leave a machine for your use while your machine was being repaired. The rep left a Singer Slant-O-Matic 401A and I would come home from school every day and sew on it. When Featherweight returned I came home to see the two machines sitting there in our dining room. My mother and father purchased the 401A for me! It was my Christmas present, Birthday present and Graduation from High School present. It has been with me all these years through every sewing task asked of it. My daughter has the Freatherweight now.
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