old portable singer (need help identifying)

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09-30-2009, 10:48 AM

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Thanks crafty1, I found it! I's a 127-12 vibrating shuttle lock stitch model # E15423.

Issued in 1909 ( but I seriously don't think it is that old).

It is, the machine you have is a treadle converted to electric is what im seeing in those pics. Chris

It stays in it's case that it is in.

09-30-2009, 10:48 AM

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Yours looks exactly like my mom's machine. It also has a shuttle bobin like yours. My mom used hers until she passed away six years ago. It still runs like a top. Hers was issued from the elizabethtown plant in New Jersey in 1951.

I am going to do some special cleaning and replace the cord on it. I found a site to help me find some of the soft parts (belts and rubber for the bobin winder) and to guide me through the process. It is vintagesingers. A group from yahoo groups. If you are interested.

Thanks, I'll take a look.

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I do know that back in 1937 when my mom was 10 yrs old she used it, it was her mom's machine.

09-30-2009, 01:43 PM

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Go to Singer.com and type in the serial number on the front. The site will tell you the date and place it was made.

09-30-2009, 01:45 PM

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Wow, how fantastic! Is that the manual we can see in the picture?

09-30-2009, 02:12 PM

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Oh, wow! I am envious. I used to play on my grandma's treadle. I wish my family hadn't just disposed off it at the city dump. I can't help you with 'dating' your machine, but what a wonderful treasure to have.