Babyoffive

Here are a couple of the other machines that I have found so far: a Minnesota and an Elite. I have just removed them to a different location and haven't even wiped the dust off yet, lol

Heresolong

Very cool. For belts i like The Treadle Lady on Etsy. Then i bought a giant spool because i realised i needed so many. 😁

But she's pretty awesome. While you are there buy a copy if her little Treadle book.

OurWorkbench

The Elite looks to be an early 15 clone made in Japan. There is a thread about them at Will the Real 15 clone please stand up I say it is an early as there is not a knob to lower the feed dogs. There is a manual for the 15 clone machines at https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mac...ion-manual.pdf There is another at https://www.manualslib.com/manual/10...Morse-200.html Both have the feed drop knob on the bed. I'm not sure if the feed dogs can be dropped like a Singer 15-90 machine as seen at https://www.manualslib.com/manual/18...page=35#manual

The Minnesota looks like the one in this thread https://www.quiltingboard.com/vbulle...e-t276831.html I'm thinking the post about the needles at Need help identifying Sears Minnesota treadle sewing machine would apply to your machine. One of my posts about Minnesota A machine can be found at Need help identifying Sears Minnesota treadle sewing machine Minnesota machines were sold by Sears, but some were made by companies other than Davis (Davis made yours). The link at https://ismacs.net/sears/sears.html tells of the Sears machines.

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ETA - There are some that think the clones are as good as Singers and maybe even be better.

Babyoffive

I found this late last night in a corner in a box wrapped up in plastic. I know that the cord is in terrible shape and it looks 100% original and it's cast iron and really heavy, lol. I don't see a name or part number or anything like that anywhere on it. Any clues?

AlZilla

I've seen one in person but never did figure out what machine it may have come with. I should have coughed up the 30 bucks and brought it home.

OurWorkbench

It is for a Western Electric. If you download the manual for "Western Electric Number 2 Portable Manual" at https://ismacs.net/national/national...n-manuals.html it is illustrated on page 6 of the pdf. There was another similar one for a Western Electric as seen at My Daughters' Heritage: Their Great-Grandmother's 1917? Western Electric Sew-EZ Sewing Machine

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ETA - I think you will find some odd ball plug for the motor.

Babyoffive

Well, that is extremely interesting. I know that he worked for a Western Electric plant for several years until they were bought out by AT&T....

Babyoffive

I found this in one of the cabinet drawers, can anyone tell me what machine this was made for or would work better with? I can't find any information on it anywhere. It even has the original receipt in the box dated Nov 14, 1967 😊.

OurWorkbench

It appears that it could be put on many machines (universal). I can not tell how it would be attached to the machine from the picture. I'm wondering if it has a regular light plug and a bracket that one might be able to attach to the back inspection plate of many machines.

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