German Vintage Machines and Their Ingenious Features
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http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ine-manual.pdf
This is for the 411G but it will show how the 401G is set up in a treadle and how to chain stitch the 401G - they do that too!
This is for the 411G but it will show how the 401G is set up in a treadle and how to chain stitch the 401G - they do that too!
Also, since you posted a picture of yours with a treadle belt I now know what that little rectangular thing, on the right hand side, is....a place for the treadle belt to run through.
Here is my first german machine:
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Miriam...thank you!!!! for this link. I just purchased a 401g, this week, and I have been looking for a manual for it. I have one for the 401a but the german version 401 is just a little bit different (bobbin winder). Mine has a little extension with 2 drawers.
Also, since you posted a picture of yours with a treadle belt I now know what that little rectangular thing, on the right hand side, is....a place for the treadle belt to run through.
Here is my first german machine:
Also, since you posted a picture of yours with a treadle belt I now know what that little rectangular thing, on the right hand side, is....a place for the treadle belt to run through.
Here is my first german machine:
Here is a link for a manual for the 411G - it should be the same. Did you know those will do a chain stitch???
http://www.singerco.com/uploads/down...2004a2bc25.pdf - this one is international I guess - no words... and another manual for a 411G http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ine-manual.pdf
There isn't a whole bunch of difference between the 401 and the 411
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I have the extention table for my 411G - isn't it neat?
Here is a link for a manual for the 411G - it should be the same. Did you know those will do a chain stitch???
http://www.singerco.com/uploads/down...2004a2bc25.pdf - this one is international I guess - no words... and another manual for a 411G http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ine-manual.pdf
There isn't a whole bunch of difference between the 401 and the 411
Here is a link for a manual for the 411G - it should be the same. Did you know those will do a chain stitch???
http://www.singerco.com/uploads/down...2004a2bc25.pdf - this one is international I guess - no words... and another manual for a 411G http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ine-manual.pdf
There isn't a whole bunch of difference between the 401 and the 411
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Cathy - That's a really smart looking machine! I've never seen one of those extensions with drawers before. I'm sure you will get plenty of use from your machine, it is in such good condition.
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Morning Charlee - Pretty machine! Lots of muck for you to clean off, so you will be extra proud when you have finished. Be sure to post an "after" picture here.
Is that thing the automatic tension release, so the thread runs free when the foot is up? Does it hook round the edge of the disc nearest the machine and hold it back? Also, have the tension discs got a layer of felt on them? I have found a felt ring on the tension assembly on a German machine.
Is that thing the automatic tension release, so the thread runs free when the foot is up? Does it hook round the edge of the disc nearest the machine and hold it back? Also, have the tension discs got a layer of felt on them? I have found a felt ring on the tension assembly on a German machine.
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That thing isn't an automatic tension release, I don't think. It doesn't SEEM to do much of anything. The "finger" of it is smooth and just rests against the tension disks, it doesn't move them, or hold them back in anyway. There is a thin felt between the first washer and the pair of disks.
This has, to date, been the most interesting machine! Not only is the cabinet unique to me, but parts of the machine are. It's just as curious to me that so much of the machine is like the Singer 115, which production stopped on in the early 1920's. (There were only about 300,000 model 115's made) After attempting to smooth out the clear coat using Skip's method of French Polishing, I find that it doesn't have a shellac coating, must be lacquer.
I did find with the scrutiny of a strong flashlight, that someone, most likely a very young someone, etched the initials "E.F." into the bed of the machine.
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