I CHALLENGE you to guess what my new machine is......
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yes, it is a Singer Letter A. It is "almost" Civil War 1865
All early Singers have two numbers, one is the serial number the other (the lower number numerically) is a manufacturing tracking number. The fun part about this is the ISMACS DB only goes back to 1871.
great Guess!!! I am impressed
here are a couple more...
The Machine
[ATTACH=CONFIG]523669[/ATTACH]
The Treadle
[ATTACH=CONFIG]523670[/ATTACH]
The foot pedal
[ATTACH=CONFIG]523671[/ATTACH]
and one of my favorite parts. the pitman.... WOOD...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]523672[/ATTACH]
All early Singers have two numbers, one is the serial number the other (the lower number numerically) is a manufacturing tracking number. The fun part about this is the ISMACS DB only goes back to 1871.
great Guess!!! I am impressed
here are a couple more...
The Machine
[ATTACH=CONFIG]523669[/ATTACH]
The Treadle
[ATTACH=CONFIG]523670[/ATTACH]
The foot pedal
[ATTACH=CONFIG]523671[/ATTACH]
and one of my favorite parts. the pitman.... WOOD...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]523672[/ATTACH]
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well if you happen to see the belt guard for one let me know I'm really not looking forward to making one. As it is I have to make one of the drive cams but I've got a template being made from another one.
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Wow, that's an interesting machine! Not sure what's going on with all that springy stuff up top - would like to see it in action.
It's amazing how well some of these have survived. Kind of sad to think machines being made now simply will not last; vintage sewing machine lovers of the future are basically going to be collecting all the same machines we are, since that's just about all that'll survive in a functional way. They'll have pictures and videos of our modern machines, but just crumbling plastic hulks in the real world.
It's amazing how well some of these have survived. Kind of sad to think machines being made now simply will not last; vintage sewing machine lovers of the future are basically going to be collecting all the same machines we are, since that's just about all that'll survive in a functional way. They'll have pictures and videos of our modern machines, but just crumbling plastic hulks in the real world.
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