jlhmnj

Jeanette,

Minnesota sewing machines were made by at least 5 different makers and Minnesota A by 3. Best to share a photo with shuttle supplier to make sure you both have the same Minnesota A or else it's a coin toss whether you get the right one. Here's an article on Minnesota machines which were sold by Sears:

http://www.ismacs.net/sears/sears.html

Good Luck
Jon

oldsewnsew

and don't fergit to check yer drawers!!

Macybaby

Sears started out in Minnesota - one of the reasons they used that Name on the machines. They used a lot of names before they decided to use Kenmore and stick with that. Wards did the same and then finally settled on Signature for the brand name.

BTW - Sears gets credit for putting more than one Sewing Machine manufacture under - by switching to a different manufacturer.

deplaylady

Sent a pm - best to post/send a picture to see what Minnesota you have. My Minnesota B is in my avatar pic.

jlhmnj

Minnesota B was only made by Davis. ASSUMING Jeanette's Minnesota A is also Davis and NOT Domestic the shuttle would work. Slightly confusing.

Jon

Jeanette Frantz

Well, good news! I finally got the pictures I took with my cousin's camera. Like an idiot, I forgot to take mine when we went to her house. I have attached the photos. It's a Minnesota Model A in a Tiger Oak cabinet with ram's head pulls. It's really in sad shape right now. But, I think with my help and my son's help, we can restore it as much as
possible. The paint is so chipped that a total restore is going to be necessary.

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jlhmnj

Wow, That's a project! I can't read the serial number but this model (Davis E) was made between 1900-1910. Here's a manual for a Burdick which later became the Minnesota B which is similar to the Minnesota A:

http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollect...f/sil10-37.pdf

Jon

deplaylady

I believe I have parts for a Minnesota A as well as the shuttle, I'll need to check tomorrow. I ordered them off of eBay thinking the pretty shiny wheel would fit my Minnesota B. It didn't. The wheel came with a bunch of various misc. bits and pieces that may be useful. I'll post some pics of them in the AM.

miriam

THANK YOU, Jon!!!

deplaylady

Yes, thank you very much! The closest manual I had was for a Singer VS1.