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It's not a Singer clone, Miriam, but what makes you think it is not a Model 15 clone? Various manufacturers copied or adapted the Model 15, I believe. Yes, I see the different wheel and bobbin winder. There are many Model 15 clones, and I think we have a thread on that. Maybe you know something I can learn. Do tell.
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Take a look at this link, especially near the bottom of the page:
http://dragonpoodle.blogspot.com/201...nd-clones.html
http://blog.sew-classic.com/2008/12/...-15-clone.aspx
Some further information. It doesn't answer the question of whether clones HAD to be made in Japan to be clones. http://www.sewingmachinesteve.com/Pa...Favorites.aspx
More info:
http://www.sewingmachinesteve.com/Pa...Favorites.aspx
This article states that clones were made both in and out of the USA:
http://www.oocities.org/heartland/pl...81/singer.html
Ed Lamoureux wrote this article and, in sewing machine circles I've frequented, is known as an expert. He says there were 5,000 types of clones.
http://www.oocities.org/heartland/pl...81/singer.html
Here is an earlier post on our own board:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...3881-2759.html
Now, even with that research presented, I am still willing to be proven wrong or taught if you know something I don't.
Cricket
http://dragonpoodle.blogspot.com/201...nd-clones.html
http://blog.sew-classic.com/2008/12/...-15-clone.aspx
Some further information. It doesn't answer the question of whether clones HAD to be made in Japan to be clones. http://www.sewingmachinesteve.com/Pa...Favorites.aspx
More info:
http://www.sewingmachinesteve.com/Pa...Favorites.aspx
This article states that clones were made both in and out of the USA:
http://www.oocities.org/heartland/pl...81/singer.html
Ed Lamoureux wrote this article and, in sewing machine circles I've frequented, is known as an expert. He says there were 5,000 types of clones.
http://www.oocities.org/heartland/pl...81/singer.html
Here is an earlier post on our own board:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/vintage...3881-2759.html
Now, even with that research presented, I am still willing to be proven wrong or taught if you know something I don't.
Cricket
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cricket,
To cover some of your points;
The machine is not a Singer 15 Clone. There are a couple of similarities between it and Singer 15s, but there are more differences that similarities.
The motor is a friction drive motor. Look just behind the hand wheel in pic 3 and you can see the end of the drive wheel. That alone kicks it out of the clone category.
The clones were called that because they were imported from Japan AFTER WW II and were modified copies of the Singer 15s. Those made in the USA prior to WW II such as that FREE WESTINGHOUSE ran concurrently with the Singers, and had they been copies Singer would have and did in some cases sue them for patent infringements. Those patents ran out around WW II and the US changed it's laws allowing foreign companies to import copies.
That FREE WESTINGHOUSE is NOT a clone it is one of Singer's competitors from before the war.
Joe
To cover some of your points;
The machine is not a Singer 15 Clone. There are a couple of similarities between it and Singer 15s, but there are more differences that similarities.
The motor is a friction drive motor. Look just behind the hand wheel in pic 3 and you can see the end of the drive wheel. That alone kicks it out of the clone category.
The clones were called that because they were imported from Japan AFTER WW II and were modified copies of the Singer 15s. Those made in the USA prior to WW II such as that FREE WESTINGHOUSE ran concurrently with the Singers, and had they been copies Singer would have and did in some cases sue them for patent infringements. Those patents ran out around WW II and the US changed it's laws allowing foreign companies to import copies.
That FREE WESTINGHOUSE is NOT a clone it is one of Singer's competitors from before the war.
Joe
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Like Joe said, you get one of these side by side with a Singer 15, and they are very different machines. Get a true "clone" and a Singer 15 side by side and so much looks exactly the same.
If I bring mine home this weekend, I'll take pictures of it along side the Singer 15. Just got to keep my fingers crossed that the deal goes through.
From the dates on manuals - many of these Free/New Home machines are from the late 50's early 60's, so they are post WWII machines also.
BTW - Cricket - of the links you listed that I checked out - all of them show true clones - none show a machine like this thread is about.
If I bring mine home this weekend, I'll take pictures of it along side the Singer 15. Just got to keep my fingers crossed that the deal goes through.
From the dates on manuals - many of these Free/New Home machines are from the late 50's early 60's, so they are post WWII machines also.
BTW - Cricket - of the links you listed that I checked out - all of them show true clones - none show a machine like this thread is about.
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Don't be fooled. That is so not a Singer 15. There are some older machines that do have the tension on the end but if you saw the end, it is different. The hand wheel may run in reverse on this one, too. Also you see the bobbin winder down there. There could be an internal motor on this machine or an external like that one. They also take special needles. I have seen those machines in good shape, too - maybe nobody used them much.
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Thank you, all of you. I do see the differences in clones vs pre-WWII. My head spins with all the knowledge that is being shared here. I have marked a few of these sites for references. again, thank you for sharing.
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