My pleasure Caroline. :) A couple of my favorite machines were made in that factory. When we figured that out last year, we thought it would be cool to see the building, maybe road trip it one summer. Then I found out it was knocked down the year before. Bummer. But I still love all the photos during and after its operation.

DH just brought up a good point. It's possible that a factory in the 30s and 40s wouldn't have been for sewing machines at all. This is war time. It may have been making other things for the war, and after the war, the factory was no longer needed....

My DH working in a retirement home here in St. John's Newfoundland, an older resident told him they remember Singer having an assembly plant here. Probably not fabricating but assembling.

This is the bobbin

You have a 5-88/ 89/ 90/ or 91 as they have the 11:00 finger. The only difference being the power supply (89-hand crank, 90-belted motor, 88-treadle, or 91-potted motor.
You will love this machine, they are awesome machines.
Cathy

Could the 15-89 be converted to a belted motor? Taking it apart the light and motor were not original, the light was plastic and motor seems to be newer then the machine.

The handle is spoke not sold disc

The body of these class 15 machines are all the same. So interchanging the motors, lights,
and hand wheels is not only possible, it is very easy to do.

Cathy

Thanks! Motor is shot, I think I will put a hand crank on. Now to find a hand crank!

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Well I tore it down and cleaned it. I also stripped the old paper off the case and starting with a blank slate.

What will be the best way to strip the old paint off?