She's Home Now - a 28/38 - Is There Really a 38 ?
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She's Home Now - a 28/38 - Is There Really a 38 ?
hi all,
my singer from GW San Diego finally arrived. WOW, 3 days shipping from GW. as you can see from the pictures they did a good job of packing my machine. kudos to GW SD, for taking good care of it. as you can see from the first picture, she's hiding underneath her big brother 16-188. she's so shy. may need a lot of TLC and fixings but definitely up to the task. i checked the knee controller and looks like assembly is there and bobbin is there too. when i checked the serial no. on ISMACS it is showing that my machine was built 1909 and that it is a 38. can anyone confirmed this. i am puzzled as i have not seen a model 38 yet. is this a good buy for $14.99 ? thanks.
PS: anyone has a spare knee controller bar ?
my singer from GW San Diego finally arrived. WOW, 3 days shipping from GW. as you can see from the pictures they did a good job of packing my machine. kudos to GW SD, for taking good care of it. as you can see from the first picture, she's hiding underneath her big brother 16-188. she's so shy. may need a lot of TLC and fixings but definitely up to the task. i checked the knee controller and looks like assembly is there and bobbin is there too. when i checked the serial no. on ISMACS it is showing that my machine was built 1909 and that it is a 38. can anyone confirmed this. i am puzzled as i have not seen a model 38 yet. is this a good buy for $14.99 ? thanks.
PS: anyone has a spare knee controller bar ?
Last edited by vmaniqui; 12-20-2013 at 12:58 AM.
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From looking at the list of models - Singer never made a "38". They have a 37-10 and a 39, but no 38.
And yours IS a 28, not doubt about that, so I expect someone fat fingered the data when entering it into the computer. It would have been keyed in from hard copy after all - kind of amazing there isn't more mistakes when you think about it.
At some point, someone disconnected the lever control and put on the different electrical connection so you could use the more "modern" plug type. what that means, if you want to use the knee bar (which sell for $30-$50) you are going to need to do some rewiring.
And yours IS a 28, not doubt about that, so I expect someone fat fingered the data when entering it into the computer. It would have been keyed in from hard copy after all - kind of amazing there isn't more mistakes when you think about it.
At some point, someone disconnected the lever control and put on the different electrical connection so you could use the more "modern" plug type. what that means, if you want to use the knee bar (which sell for $30-$50) you are going to need to do some rewiring.
Last edited by Macybaby; 12-20-2013 at 04:34 AM.
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I’m not sure that the knee lever control has been disconnected from the circuit on that one. Singer had two different setups for the built-in control, one used Singer plugs and the newer one didn’t. I have a couple of model 99s that have the different knee control setups.
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