Carol34446

Have my grandmothers 201-3 that was bought in Sherbrooke, Que. Canada in the early 50's. I is in a wood casen not a cabinet but still sews great and looks great. I have had it for years, and before that my mother used it.

carrie glover12586

I have a question. 301 Singer, spool holder for Bobbin thread is broke off.Is there a way to replaceit?

purplefiend

201's are awesome! I have 201k-4 treadle.

Mornigstar

OH, NFl quilter you did good. A 201 in that condition is on my bucket list but did not know they compare to a 66.
That stretch look is what interests me. What is distance in harp ? Never did hear back about that other set.

NL quilter

Well I started cleaning my 201 tonight. A few things I discovered it is knee bar operated. Something I never used before, as well it is a centennial badged machine.

J Miller

NL Quilter,

That is a very nice machine. I wouldn't mind adding one to my hoard .... 'er, stash .... oh, collection. That's what it is.

But it's not a Centennially badged machine.

This is a Centennial Badge:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]421189[/ATTACH]
At least it is on USA made 201-2s and other Centennials I've seen.
Speaking of which here is mine. Please forgive the mess around it.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]421190[/ATTACH]
And the cabinet:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]421191[/ATTACH]
Mine is also a knee controlled machine. It works really good. I find the knee controllers to be somewhat less fatiguing than the foot controller sometimes.

Joe

NL quilter

Thanks for the clarification Joe, according to the serial # it was produced in 1951, but not badged. As well an interesting note, according to the serial # it is a 201k indicating it was manufactured in Scotland. When I cleaning it, and taking all the small parts off to clean such as the little wheel used to direct the bobbin thread onto the bobbin when whinding it is stamped made in Canada.

J Miller

I have seen Singers that were made in 1950 that are Centennially marked so they could have stock on hand for early 1951. Perhaps those made in 51 that are not badged as a Centennial were made late in the year for the next years market. I really don't know.

I have some of the Canadian made parts in my machines too. Not sure why they intermixed the nations of manufacture but it happens. The motors I understand. UK uses 220 or 240 Volt motors, ( not sure which ) so they just sent the machines over and the country of destination supplied the motor.

Joe

manicmike

UK uses 230V, Australia uses 240V. Supply voltages are never exactly what they're supposed to be and vary about 10-15 volts (go on, get a volt meter and test it). The UK and AU voltages are so close that the same motor works interchangeably and Singer motors from both Scotland and Australia are usually marked "230-250 volts" (yes I did just look).
Mike

J Miller

Mike,

Thanks for the update on the UK / AU voltage. I wasn't sure, I've heard all the voltages I mentioned. The only thing I know for sure is my IDEAL AUTOMATIK ZZ machine had a German 220V motor on it.

Joe