Caroline94535

"I am not a collector," so I did not buy the olive/bronze/gold colored, aluminum beauty, but I enjoyed playing with it. The Thrift Store manager is becoming very tolerant of my fiddling with his machines.

I have never seen one of these, but is was complete with a roomy cabinet, original paperwork, manuals, receipts, (notes dated it to 1946?) and every attachment known to this woman (except The Penguin!) It had a buttonholer and templates (not Singer brand) and soooo many feet. They did not clamp on; they had a large round connector of sorts. I did not figure them out. There were six metal bobbins - each with prettily colored thread in them - a large screwdriver with both a matching small screwdriver and stiletto.

Again I took iPod photos, so these will be hit or miss.

Caroline94535

And I'm still trying to post photos...

Rodney

I thought those were a top clamp setup too.
Rodney

Caroline94535

I'm a novice, Rodney, what does that mean? The little round twist-on foot connectors?

Macybaby

Yes, they are top clamp. You loosen that round thing on the presser bar, slip the foot into the holder and tighten.

they are called top clamp because the clamping comes down from the top, not the side like Singer does.

That machine is made by Free - and takes the same feet/bobbins as the rest of the Frees. It does not take the bobbin/feet of the earlier model New Home machines.

I really like that machine - the gold is one of my favorites. I'd have been really tempted to take it home even though I already have one like it in a case.