Posted 4 years ago
Santhush
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It has been in use (in a garment factory) ever since it was bought, the scratches and the bit of rust is the only damage it has. Its has stopped working quite a few times but was able to fix it!
It was bought and currently in Sri Lanka.
Hi, Santhush. :-)
Wow.
I'm afraid that I can't make out all seven digits of that prefix-less serial number, but it looks like it starts with "29" (if you're game, you could try a rubbing like people do with grave markers, etc.)
Anyway, per the Singer serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society (ISMACS) website, that would put it into one of these two ranges:
*snip*
2,765,000 2,924,999 1878
2,925,000 3,679,999 1879
*snip*
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-no-prefix-serial-numbers.html
So, pretty old.
That "D" on the upright arm in the general area where a Singer medallion is pinned is interesting.
A treadle table, D-shaped needle plate, stitch length screw, and I can't quite tell: is there a tension disc assembly protruding from the face plate side?
If so, that would mean that it's likely an early model 15, judging from the serial number probably a model 15-1. Here is some guidance:
http://needlebar.org/main/15chart/
About the Singer model 15:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/15
Here are some variations on the extension leaf treadle table (I can't tell whether yours has an extension leaf):
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/extlf_cab.html
Here's a manual for the model 15:
http://needlebar.org/main/sident/15.pdf
So it still works? Yeah, those old machines were built to last. :-)
Whoops, bad writing on my part.
This:
That "D" on the upright arm in the general area where a Singer medallion is pinned is interesting.
Should read this:
That "D" on the upright arm in the general area where a Singer medallion would normally be pinned is interesting.
My mom Says its a Gemba Machine
Santhush, Cool, so you were able to read the serial number. :-)
Serial number "2922616" would fall into that first group from 1878 that I cited the other day.
Although 1878 seems a trifle too early for a model 15, I suppose there's some wobble room in those dates:
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer-improved-family-sewing-machine.html
However, I'm going to have to ask you for some clarification on "Gemba Machine," because I tried researching Gemba, and got results as varied as a frog, a Japanese work concept, and some strange stuff about an alchemical substance called "red mercury."