Posted 3 years ago
MrBrodes
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I have searched Singer sewing machine databases and cannot find the model number or year this machine was made. It is fully functional and it is in use, but I would like to be able to service that lamp so it can be used again. Please help me find the model number so I can locate a manual.
Meant to say fully functioning and usable.
Hi, MrBrodes. :-)
Per the Singer serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society website, serial number AB430689 was one of a block of 50,000 consecutive serial numbers (425151 through 475150) allotted by the central office to one of Singer's factories on January 18 1927, and all of them were destined to be stamped into the beds of model 66 machines:
AB- 425151 475150 66 50000 January 18 1927
AB- 573276 623275 66 50000 April 19 1927
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-ab-series-serial-numbers.html
It's not possible to say exactly when your particular machine rolled off of the assembly line, but being that there was no world war in progress in 1927, it's probably not an unreasonable assumption to think that it was made before the allotment date (April 19 1927) of the next pertinent block of numbers.
So, a Singer model 66. :-)
About the model 66:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/66
The decal set looks like Filigree:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal04
I can't tell what the face plate and rear access plate on your machine look like from your pictures, but here is a gallery for you to look through:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_faceplates
Likewise, I can't really tell which cabinet you have (other than that it's a drop head), so here is a gallery of cabinets in which the model 66 was typically installed:
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_sewing_machine_cabinets.html#66
Your machine was made at Singer's Elizabethport factory (all AB prefix serial number machines were made there):
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html
About that factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/elizabethport
https://www.ericwilliamsblog.com/left-behind-in-elizabeth-the-singer-manufacturing-company-part-1/
https://www.ericwilliamsblog.com/left-behind-in-elizabeth-the-singer-manufacturing-company-part-2/
Your light looks like the Bakelite toggle switch lamp:
https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/8581611e38fcfc0ed760479f869d525812e6367c/53a7b/images/gallery/gllamp2-360x240.jpg
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/gallery_lamps
You didn't specify what was wrong or missing on the lamp, but Singer Online dot com does have the whole lamp assembly available:
https://www.singeronline.com/lightfixture4.html
Plus other parts, but you'll have to fish around a bit.
Here are operator and service manuals for the model 66:
http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/manuals/singer-model-66-sewing-machine-manual.pdf
https://archive.org/details/singer-66-service-manual-en/mode/2up
In case I forgot anything, here is a collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-vintage-sewing-machine-help
However, it's a lot to sift through, so if you have more questions, you can just ask them here in a comment.
Thank you so very much, you have been extremely helpful. I owe you a new shirt once I get this servicable.
MrBrodes, You're quite welcome. :-)