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1907 industrial singer sewing machine found in a shed and brought home to restore (clean and oil) still moves fine and all par
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Posted 3 years ago
Player.m
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1907 industrial singer sewing machine found in a shed and brought home to restore (clean and oil) still moves fine and all par
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Player.m, Wow. Cool. :-)
You didn't give a model or serial number. It looks similar to this Singer model 7-14:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/model-list/images0-99/7-14.jpg
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For harness and other work in leather not more than 5/8`" thick. Makes "set" stitch - 1/8" standard - others were available. Upper feed, foot lifter and SDA.
*snip*
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/model-list/classes-1-99.html
https://www.universalsewing.com/images2/parts_lists/all/po32clo6.pdf
Sorry it's a 7-5 serial H1542264
Player.m, Thank you so much for feeding my information tooth. };-)
Yes, per the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society website, serial number H1542264 was one of block of 200 consecutive serial numbers (1542101 through 1542300) allotted to one of the Singer factories August 6, 1907:
H- 1542101 1542300 7 200 August 6 1907
H- 1754901 1755000 7 100 October 25 1907
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-h-series-serial-numbers.html
FYI, I included the next pertinent line of serial number table information as a guide for determining when your machine might have rolled off of the line.
Unfortunately, too many owners of vintage Singers seize on the allotment date of the block to which the serial number on their machine belongs, and think it means that their machine rolled off the assembly line exactly on that date (please understand that I'm not accusing you of that).
The reality was a bit more complicated, and was affected by factors like work week length, worker strikes, factory equipment breakdowns or maintenance, wars, etc.
There is a documented case of a Singer sewing machine with a serial number allotted in 1939 that didn't get sold brand new to a customer until 1946, because of WWII (because of Singer's heavy involvement in the war effort):
https://sewalot.com/dating_singer_sewing_machine_by_serial_number.htm
Yours probably rolled off of the assembly line some time between August 6 and October 25, 1907, and probably closer to the later date.
So, a model 7-5:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/model-list/images0-99/7-5.jpg
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Drop feed. Vibrating presser. Two speed balance wheel. Foot treadle. For heavy bags, carpet mitres. Horse collars. Harnesses; sails etc. (In catalog 09/1951).
*snip*
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/model-list/classes-1-99.html
More about Singer model 7-5:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/36085-singer-7-5/
Here are a user manual and a parts list:
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/364659/Singer-Class-7-One-Needle-Lock-Stitch.html#product-7-5
https://www.universalsewing.com/images2/parts_lists/all/j3jgko9j.pdf
Interestingly, ISMACS doesn't show a particular factory for "H" prefix serial numbers:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer_dating_by_serial_number.html
However, there are a few scattered references to Montreal and St. Johns in the "H" serial number table, so it doesn't seem altogether unlikely that your machine might have been made in Canada. I'll give you links for not only the Montreal and St. Johns factories, but Elizabethport as well (what the heck, huh?):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/montreal
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/stjohns
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/
A rough summing of all the Class 7 machines in all of the serial number tables shows that a little over thirty-two thousand were made between 1900 and 1968.
If you have an almost insatiable thirst for information the way I do, here is my collection of vintage sewing machine links (a work in progress) for you to browse:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-vintage-sewing-machine-help
Or, you could just tell me, "Please say no more." };-)
Good luck on your restoration project. :-)
Thanks for all the info I would have had no idea about these machines it's greatly appreciated
Player.m, You're very welcome. :-)
Here is a website that you might find helpful if you get into a jam restoring your machine:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/
While there are numerous vintage sewing machine forums with knowledgeable users, that one in particular has users who are knowledgeable about industrial sewing machines.
You can of course ask me here in a comment, but I'm not really a vintage sewing machine expert. I'm just an old Internet surfer who has a not altogether explicable fascination with vintage sewing machines. };-)
Good luck. :-)