Posted 2 years ago
lau01
(1 item)
sewing machine for collection, model Singer EA571062 perfectly working and has the original box from it.
Sewing machine Singer model EA571062 | ||
| Sewing99 of 2598 |  |  |
Sewing machine Singer model EA571062 | ||
| Sewing99 of 2598 | | |
Posted 2 years ago
lau01
(1 item)
sewing machine for collection, model Singer EA571062 perfectly working and has the original box from it.
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Hi, lau01. :-)
Thank you for showing us your vintage Singer sewing machine.
Thank you especially for providing the serial number, both in the text description and in a clear picture (the latter is great for verification, because anybody can have a slip of the finger when transcribing a serial number).
Per the serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society website, serial number EA571062 was one of a block of 25,000 consecutive serial numbers ([EA]568821 through [EA]593820) allotted by Singer's central office to one of its factories (Kilbowie/Clydebank, in this case) on May 12, 1936.
All were intended to be stamped into the beds of model 99K sewing machine heads.
Yours probably rolled off of the assembly line some time between the allotment date of its block (May 12, 1936) and the allotment date of the next block of serial numbers intended for model 99K sewing machine heads (December 10 1936):
*snip*
EA- 568821 593820 99K 25000 May 12 1936
EA- 822975 847974 99K 25000 December 10 1936
*snip*
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-ea-series-serial-numbers.html
FYI, the "K" suffix on the model number means that it was made at the Kilbowie plant.
Your machine checks out visually as a model 99, which is a three-quarter size version of the Singer 66.
Singer came out with a three quarter size version of the model 66 to make it more portable. The model 99 weighs only about 22 pounds, versus the model 66 at around 28 pounds:
https://singer-featherweight.com/blogs/schoolhouse/how-does-the-featherweight-compare-to-other-singer-machines
That's still heavy when you compare it with the weight of a modern laptop or smart phone, but it mattered to the owners/operators of sewing machines of a century ago.
It's perhaps difficult for 21st century people to understand how important a sewing machine was in that era, but back then there was nowhere near the amount of ready-to-wear clothing available that there is nowadays.
Like its older, larger sibling the model 66, the model 99 has a D-shaped needle plate, and a forward-facing tension disc assembly.
A feature that distinguises it from the model 66 is that the gold-colored, elliptical Singer medallion badge is mounted lower on the pillar:
https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/tag/difference-between-singer-66k-and-99k/
A more visually subtle difference is the shape of the area of the head casting that contains the needle bar, which is more symmetrical than on the model 66:
https://vssmb.blogspot.com/2011/08/visual-guide-to-identifying-singers_16.html
Even if you knew nothing about the machine except that it's a Singer, you could still identify the model using Sandman's Singer domestic sewing machine identification tool (although somebody just looking at the pictures might struggle, because they can't really see the face plate):
https://www.sandman-collectibles.com/id-singer-machines.htm
About the model 99:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/99k
Here is a free, soft copy of a manual for a model 99. It's actually for the 99-13 which has a knee controller, and yours appears to have a foot controller, but it's otherwise very close:
https://www.manualsdir.com/manuals/719435/singer-99-13.html?download
Your decal set is called Filigree (which is another visual clue that the machine is a model 99):
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/decals/decal04
About the Kilbowie factory:
https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/kilbowie
A Google Satellite view of the area that once hosted the Kilbowie Singer plant (there is still a railway station called "Singer" on the northeast corner):
Singer
Kilbowie Rd, Clydebank G81 2JN, United Kingdom
https://goo.gl/maps/ckxa4RrU85UBHXHs9
August 1934 aerial photographs of Singer's Kilbowie (Clydebank, Scotland) factory:
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257700
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257701
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257702
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257703
https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1257704
Here is a circa 1934 documentary made at Singer's Kilbowie (Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland) factory. You can see the machine that stamps the serial numbers into the sewing machine beds in action at starting at around the 14:17 mark:
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/1592
In case I'm forgetting anything, here is my collection of vintage sewing machine links:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/285089-help-for-vintage-sewing-machines
However, it's a lot to sift through, so if you have any questions (other than value, which I don't do), just ask them here in a comment on your post. :-)