This is my newly acquired machine. I couldn't pass it up. $10. It was already rewired and sewing pretty decently. Needs some cleaning and oil, but it has lots of potential. Anyone know any thing about it? I believe it is just a generic singer clone. It says made bit japan. It has a serial number. I don't even know where to look for info. A few google searches didn't bring up much. Its pretty though.
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Model 15 clone for sure
Usually these have a more powerful motor than a Singer
Some research info
http://vssmb.blogspot.com/search/label/identifying
http://www.parts.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/15.pdf
Good find
Thanks for the link TZ. Yeah, it has a .9 amp motor. Goes through 3 layers of webbing with ease. It is a sweet machine.Originally Posted by TZBrown
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Yep, generally the Japanese class 15 clones are very good machines. Here's a couple more links that might be of interest.
http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...ion-manual.pdf
http://blog.sew-classic.com/2008/12/...-15-clone.aspx
Thanks! Sew classic is an awesome resource!
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Great price! I found a class 15 clone for $35.00 a while back. It sews a nice straight stitch and is in excellent shape. Have fun with it!
This is my newly acquired machine. I couldn't pass it up. $10. It was already rewired and sewing pretty decently. Needs some cleaning and oil, but it has lots of potential. Anyone know any thing about it? I believe it is just a generic singer clone. It says made bit japan. It has a serial number. I don't even know where to look for info. A few google searches didn't bring up much. Its pretty though.
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Putting it to use My Wife never did LOL My first project.
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Where's the rest of the machine?
Place the stitches on the other edge of the hem.
Whew! It took me four days, but I finally made it through all 96 pages of this thread! I didn't see any machines the same brand as mine...Riccar. Japanese, I believe. Bought it new in the mid-to-late 70's to sew leather checkbooks for our handcrafted leathergoods business. It has two speeds...rabbit and turtle (at least that's the images the toggle button has on it). Turtle speed worked well sewing through two layers of stamped or tooled checkbook leather. There is one plastic gear that I had to have replaced maybe 5 years ago, and then another repair about a year ago. I've used it to sew quilt tops, do applique, sew checkbooks and leather pouches, covers for my teardrop trailer mattresses, 1000 denier Cordura case for my portable solar panel and much more. Last project was sewing a noseeum double end stuff sack for one of my hammocks.
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I also have my Grandmother's treadle sewing machine in a full cabinet, but I don't have any pics of it yet. I do remember trying to sew on it in high school (back in the Dark Ages) and it was sorely in need of adjustments then. All your great posts on how to work on the old machines will be really helpful when I tackle fixing it.
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