The fact is 'only' 10,000 sewing machines with 'NA' serial numbers were allotted to be manufactured in 1951 during Singer's 100th Anniversary. Up to March 1996 you could call Singer Customer Service with your serial number and they would give you a 'Birth-Date' of 29 May 1951 for all 'NA' serial numbers. The number stamped on the bed of the machine is the serial number; both letters and numbers. My machine isn't black. This page is for identifying older black-coloured Singer machines. My machine is black and has a carrying handle built into the top of it with a fold-down arm to the left. That should be the Model 301. My machine has a. How to identify a singer sewing machine by the serial number. Antique singer sewing machines by serial number 1871 1950 the first singer sewing machine was manufactured in 1851 but some of the logbooks from that time period were lost. We will teach you identify the model number from the serial number on your antique singer sewing machine.
This site is provided as an information resource for people wanting to know more about domestic Singer sewing machines and their accessories. In particular it is aimed at the ever increasing number of more discerning machinists who are fed up with their modern ‘plastic’ machines and want to return to an era when they were in control, and not an electronic chip hidden inside the machine itself. To a time when a beautiful black and gold icon provided a fully adjustable stitch, tension which was easy to adjust and calibrate, and when any old thread could be used top or bottom, whether it matched or not, was cotton or polyester, or even one of each.
Singer Sewing Machine Serial Number Location
Pre 1970 Singer sewing machines were engineered to last and they certainly have. OK you have to oil them occasionally, but at least you can get at the bobbin mechanism to remove the fluff, unlike modern machines which are assembled in such a way as to make it impossible to ever get them apart again. Heaven forbid should you ever break the needle and loose a bit of it inside a modern machine, or have the bobbin winding mechanism seize up. All in all, modern sewing machines have become far too complicated for their own good. Unless one is into elaborate embroidery, the need for a basic machine with a perfect lockstitch is all most seamstresses require, not the facility to produce lines of rather poor ‘swan’ motifs or the like. With modern all singing, all dancing machines, the manufacturers aim to talk us into agreeing to their eye-wateringly high price tags. I know you’re saying, ‘you get what you pay for’ but the early sewing machines often cost many months and in some cases even years’ wages, but they are still working. Will the modern ones be in 50 or 100 years time? I very much doubt it.