This is a model 15 clone made in post war Japan. I don’t know who the manufacturer was, but it’s badged “Mercury Electric”. Mercury Electric
More >>This Kenmore 385.15718500 came in with a hook tip burr that was dragging inside the hook race hard enough that the machine wasn’t able to
More >>Pictorial This was White 8931 was one of the first sewing machines I purchased at a garage sale. It was stuck in the cabinet, and
More >>The Singer “Simple” machines are entry level, lightweight, and light duty Zig-Zag sewing machines commonly sold at big box retailers and online. When used as
More >>Pictorial Made in Japan for Kenmore by Jaguar/Maruzen in 1962. It’s one of my heavier domestic machines at 33.5 pounds, but it’s an all metal
More >>The Riccar RZ-208B is a late 60s or early 70’s, all metal sewing machine. It has basic Zig-Zag, a blind stitch and buttonholer functions. It
More >>This is my 1939 Singer 31-15 drop feed industrial sewing machine. …and this is the 31-15 when I first got it home. The treadle table
More >>Looking at a Singer 15-30 and a Singer 115 in their base or in a cabinet the two machines are almost impossible to distinguish between
More >>The tensioner above is from a 1935 Singer 15-91, and I have one from 1932 with the same style tension unit. This article is for
More >>The handwheels found on Singer 15-91 and 201-2 sewing machines are a little more complicated than they seem at first glance. I’m going to start
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