Posted 9 years ago
dauntlesst…
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I just picked this up tonight and would love to know more about it. It's in fabulous shape. The lady that sold it to me said that it was her grandmothers. She seemed to think was from 1919 but from some of the things I am reading it looks like it could be older. Anyone know anything about it. It even came with an accessory box full of stainless steel do-dads. Please tell me more about it!
Is your front slide plate missing? :( that's where the serial number would be.
Hi there, I know this post is quite old at this point, but I am wondering if you ever found any other information about your machine and cabinet? I am looking into purchasing just the cabinet and I'm wanting to find out if I can fit my Singer 15-91 into this cabinet.... but it seems to be quite rare because I can't find much information about the cabinet (or the dimensions of the original machine) on the internet at all. If you happen to know the dimensions of the machine, and the distance between the hinge pins... I would be forever grateful! :)
Hi, riecreating. :-)
Yup, this is a pretty old post, OP dauntlessthedrab only posted this one item, and commented on one other post:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/2852-new-home-sewing-machine-in-cabinet-circ
It doesn't look like either dauntlessthedrab or tamiswed are active CW S&T users, and the very knowledgeable Bernadette is dead. :-(
Let's start off with some Singer model 15 basics.
Bed dimensions:
14 5/8" by 7" wide
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/model-list/classes-1-99.html
Distance between hinge pins:
9-3/4"
https://www.doubleveil.net/zssmp/base.htm
About the only New Home bed dimensions I could find were in a web archive of a New Home page at needlebar.org:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190911002531/http://www.needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php/New_Home_Sewing_Machine_Company
The models that seem like the closest to the one in this post are the A1, A2, and A3 (a vibrating shuttle with rounded bed corners, top tension with release, bed-mounted stitch length mechanism); however, no bed dimensions are given for those models.
The ones for which bed dimensions are given are the New Home B (14 1/4" x 7"), the New Home T (11 3/8" x 7") and the New Home New National - U (11 3/8" x 7").
The bed dimensions for the New Home B are the closest to the Singer 15, but this isn't horse shoes or grenades. };-)
Also, other dimensions can come into play on a cabinet that's designed for the sewing machine head to be lowered into the cabinet when not in use.
You'd probably be better off looking for a Singer parlor cabinet that would accomodate a Singer 15, e.g.:
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/open_side_cabinet_23-24.html
https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/drawing_room_cabinet_no_21-22.html
I suspect the reason why you don't see the 15-91 submodel listed for those treadle cabinets is simply that the 15-91 is electric; however, a protruding motor housing could fall into the "other dimensions" category.
You could ask the OP of this YouTube video about the bed dimensions and inter-hinge pin distance on their 1901 New Home:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcB3f7pi0qg
Or you could ask the old hands at the Victorian Sweatshop (I'm a member, but I'm not an old hand):
https://www.victoriansweatshop.com/