How to thread a Singer 15K Treadle Sewing Machine
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This is a 1945 Singer 15K treadle. The bobbin has to be loaded into the bobbin case and then inserted underneath the machine. It has the central bobbin mechanism for forming the stitch, making it suitable for free motion quilting.
The Singer 15 class of machines was widely copied in Japan and the Far East after world War 2. They are known as Japanese 15 clones and are threaded in exactly the same way. - Навчання та стиль
Very professional, at 73 I just leaned how to thread a 1915 Singer 15. You're a wonderful woman thank you
Thank you so much for this! My grandma taught me how to use this exact model, only slightly older (1934 made) when I was 10 years old. I grew up with the sound of this machine as soundtrack of my chilhood afternoons, i used to make dresses for my dolls on it and 21 years later...i have it in my house now and I am desperately trying to remember what she taught me so many years ago.:) Thank you! Cristina, Bucharest
So glad this video is still available. I have a recently purchased 1921 15K and a Japanese clone - now they are both threaded.
Hi Freycob, this tutorial has brought me back so many memories of my darling mum. Like your machine, mine too looks a little worst for wear. Mum used to make all our clothes, her little legs going for gold like an olympic runner! Alas I can't use it but I keep it still in memoriam.
Thank you so much Lizzie. I have a 1947 model, made in Clydebank - an area I know very well. Sadly the site of the former Singer factory is now an area filled with call centres, although the train station, Singer, still exists. I also have a beautiful 1874 treadle machine which needs a bit of resoration although it still works. These machines are things of beauty and I intend to make use of both of them. My lovely Mum-in-Law has her own Mum-in-Law's 1929 model. Engineering like this needs to be preserved and Scotland is still so very proud of them. :-) x
Thnak you so much Lizzy, your explanations are so clear and easy to understand and thanks to you, I've been able to fit my SINGER sewing machine a model from the 1936 years, renewed, I acquired it yesterday at a second hand shop without any manual. It works now as a clock with such a beautiful sound. I'm so happy to have at least such a good machine. My grandmother had one too, she was a dressmaker !
Thank you so much for this tutorial. My old Singer sewing machine is similar to yours!! It used to belong to my late grandmother and after 25 years since her passing, for the first time, I'm learning how to use it from you. Your tutorial really helped me a lot to understand how to use it. Love it! Appreciate it so much. :)
Thank you!!! Clear instructions with close shots finally!
Thank you, Lizzie. We don't sew often enough to remember how to thread this machine. Your video is clear and concise.
You are an angel, I have a vintage vanguard deluxe sewing machine and I haven't been able to use it for so long as I didn't know how to thread it properly. Thanks to your video I can sew with ease!
Thanks for the clear to follow instruction. My wife sews on her 1951 Singer 15J (Canadian) and I have never thought of the sound as noise. Cell phones are noise, trucks are noise, air compressors are noise. That 15J sounds like a choir of angles.
Really, thanks again.
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Thanks a million!
I didn't realized that I was threading my Mercury Dial-O-Matic sewing machine(which is designed the same way as yours) wrong until I looked at your video. Oh! Thanks to you and UA-cam for making this communication possible.
I was on the verge of giving my sewing machine away because I couldn't understand why it wasn't sewing right. But, now after watching your video...the problem is solved. THANKS AGAIN!!!
Great video. No worries about kicking the tripod it shows your are human. I found this one of the best informative clear instructions on threading a sewing machine. Many thanks. xx
Thank you very much. In recent corona virus outbreak it helped me to operate my Singer 15K from 1912! Test stitches are looking good and tomorrow I'll get to making some face masks.
Even with the low quality of video there are the static pics and usage of red thread is genial. Thank you a lot :-)
We have this machine in our family for 100 years and we were therding it wrong.Than you for video we finaly know how to.Thank you for your explenation! U help someone in Sarajevo :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have been trying to thread my "new" vintage Japanese clone (very similar to Singer model 15) but the manuals are very difficult to see. My problem was with how to wind the thread around the tensioner. Now, after watching this I am going to go give it another try!
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Hi Lizzie, I just want to thank you so much for this video. My late grandaunt passed on without handing down any knowledge about sewing with her machine and ever since she passed, nobody has used it. Now with your video I managed to get it working again. It's such a brilliant piece of machinery and it should have never gone to waste all those years. Thank you so much again.
Great news Sara! I hope you have many hours of enjoyment sewing with your machine.
I bought this machine yesterday for my home use ...Your demo helped me to work it out well. ..Thank you very much. ..
Thanks for this great video! I recently found a DeLuxe brand HA-1 clone. It has been tons of fun refurbishing it. Your tutorial was the last piece of the puzzle of me being up and running.
Thanks again!
Cheers Love,
Wil
Hi Lizzie,
This is an excellent video. Very clear and easy to follow, and the still pictures make the thread path even more evident. Owners of mid-century Japanese-made class 15 machines can use this video, as well, as they thread exactly the same way.
This is a great video. I have to make a new tension spring so the 15K treadle from 1906 will work properly. Thank you for posting this detailed video.
Great video!! Clearest instructions on how to thread a 15k series!
What an absolutely beautiful machine! I can feet my heel and toe starting to twitch! I love treadle machines.
Thank you so much for all of your videos. I watched the 99k one and this one and I was able to figure out what I was doing wrong and saved myself a lot of trouble. Keep up the good work! And thank you for taking the time to post these great tutorials.
I just bought this machine and had no ideal where to start. Thanks!!
Thanks for this. I got an old Dressmaker at Goodwill ($13)--very sound machine--but it threads on the end of the head instead of on the side facing the user. I'd never encountered this before and it took me awhile to figure it out. Was able to verify I'd finally gotten it right thanks to your video, as the configuration is exactly the same. Wish I'd seen this earlier. Would have saved a lot of trial and error.
Thanks, we found a 1911 hand crank 15k in a cupboard at work. Well it's no use in a cupboard, still sews like new.
Hi Muv, thank you for this very useful tutorial. I have my dear mum's machine, slightly different as the it has the boat bobbin. I'm not able to use it for lack of leg strenghth but will one day have it restored to it's former glory. I live 3 miles from the Singer family Mansion which is now a museum and local council building. Sadly it is in the pipeline to convert it into a hotel, albeit retaining all it's historical features. Many thanks again.
Awesome video, very helpful! I recently got a Singer 15 clone and couldn't figure out how to thread it. This was the best video I found, especially the still shots. Thank you!
Thank you very much for this detailed explanation. Now I've got it!
Excellent video! This has been the most helpful and clear instruction guide for threading I've seen so far. Thanks so much for sharing. =)
Thank you so much for that! I was threading it ALL wrong.xx
Thank you so much, I am so glad that I found this video, I was so confused while threading the sewing machine.
This would really help me in my Home Economics Class!
Brilliant so clear and distinct.
Thank you SO much for this video. I was having a devil of a time with this. My machine is finally sewing well.
Thank you, i have a RHYTHM sewing machine that looks and functions just like this one but is made in japan. I couldnt find any instructional videos to help me thread my machine, but yours was spot on. =) now i can get to my sewing.
I was having so much trouble setting it up, then i watched this video. Thanks a lot!
So nicely demonstrated Ma'am. Thank you so much for sharing I was desperately in need for the basics...Thankyou :)
Hello Cristina, I am delighted to hear that you have your grandmother's machine. I hope you have many happy hours using it for many years to come. Muv
Thank you Lizzie, great video! this is exactly the machine I have!
Thank you sooo much lizzie for the wonderful demo, and the way you presented it is great.. i brought this machine yestrday and was lost wth no help..ur video guided me ..thanks n keep up the good work ..god bless.
Congratulations on the new machine, Melvin - great choice!
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Hello Valerie, Absolutely delighted to hear that you didn't give your machine away - imagine the frustration if you had found what you had been getting wrong afterwards! Muv
Hello Freycob and Madeitwithlove, Thank you for your comments. How lovely that you have treadle machines that have been passed down in the family.
I should make the effort and visit the Singer Mansion before it's too late..
Happy New Year, Muv
thnkew so much Lizzie for this amazing tutorial
Thank you, Lizzie
Sewing is common training for everyone. So it need for every people
great video! i've begun taking an interest in sewing, and more so the old-fashioned way.. thank goodness for youtube tuts, quite a skill this would've been back in the day!! :)
Thanks Lizzie!! Excelent video. Works with my machine.
Luis, from Argentina.
Hello Vincea51,
Glad you enjoyed the video and the English accent that goes with it. All my machines understand me, even the German ones.
Regards Muv
Your videos are a godsend! Thank you sew much!
excelente profesora, felicidades
Nice and easy to understand.
Thank you for the demo, it was very useful ;)
Hy... Lovely video...i just got a machine yesterday...nd really want to do lots of work on it.. :) ur video help me alot...thnx
this was amazing really helpful
Glad you have found the video helpful. In fact, I have referred to Japanese machines in the description of the video above.
wonderful video!
thank you.. i just got a Simplex sewing machine, a singer clone made in occupied japan and it has the same exact set up.. was wondering how to thread it... thank you...
Merci beaucoup Madame! 🌹
Lizzie,
Your Singer 15K produced in the the Kilbowie, Clydebank, Scotland plant must be different from my Singer 15-91 produced in the Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA plant.
My Singer 15-91 threads exactly as you have described and depicted except on the Singer 15-91 the flat of the needle is on the left and the eye of the needle is threaded from right to left as you are facing the front of the machine (sewing position). The instruction manual with my machine and posted on ISMACS website confirm this needle eye threading on the Singer 15-91.
I am surprised that there is a difference between the UK and the USA Singer 15 models.
Mark.
Nouvel utilisateur d'une singer 31k15 je vous remercie pour vos partages d'information....
Very good video !
gracias buen video i love my old machine ,thankyou
Thanks for your wonderful videos, look at the following you have! R.
awesome, very clear!
thanks to explain in detail.thank u very much
Good explanation, but it has been missing to see if the needle is threaded in front or behind and the placement of the needle
For most of Singer 15k, the needle is threaded from right to left. At least, this is the way my 15-88 goes.
Thank you, it was very much helpful :)
best accent ever. like the bbc used to sound when i was a kid
Thank you! I just bought a 1936 model, and the threading part of the instruction booklet is missing. So this is very helpful!
Congratulations on your new machine!
thank you for the description - i tried to use my bullet shuttle treadle to do free motion embroidery but it didn't work. I now know that i have to search for a central bobbin mechanism for free motion embroidery.
Yes. this was so helpful😀
Nice video. Interesting however is our 1947 and 1951 Singer manuals clearly shows our model 15 to thread the needle from right to left, and the bobbin to rotate counter clockwise in the bobbin case, just the opposite to your video. Also, though not shown in your video, the needle flat goes to the left.
is it a late model 15 the ornate silver end piece is amazing
Informative video on how to thread unfortunately I have an older machine with a bullet shaped bobbin would love to know how to thread that and wind the bobbin
Many thanks...to U i was able to sew my windsurf sail...all happiness....................
This is a beautiful sewing machine. My neighbor so happen to give me a sewing machine because I told her back in the day I use to love sewing. I use to make EVERYTHING for me and my mom and I loved it. I love sewing, so I decided to see if it works..and truly it works....I love it and find out that I have a 1948 Singer 15-91 Sewing Machine..and to see this video is simply AWESOME!!! The only thing that puzzled me was where to put the thread and I see from your video, it sits on the top...and as I look at it...there is a hole on top of the machine, but nothing int he hole to hold the thread, so where can I go to get something to hold the thread? Please respond. I appreciate you showing this video, you have given me so much info on this vintage sewing machine and I just love it. I can't wait to get back to sewing. Please help me out on how to put something on the top, so the thread will stand steadily. Awesome demonstration, I was wondering how to thread the machine...lol..and with your demonstration, I now know...thank you so much....appreciate it so much. Thank you!..:-)
Hello Brenda, do you mean the spool pin is missing? If so, try Sew Classic -
shop.sew-classic.com/Spool-Pins-Holders-Felts_c15.htm
or Helen Howes -
helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk/threadguides.html#spoolpins
thank you
Bravo!
Thank you Lizzie for this video..It really helped me a lot..But can you show a video on how to adjust or change the tension of the upper thread on this sewing machine? It will be really helpful for me..
Hello Krishna, Glad this video has been a help. Please watch my video showing how to adjust the tension on a long bobbin machine - ignore everything about the bobbin thread, but adjusting the top thread will be the same for any machine.
Just adjust the nut at the tension discs.
I thought I would watch this video while at work so I could learn how to set the machine up and do so once I get home. I now know I will be watching this again and there will be a lot of pausing and rewinding involved. Oh, how naive I proved myself to be...
Crikey Jason, is that a dog or a wildebeest?
You'll manage the machine soon enough, but you have to think small. Fiddly, even.
Good luck!
Jason McDaniel
Thankew😊
Tnx i didn't know waht to do :)
Wait...how did people do this in 1945 without this tut?
They had the manual or their grandma to tell them how! Now this woman has become all of our grandmas.
Hello Ninja,
Do you mean the tyre on the bobbin winder? There isn't a rubber ring on the tension discs.
Best of luck with your new machine!
Muv
Hope this is not a stupid question. How would you know if the needle is placed wrongly? I have a Raleigh and I have no idea if the "flat" side should be on the left or right side?
Thank you so much for this video. I just got this same machine for a birthday gift. I'm excited but I had no idea how to thread it.
What is that rubber ring called? The one around the tension wheel. Trying to look for another one. The name might help my search.
Thanks :)
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Hello! I believe my Singer Sewing Machine is a 99K Hand wound but i cannot be too sure of the date seeing as it is was my grandmothers. i am having some trouble with the tension discs, i do not know why the thread keeps getting stuck in them, any ideas would be most grateful! Your video is the closest i could get to the same design as my Singer Machine.
thanx
Planing any new video's anytime soon?
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Hola Guillermo.
No sé exactamente que quiere decir. Primero, la palabra "esplicaciones" no existe en inglés - decimos "explanation." Segundo, sí, la máquina es un Singer 15K, es decir un modelo 15 fabricado en Kilbowie, Escocia.
how set a tread in
peco machine plzz
I can't get it to start the bobbin thread from the bottom like she does in the video. Help
please madam how can I get a similar one to yours and how much please answer me coz I need it urgently 😢😢😢😢
do you know where to find belts for these?
Mine finally snapped :(
You can look for singer manufacturer online they should be selling it
Would you please show how to do embrodery on singer 15ch machine .
+penguin n No, sorry, not on my to do list.
Thanks I didn't know what to do 😶😶
I don't know whicg singer machine to get!!! 😩 Can you help please?