Singer's original intent was to produce a limited number of machines in 1951 with the Centennial badge. However, these machines sold so quickly that they decided to produce another batch. Sales went through the roof, Singer had unintentionally created a craze. It was all nice until they realized that customers wouldn't buy sewing machines without the badge 0.0 (Go figure). So they sent additional badges to Singer Sewing Centers with the instruction to install them on any sewing machines that had the standard gold badge. They even dusted off their leftover machines from 1947-1950 and installed badges on them, that's why you can find pre-1951 machines with the badge. It all ended in late '51 or early '52 when Singer felt customers wouldn't buy machines with the now "old" badge.
Singers were well made and they were proud of that. Today nothing works that's why we all want a vintage machine. Almost everything old is better except my knees...lol
The shuttle is used for the interlacement of warp & weft yarns in creating fabric on a loom. So on the badges the shuttle represents fabric that will be sewn into clothing which is represented by the needles & thread passing through the shuttle.
WOW! I have collected Vintage Singer's for many years and have NEVER seen anyone do this type of research on 'Logo's". Very important for Singer history to document these kinds of things and because you did this, I now have discovered that I have a Centennial 15-91 and no doubt would have never known had you not made this video! Thank you!
Back when these were made this was an important purchase for any family. Singer knew this and wanted the machines to be fancy for that time. A lot of machines were set in the Front room or the Parlor, so it was like on display.
Singer Models 127 and 128 (probably others) have the 'vibrating shuttle' that sweeps back and forth. Easy to identify if there are two long bobbin slide doors crosswise of the machine bed. The outer ring of dots and lines on those badges is a graphic representation of a finish sewn stitch.
There are two words for clarification that would help you. Deboss and Emboss. debossing is stamping to raise a pattern, and embossing is stamping to lower a design. The older logos are debossed, and the newer were embossed. Hope that helps.
The shuttle is a depiction of the Standard shuttle and transverse shuttle, not the vibrating shuttle. The VS shuttle is closed on the number 8227 and 8327, but the number 48 1/2 TS shuttle has an open face showing the bobbin as depicted. The ts shuttle goes with the Singer 12 and New Family, and that machine had an even larger logo and more oval. The Singer Improved letter A and the letter A had painted on logo of similar design. The first one you showed started showing up in 1879 on the Singer Improved Family machine. With the "commemorative" badges, it has a tradition. Singer's start was the 1851 "great exhibition" and put them on the map worldwide. They had a large area in the "crystal palace" and sold many machines right on the spot. You are spot on about the centennial badge, heard of many problems as you described. (edit) i forgot about the Standard shuttle, similar to the TS that moves from front to back in a line is similar to the TS and it found on the Singer 1,2,3 machines, the Singer number one being the first machine produced and sold in 1851. I can provide examples of the shuttles or logos depicted or described as mentioned above from my collection. Second edit : the singer logo shown firstly in the video was trademark #2651 and was registered June 5, 1875. (elongated type) and then shortened in 1879 to the one shown.
Can you talk about badges Singer gave to other companies that put their brand on their sewing machine? I have a 1898 Sears Roebuck & Co. treadle machine. I know very little about it. It was named Home Queen. It is in very good condition and my late aunt fine tuned it and it sees nice. She learned to sew on a treadle when she was young in PR. The iron is nice looking and you can still see the gold lettering. The other thing I learned was this machine was modeled after one of the Minnesota machines. They are many branded sewing machines out there that are not talked about. I even found a similar model advertisement in a vintage Sears catalog.
Teri Adams, the vintage Singers were made before "planned obsolescence" became standard for manufacturers. Many products today are designed to wear out or break without being repairable, or so that buying a new one is cheaper than fixing the old one.
Cool badges, just picked up a 201-2 with a centennial badge and then a 101 appeared on craigslist that I purchased for a very small amount (needs a lot of work). Then I noticed it's badge was "Texas centennial exposition" 1936. It was manufactured in 1931, a good find with potential. Having fun restoring them and finding deserving homes where they are appreciated.I just love the pre-CNC precision of these machines.
I knew it was a shuttle because I have a 128k. I also have a 66 and I just got a featherweight. Thanks for the information. It is nice to know, especially about not cleaning the badges.
Thats a good idea cam. I have not thought to compare the two but not a bad idea. When COVID clears, I hope to get access to another 201 and if I have a 15 to compare it to, that would be a fun video to make given that the 2 models, though they share the lovely black paint scheme, are actually very different in how they were engineered and how they operate.
great info, your video has helped me pinpoint the year mine was made, I also have a centennial, i didn't know exactly what year it was made till you shown and explained at 8:05
I have my Grandma's Tan 221 which of course has that Red S emblem. I used automotive polish Meguiare's #9 to polish all my badges on every machine, I don't have any of the special badges other than the tan (from the early years) it cleaned them all up beautifully. I have a 403A, 185J, black 221, tan 221, (2) 301's, 201-2 They are beautiful. I also found my Tans ring is brown, not black after I got all the grime off of it. They also continued using the longer metal badges on the 400 and 500 models as well and may have for other models I just don't have any so none come to mind.
Neat video! I'm really enjoying your channel. I have a G series Singer 66 no reverse with the crinkle finish, band motor and knee pedal. ISMACS says it's a 1910 model15 😅
I was just gifted a featherweight 221k and a few people have said its special because if the red “s”it has. After watching this video it explains helped me understand why they do this. Thank you. Very interesting stuff! I know it was made in 1960 from its serial number. Uncertain where it’s from but I think Britain. Can’t wait to get it back from being serviced and see how it performs. 😊🧵
In have a blackside, crinkle (godzilla I call it) finish 128 centenial badged little monster in my sewing room. Love that little beast. (it came to me with a white in color one amp pfaff motor on it )
Interesting video as always. I'm wondering though about cleaning the older (first) badge you showed, the one with no color. Can it be cleaned without harming it and with what? Thanks!
Wow! Thanks for the informative video! I've got a model 66 (serial AJ849898) with the crinkle paint and a "3D" style century badge and never knew it was anything out of the ordinary (well, one of ~30,000 made in August 1950, lol) Now I just need to find someone that can change belts, oil it, etc. How do you get a reasonable appraisal?
I have issue with all the old ladies and gals that wrapped (rags) stuff around the neck of the machine like that and then proceeded to stick pins in it like it was some form of voodoo doll. You scratch the crap out of these machines that way, geez, what was the matter with yeah?>
I share your frustration with that old habit JP. My only theory is that many of the original owners sewed for many hours on lots of sewing projects. This would have been a short cut to helping always have pins within easy reach. Of course, they had access to stuffed pin cushions, but this is why I think they did this. But you are correct about how pins can scratch the old painted surfaces. This makes me question the machines that don't have this "rash". Perhaps their owners were more careful or its also possible that they did not enjoy sewing and avoided it when they could. Or perhaps they had the finances to purchase more "Store Bought" clothes which was a lot more costly.
The afore mentioned 185 K also has “Made in England” on the base with a made in Canada marking on the motor. I understand the K means it came from Kilbowie, Scotland . Can’t find the serial number to check age. It says catalog number RFJ8-8.
@@kayewebster9852 Did you ever find the actual serial number to look it up with? It's underneath the machine, the number you gave I believe is on the motor. I have one of these beauties to.
Hello I have some singer home sewing machines I am having a hard time finding Model numbers for parts, can help me all I can find is the Serial number.
Hi David. Most Singer machines have their serial numbers easily located. But the model numbers are not always listed for the machine. You can find your model number by using the serial number by doing a search under , "Singer serial number ISMACS". That site has lots of info. and when you find your serial number, check the columns on the table where your serial number is and it will have the model number, year of production.
Singer's original intent was to produce a limited number of machines in 1951 with the Centennial badge. However, these machines sold so quickly that they decided to produce another batch. Sales went through the roof, Singer had unintentionally created a craze. It was all nice until they realized that customers wouldn't buy sewing machines without the badge 0.0 (Go figure). So they sent additional badges to Singer Sewing Centers with the instruction to install them on any sewing machines that had the standard gold badge. They even dusted off their leftover machines from 1947-1950 and installed badges on them, that's why you can find pre-1951 machines with the badge. It all ended in late '51 or early '52 when Singer felt customers wouldn't buy machines with the now "old" badge.
Singers were well made and they were proud of that. Today nothing works that's why we all want a vintage machine. Almost everything old is better except my knees...lol
Old is Gold.
Truth!
The shuttle is used for the interlacement of warp & weft yarns in creating fabric on a loom. So on the badges the shuttle represents fabric that will be sewn into clothing which is represented by the needles & thread passing through the shuttle.
WOW!
I have collected Vintage Singer's for many years and have NEVER seen
anyone do this type of research on 'Logo's". Very important for Singer
history to document these kinds of things and because you did this,
I now have discovered that I have a Centennial 15-91 and no doubt
would have never known had you not made this video!
Thank you!
Back when these were made this was an important purchase for any family. Singer knew this and wanted the machines to be fancy for that time. A lot of machines were set in the Front room or the Parlor, so it was like on display.
Singer Models 127 and 128 (probably others) have the 'vibrating shuttle' that sweeps back and forth. Easy to identify if there are two long bobbin slide doors crosswise of the machine bed. The outer ring of dots and lines on those badges is a graphic representation of a finish sewn stitch.
There are two words for clarification that would help you. Deboss and Emboss. debossing is stamping to raise a pattern, and embossing is stamping to lower a design. The older logos are debossed, and the newer were embossed. Hope that helps.
Yes, that is quite helpful. Thank you
I have worked on machines for many years. I never knew this, thanks.
Wow .... that's look exactly like mine ! Mine was made on April 29th , 1948 in Elizebeth town , New Jersey.
The shuttle is a depiction of the Standard shuttle and transverse shuttle, not the vibrating shuttle. The VS shuttle is closed on the number 8227 and 8327, but the number 48 1/2 TS shuttle has an open face showing the bobbin as depicted. The ts shuttle goes with the Singer 12 and New Family, and that machine had an even larger logo and more oval. The Singer Improved letter A and the letter A had painted on logo of similar design. The first one you showed started showing up in 1879 on the Singer Improved Family machine. With the "commemorative" badges, it has a tradition. Singer's start was the 1851 "great exhibition" and put them on the map worldwide. They had a large area in the "crystal palace" and sold many machines right on the spot. You are spot on about the centennial badge, heard of many problems as you described. (edit) i forgot about the Standard shuttle, similar to the TS that moves from front to back in a line is similar to the TS and it found on the Singer 1,2,3 machines, the Singer number one being the first machine produced and sold in 1851. I can provide examples of the shuttles or logos depicted or described as mentioned above from my collection. Second edit : the singer logo shown firstly in the video was trademark #2651 and was registered June 5, 1875. (elongated type) and then shortened in 1879 to the one shown.
Thank you for the information regarding how delicate the badges are. That is sometimes I would have never thought. Whew!
My 201k has this badge, made 1953. Great info.😊
Can you talk about badges Singer gave to other companies that put their brand on their sewing machine? I have a 1898 Sears Roebuck & Co. treadle machine. I know very little about it. It was named Home Queen. It is in very good condition and my late aunt fine tuned it and it sees nice. She learned to sew on a treadle when she was young in PR. The iron is nice looking and you can still see the gold lettering. The other thing I learned was this machine was modeled after one of the Minnesota machines. They are many branded sewing machines out there that are not talked about. I even found a similar model advertisement in a vintage Sears catalog.
Teri Adams, the vintage Singers were made before "planned obsolescence" became standard for manufacturers. Many products today are designed to wear out or break without being repairable, or so that buying a new one is cheaper than fixing the old one.
Love your channel and all the history of the singer machines!
Cool badges, just picked up a 201-2 with a centennial badge and then a 101 appeared on craigslist that I purchased for a very small amount (needs a lot of work). Then I noticed it's badge was "Texas centennial exposition" 1936. It was manufactured in 1931, a good find with potential. Having fun restoring them and finding deserving homes where they are appreciated.I just love the pre-CNC precision of these machines.
I knew it was a shuttle because I have a 128k. I also have a 66 and I just got a featherweight. Thanks for the information. It is nice to know, especially about not cleaning the badges.
Love your videos. Always learn so much.
Could you do a video on the differences between a 15-91 and a 201 sometime?
Thats a good idea cam. I have not thought to compare the two but not a bad idea. When COVID clears, I hope to get access to another 201 and if I have a 15 to compare it to, that would be a fun video to make given that the 2 models, though they share the lovely black paint scheme, are actually very different in how they were engineered and how they operate.
Thank you. I have A Singer 15-91 with the pre-centennial logo. Glad to know.
You're scaring me by pointing that ballpoint pen so close to the centennial badge! And the red 'S' embossed badge. Afraid you'll get ink on it! 😲😱
Good info. Thank you.
Hello AWESOME video, I just paid only $5 yesterday for this model. I'm not sure where to start but I have learned alot from your videos
I have a Singer 15K from 1947 with the centennial emblem on it. It's in perfect condition. Thank you for all the info!
Very welcome!
That shuttle in the middle of the badge looks like one of the bobbins that singer made for some of the earlier machines.
At first blush, that shuttle looked to me like a cricket, lol.
great info, your video has helped me pinpoint the year mine was made, I also have a centennial, i didn't know exactly what year it was made till you shown and explained at 8:05
Glad it helped!
I have my Grandma's Tan 221 which of course has that Red S emblem. I used automotive polish Meguiare's #9 to polish all my badges on every machine, I don't have any of the special badges other than the tan (from the early years) it cleaned them all up beautifully. I have a 403A, 185J, black 221, tan 221, (2) 301's, 201-2 They are beautiful. I also found my Tans ring is brown, not black after I got all the grime off of it. They also continued using the longer metal badges on the 400 and 500 models as well and may have for other models I just don't have any so none come to mind.
What a wonderful collection you have there Donna; all of those models are legendary!
Neat video! I'm really enjoying your channel. I have a G series Singer 66 no reverse with the crinkle finish, band motor and knee pedal. ISMACS says it's a 1910 model15 😅
I was just gifted a featherweight 221k and a few people have said its special because if the red “s”it has. After watching this video it explains helped me understand why they do this. Thank you. Very interesting stuff! I know it was made in 1960 from its serial number. Uncertain where it’s from but I think Britain. Can’t wait to get it back from being serviced and see how it performs. 😊🧵
Congrats on your find. I have not had the chance to see a Featherweight with that badge in person!
In have a blackside, crinkle (godzilla I call it) finish 128 centenial badged little monster in my sewing room. Love that little beast. (it came to me with a white in color one amp pfaff motor on it )
Fascinating video. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have an 1892 VS3 machine and I can't find anywhere how to put a tension spring on it. Please help.
Interesting video as always. I'm wondering though about cleaning the older (first) badge you showed, the one with no color. Can it be cleaned without harming it and with what? Thanks!
The Brass portion should be ok, but note that there is a black decorative band around the edge that I would suggest you try being extra gentle with.
@@VintageSewingMachineGarage thanks, this is what I came here to ask. I have a 12K with MOP inlay decals. I'd love to learn more about the MOP
Wow! Thanks for the informative video! I've got a model 66 (serial AJ849898) with the crinkle paint and a "3D" style century badge and never knew it was anything out of the ordinary (well, one of ~30,000 made in August 1950, lol) Now I just need to find someone that can change belts, oil it, etc. How do you get a reasonable appraisal?
Jeff MacDonald do it yourself, become a man. allow yourself to learn, to fail, to try.
quiero saber c115 y el año que fue fabricación
That pistachio green is like jadeite green.
I have issue with all the old ladies and gals that wrapped (rags) stuff around the neck of the machine like that and then proceeded to stick pins in it like it was some form of voodoo doll. You scratch the crap out of these machines that way, geez, what was the matter with yeah?>
I share your frustration with that old habit JP. My only theory is that many of the original owners sewed for many hours on lots of sewing projects. This would have been a short cut to helping always have pins within easy reach. Of course, they had access to stuffed pin cushions, but this is why I think they did this. But you are correct about how pins can scratch the old painted surfaces. This makes me question the machines that don't have this "rash". Perhaps their owners were more careful or its also possible that they did not enjoy sewing and avoided it when they could. Or perhaps they had the finances to purchase more "Store Bought" clothes which was a lot more costly.
growing up I thought it was a water bug lol you know the kind that skate on water.
OMGosh... yes I can see why! So funny how children view life!
On the Centennial badge can you polish the centerpiece not the blue but I’m talking about the center piece. Thank you
Well yes, you can, but it would require patience and just the right tools to get the polish on the brass section while avoiding the blue area.
That is what I thought a corn good to know
When did Singer stop using that first badge you discussed?
I'm not sure exactly Stormie. If anyone can shed light on this, please let us know. Great question
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I always called it a shuttlecock. Didnt know it was just a shuttle.
A shuttlecock is for badminton.
I have a beige / pistachio portable , (super heavy) that is a 185K
The afore mentioned 185 K also has “Made in England” on the base with a made in Canada marking on the motor. I understand the K means it came from Kilbowie, Scotland . Can’t find the serial number to check age. It says catalog number RFJ8-8.
@@kayewebster9852 Did you ever find the actual serial number to look it up with? It's underneath the machine, the number you gave I believe is on the motor. I have one of these beauties to.
Hello I have some singer home sewing machines I am having a hard time finding Model numbers for parts, can help me all I can find is the Serial number.
Hi David. Most Singer machines have their serial numbers easily located. But the model numbers are not always listed for the machine. You can find your model number by using the serial number by doing a search under , "Singer serial number ISMACS". That site has lots of info. and when you find your serial number, check the columns on the table where your serial number is and it will have the model number, year of production.
Vintage Sewing Machine Garage
Hello I looked on that site could not find models numbers before I contacted you do you mind if I emailed you?
Hello checked on my iPad do not know what the difference may be but I found it thank you for your video.
How much bedge machine
brass