I need help finding out the manufacturer of my grandmothers sewing machine.
 

mariebattis wrote:

Can you post a picture of the entire machine? That would help!

-Marie




Thanks for the reply. Here's pictures of front and back of the machine. I had
said I needed a foot for the machine but what I meant was the pedal. Thanks

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I need help finding out the manufacturer of my grandmothers sewing machine.
 

Sorry but photos are not allowed on this group. Can you post a link to the photos?

Mary (retired and loving it in western Oregon)
"Misty" m wrote in message oups.com...
mariebattis wrote:

Can you post a picture of the entire machine? That would help!

-Marie




Thanks for the reply. Here's pictures of front and back of the machine. I had
said I needed a foot for the machine but what I meant was the pedal. Thanks

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I need help finding out the manufacturer of my grandmothers sewing machine.
 

On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:44:01 +0000, Misty
m wrote:

mariebattis wrote:

Can you post a picture of the entire machine? That would help!

-Marie




Thanks for the reply. Here's pictures of front and back of the machine. I had
said I needed a foot for the machine but what I meant was the pedal. Thanks

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I belive that's either an old Morse or White machine, which were made
in Japan by Toyota (yep they made more than cars lol). They use
'universal' sewing machine foot controls. Was the foot control for
your machine just cut off leaving the bare wire? or is there a plug
attached to the inside of the cabinet that the connections go into?

-Marie

I need help finding out the manufacturer of my grandmotherssewing machine.
 

On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:03:11 -0500, Marie wrote:

On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:44:01 +0000, Misty
m wrote:

Thanks for the reply. Here's pictures of front and back of the machine.
I had said I needed a foot for the machine but what I meant was the
pedal. Thanks

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I belive that's either an old Morse or White machine, which were made in
Japan by Toyota (yep they made more than cars lol). They use
'universal' sewing machine foot controls. Was the foot control for your
machine just cut off leaving the bare wire? or is there a plug attached
to the inside of the cabinet that the connections go into?

Toyota!
I read a historical article a couple of months back on mid-century Toyota
sewing machines. In a nutshell, after WWII Toyota started making knock
offs of the Singer 99 and 15. Mind you these knock offs are generally
considered to be as good or better than the original. The thing about
them is that while most of them are indeed "precision built" and "made in
Japan", almost none of them have names.

Sometimes Toyota made machines have the name Toyota molded into the metal
under the machine. It is not a sure thing, but it would be worth a look.

If that is what Misty's machine is, then it is indeed pretty much
universal. At the very least it would be completely interchangeable with
Singers of a similar age.
It certainly would explain why it looks similar to machines that usually
are labeled to within an inch of their functionality.

A Morse of that age at least generally has the name splashed all over the
machine, and often has a big red M in the middle of the dials. DD1's has
Morse engraved on the freaking bobbin carrier!
White was never shy of sticking their name all over either.

NightMist

I need help finding out the manufacturer of my grandmotherssewing machine.
 

On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:44:01 +0000, Misty wrote:

Thanks for the reply. Here's pictures of front and back of the machine.
I had said I needed a foot for the machine but what I meant was the
pedal. Thanks

A foot pedal is just an electric switch that is something like a dimmer
switch on a light. Instead of simply being an on/off switch, it is a
rheostat that controls how much power goes to the sewing machine engine.

What you have appears to be a vintage sewing machine, and a generic foot
pedal would most probably work. A vac/sewing machine center (Cathey's
where I live, it might be called something different where you live)
would be more than happy to replace it for you, but it is very easy to do
yourself.

First, you would need a replacement foot pedal, and a generic one would
most certainly work with the vintage machine pictured. I looked on
amazon, and generic presser feet cost between 20 and 30 dollars.

I suppose you could, at least in theory, repair rather than replace the
foot pedal, but that is only if you like tinkering with that sort of
thing, but I don't think is really worth the time or effort if your goal
is to get the sewing machine working.

The only tools you will need are a screwdriver and possibly a wire
stripper.

The steps are the same as replacing pretty much any switch:

1. Make sure the power is off to the device. For a sewing machine, this
would simply be making sure that it is unplugged.

2. Removing the cover on the housing to expose where the actual wire
connects to the switch. On my singer featherweight, this involves
removing four screws and removing a panel. On my other machine, a New
Home 601(?) this involves sliding a panel an inch or so, kind of like a
battery case on a calculator.

3. Unscrewing the wires from the old switch to remove them, and disposing
of the old switch, or giving it to someone who does like tinkering with
that sort of thing.

4. Removing the cover off the new switch and connecting the wires to it,
then of course, closing the housing by sliding it closed or putting the
screws back in.

Unfortunately I could not find a video on YouTube about specifically
replacing a foot pedal on a sewing machine but replacing a foot pedal
has the same basic steps as replacing any other type of switch and there
are plenty of videos about that.

Also, as I said, a vac/sewing machine shop would probably happy to
replace it for you for about $10 more than the part itself costs(at least
I hope it is not more than ~$10), but I think that anyone that can follow
a sewing pattern can also replace this simple switch.

Brian Christiansen