var q singersewingmachineserialnumbersgseriesBy Jeff Lesemann. John Moses Browning 18551926 was born and raised with an arms making heritage. His father, Jonathan, had been born among the sparsely settled. Singer Model 2. 7 and 1. Singer VS 1, VS 2, VS 3, 2. Singer Manufacturing Companymaterialfabricstitchlockstitchpowertreadle, handcrank, add on electricfeeddropneedlesone 1. VS1, which uses 2. The Singer Model 2. Singer Manufacturing Company from the 1. The 2. 7 and the 1. Www. sewalot. com A site dedicated to sewing, sewing machines, collectors of sewing machines and other related topics. All crossword clues in our system starting with the letter S. When I first began sewing, I underestimated the importance of proper sewing needle use. I figured I could use the needle that came with my machine for all projects. NEW Italian made Colt 1851 Navy Robert E. Lee commemorative, serial number 194 of 2500. Caliber. 36, single action cap and ball percussion revolver. Dating Singer sewing machines by their serial numbers. Singer 2. 8 and later model 1. They were Singers first sewing machines to make use of vibrating shuttle technology. Millions were produced. 2 They are all steel and were built before the advent of planned obsolescence, and so they were designed to be repaired rather than replaced. 3 Consequently many remain today, some in collections and others still in service. In company literature they were called the womans faithful friend the world over. 4Identifying characteristicseditThe many Vintage Singer sewing machine models look very similar. All machines in the 2. VS 1, VS 2, VS 3, 2. Singer machines Split slide plates running the entire depth of bed. Flat face plate, most are ornamented with grapevines but very early examples have a plain shiny finish. Within the 2. 7 series are seen the following differences between versions 5Characteristic. VS 1. VS 2. 27. VS 3. 28. 12. 71. Trapezoidal access door on headnoyesyesyesyesyesyes. Location of stitch length controlbedpillarpillarpillarpillarpillarpillar. Bed shaperectanglefiddlerectanglerectanglerectanglerectanglerectangle. Bed width inches1. Bed depth inches7. Space between needle and pillar. Bobbin winder locationlowlowlowlowlowighhigh. Shuttle ejector buttonnononononoyesyes. A few older machines have moved their bobbin winders to the high position, but they will still have a mounting lug for it in the original lower position. Vibrating shuttleeditThe 2. Singers first6 use of a vibrating shuttle as a bobbin driver, instead of the transverse shuttle design used in the older New Family machine. HistoryeditThe design of the model 2. Allen B. Wilson, who invented the vibrating shuttle in 1. Two decades later, when the patents had expired and the Sewing Machine Combinationpatent pool had dispersed, White Sewing Machine Company employees DArcy Porter and George W. Baker built a new machine that made successful use of it. The White Sewing Machine, as it was first named, entered production in 1. It was popular in its time, and some of them remain. 7. Figure 1 from Whitehills patent 3. In the decade that followed, another gentleman applied his mind to advancing the state of the art. Scottish immigrant Robert Whitehill 1 June 1. November 1. 90. 39, founder of the Whitehill Manufacturing Company, became interested in sewing machines and subsequently patented an improvement to the take up arm. 1. He proceeded to manufacture his own machines from about 1. He then designed the sewing machine which would shortly become Singers answer to the White machine. He applied for patent on 1 July 1. US patent 3. 26. 82. September 1. 88. 5. In his design Whitehill retained the White machines dimensions and most aspects of its exterior his contribution mainly consists of the new interior. That is, he rethought the entire powertrainthe mechanism that carries energy from the handwheel to the needlebar, to the bobbin driver, and to the feed dogs. He also conceived the bullet shaped shuttle, which the White machine promptly adopted over its more traditional boat shuttle. 1. Model 2. 7 advertising card This machine is unequaled obverseHe took his prototype to the Singer head office and showed it to the office manager James Bolton 1. Bolton was thrilled with the machine and suggested a sewing competition against the best Singer models on hand at the factory. Whitehills prototype prevailed, and he sold the rights to it for USD 8,0. USD 2. 12,0. 00 adjusted, with USD 1,0. At the time, Singer was already selling two high arm models one a chain stitcher, the other an oscillating shuttle which represented a new break from the companys established history of low arm machines. The Whitehill design became the third Singer machine with a high arm, and quickly eclipsed the other twoneither of which Bolton liked anyway. 1. The Whitehill machine took the name Vibrating Shuttle 1 when, two years later, it evolved into the improved Vibrating Shuttle 2. Late 1. 9th to early 2. Singer sewing machine in Malta. Within a couple of years Scientific American took notice, and printed the following praise for Whitehills design, especially for its powertrain 1. Of Vibrating Shuttles. These are shuttles of the long description, moving in a segment of a circle. There are several varieties. The most novel machine of this kind is the vibrating shuttle machine just produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company. In this case the shuttle itself consists of a steel tube, into the open end of which the wound reel is dropped, and is free to revolve quite loosely. Variation of tension is thus obviated in a very simple manner. The chief point of interest in the machine is undoubtedly the means employed in transferring the motion from the main shaft to the underneath parts, an arrangement as ingenious and effective as any device ever introduced into stitching mechanism. It is the invention of Mr. Robert Whitehall sic, and consists of a vertical rocking shaft situated in the arm of the machine. Motion is imparted to it by means of an elbow formed upon the main shaft acting upon two arms, called wipers, projecting from the rocking shaft, the angle formed by the arms exactly coinciding with that of the elbow in its revolution. This admirable motion will no doubt attract much attention from mechanists and engineers. ProductioneditThe 2. Pedigree of the model 2. Versionsedit. Model 2. The model series evolved over time through these versions Year. Original name. Currently AKANotes. High Arm VS version, Vibrating Shuttle 1, V. S. No. 1 experimental, very low production. Vibrating Shuttle 2, V. S. No. 2. Model 2. Model 2. 7 Fiddlebedshuttle overhauled. Model 2. 7 bed changed to rectangular1. Model 1. 27 a modernized 2. Modernization below. Not to be confused with the 2. Variations table below. Portable versionseditA model 2. Such a weight strains the meaning of the term portable, even when fitted with only a hand crank and minimal wood case. Todays laptop computers typically weigh 3 to 5 pounds 1. This quickly led Singer to produce a 34ths size version intended for portability, exactly as the White Sewing Machine Company was doing with its new 34ths size Peerless machine. Singers portable version evolved thus Year. Original name. Currently AKANotes1. Vibrating Shuttle 3, V. S. No. 3. Model 2. VS 2 bed changed to rectangular1. Model 2. 8Model 2. Model 1. 28 a modernized 2. Modernization below. ModernizationeditModels 1. A new shuttle ejector button, invented in 1. The button is located on the improved shuttle frame, Singer part number 5. The bobbin winder is mounted high on the pedestal, where a small rubber tire occupying its pulley makes contact with the motor belt. The new mounting position solves the bobbin winder belt problem discussed later. Dedicated motor mounting lugs, cast into the rear of the pillar, standardize the position of the motor bracket. A decade later, motor designs will settle down into a side mounted motor that attaches to these lugs using an L shaped bracket. Automatic tension release when the presser bar is lifted, replacing the manual tension release achieved by pressing a spoon shaped device just below the tension regulator in the earlier machines.