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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 31424, member: 360&quot;]Hi Stars,</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah like with a treadle machine, this one requires muscle-power to get it going. It&#039;s very easy to use and it has very very easy control. One reason why I like using it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But no, it&#039;s a straight-stitch, single-direction machine.</p><p><br /></p><p>German sewing machines of the same era DID stitch forwards and backwards, but Singer for some reason only started producing two-way machines AFTER WWII.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Singer 99, manufactured from 1924-1962 or something like that, only started making two-way machines in like...maybe the last...10 years of production? </p><p><br /></p><p>Singer 201s made from the 1930s onwards, I don&#039;t think had reverse-stitching until the 1950s. </p><p><br /></p><p>Neither did Singer 27/28 models like this. Although the Singer 27/28 model WAS one of the longest-lasting machines they made. It came out in the...1870s I believe. And didn&#039;t stop production until the 1960s. </p><p><br /></p><p>German sewing machines of the same era (Frister &amp; Rossman, Sidel &amp; Naumann etc) all had two-way movement, as well as auto-stop bobbin-winders. Features that Singer 12, Singer 27, Singer 28 models etc, never had. Why, I have no idea. I guess the Americans and British weren&#039;t that adventurous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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