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May we see a photograph of the logo please?

Debora

 

Impossible to tell anything without photographs, and the name on the side of the machine is unlikely to be helpful.

It was a very very VERY common practice to "rebadge" machines in the old days.

So like - a company produces the machine. And sells it to a retailer. The retailer takes off the manufacturer details, and puts on their own details, and sells it under their name.

So like, you might have a machine made by A.Sewing.Machine.Company, sold to A.Sewing.Centre. ASC will simply stamp the machine with "A.Sewing.Centre" on the side.

That doesn't mean that they made it. Just that they sold it. You may never know who actually made it. Sometimes you can, but not always.

This was a VERY common practice. It happened all over the world. It was especially prevalent in Germany, America, and Japan. Even in Australia, which isn't famous for its manufacturing heritage - got in on the rebadging of machines.

The only way to know for sure (or at least, be more sure than not) would be to see the machine and make deductions based on the photographs.

A machine made in the 1950s is almost certainly one that was made in Japan, and sold overseas to other countries & companies, which would then have stamped or riveted on their own branding. That being the case, it is MOST LIKELY Japanese, but I won't know until I see it. Thusfar, this is just speculation.

 

JUST an FYI for anyone interested in their Singer Featherweight, if they have one, there is a club/shop that, since I had my reconditioned after it froze up from lack of use, I now get weekly emails.... ”TheFeatherweightShop.com” ...they always have something crafty, or giveaways, or even if you’re looking for a Featherweight, or parts, I think once a month on a given day, they list what they have for sale!!!

 

I found a Featherweight in the local ReStore a few years back. Hauled that puppy off so fast.... A friend wanted one and at their price? No-brainer.

1. Have you ever cleaned out the area around the bobbin? Gotten the fluff out? I use a Singer that's older than me. it goes loopy once in a while; it means I need to flip the thread spool over; she's finicky about which way it comes off the spool. Then rethread and off I go. Also check your thread tension. Sometimes it's off. Beyond that..dunno.

 

Hello @ariannacraig & welcome to the forum!!

Here are a few websites where you might be able to find a solution to your issues.

Good luck!!

https://silverbobbin.com/singer-sewing-machine-troubleshooting/

https://sewingmastery.com/top-10-singer-sewing-machine-problems-and-how-to-fix-them/

https://www.singer.com/manuals

There are also many youtube videos available if you are a more visual person.

 

Old sewing machines are a magnet for dust and fluff (I've cleaned loads, I should know!).

That said - these machines are nigh bulletproof. The machine would have to be packed full of crap before it would actually stop working - or even start working funny.

Get yourself a pair of needle-nose tweezers, and get to work picking out the dust and lint. There will be a lot of it. I've seen everything from cotton to dust to dead flies and broken needles.