What Machine IS That?

Careful eyes may have seen that we use several machines at our events,  If is is a huge event we usually take 4 Singer 99s. They are 3/4 sized machine. That makes them more portable. We like to use their bentwood cases too because they add a bit of class.

The Singer 66 is a full sized machine that is very similar to the 99.


At historical event sometimes we bring out our vibrating shuttle machines. It is an older style, but Singer still made the machines until the 1960s.

We got invited to a hot rod show so we took a cool looking Brother Wizard.  It turns out there was a pin up girl wearing the same colors as the machine.  The Brother was not designed to be a hand crank, but Leon was able to coax it into service.

This is a black slide vibrating shuttle  28 in a 3/4 cabinet.

This Bel Air is a Japanese Clone of a Singer 99

The Singer Spartan used the plastic case that this 99 is in.  We don't use this case for travel. The plastic in all of them is brittle and  brakes easily. This handcrank is  a modern reproduction from China.

We buy sewing machine oil by the gallon and pour it into bottles with extended spouts.  This machine can sew in reverse.  Most of ours don't.