Let's not confuse "vintage" with "antique." A safe presumption for a truly antique machine would be that it is 100 years old or older.Īn affordable Singer 66 can be an ideal first purchase. But the point is that domestic vintage machines are essentially "all metal," incredibly durable, and generally manufactured before 1970 (with a very few exceptions). This is a slight but forgivable fallacy since vintage machines with internal or "potted" motors do in fact have a nylon gear, and many of the machines from the 1960s have plastic trim on the exterior of the machines. The most wide-spread notion is that a vintage machine has no internal plastic or nylon parts. Let's have a look at some typical concerns and questions.Ī portion of our own Still Stitching collection. I want to encourage these "newbies" to jump right in, headstrong and as fearless as a modest budget will allow, and I have some advice that might be helpful. Maybe it's a 99 and they've learned a bit about it, but still - what's that thing called a 201? That's a bigger number, is that a good thing? And now I see a "15" but it looks so much like the 201. One common scenario seems to be that they've picked up a model that needs a little work, but it was enough to set their interest afire.
I observe many new enthusiasts who seem a bit timid about selecting their first machine, or perhaps their second or even third. There are endless model numbers, especially with classic black Singers - 127, 99, 15, 66, 201 - yikes, it doesn't stop! Meanwhile, prices are wildly diverse, causing great confusion as to what most classic machines are actually worth. For the new enthusiast, vintage sewing machines (VSMs) are a vast sea of models, with many that look remarkably similar.
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