Site Index
Vintage Singer Machines
Getting started
- Why use a vintage sewing machine?
- Machine features and what to expect
- The perfect Singers: Choose a first machine from this list
- Straight stitch vs. zigzag machines
- Low, high, and slant shank
- Valuation of old machines
- Checking over old machines before purchase
- Tips for buying on eBay
- Packing a sewing machine
- eBay Hall of Shame: A few sellers to avoid
Machine care and maintenance
- About oil, grease, and lubricating a machine
- Derusting, cleaning and polishing
- Useful tidbits about belts and motors
- Solving 'tension' problems: No black magic involved
Using vintage machines
- Starting a fresh seam: thread tails, tangles and hard starting
- 'Automatic zigzaggers' on different models: why no 66 zigzagger?
List of Models
Vintage Low Shank Accessories
Coming Soon
Photo Galleries
List of Galleries
Manuals and Documents
Vintage Singer machines
- Singer 306k23 zigzag machine manual (306 version that does *not* take cams)
Vintage Singer accessories
Accessories from other makers
Other recommended sites
Websites
- The Needlebar
- Jim and Elizabeth's Crafts and Interests
- The Smithsonian's Singer document archive
- Modern Singerco's vintage document archive
The scans here are generally poor and the machine list very incomplete-- but far better than nothing.
Mailing Lists and Groups
- Singer Attachments (Yahoo group and mailing list)
- Vintage Singers (Yahoo group and mailing list)
- Treadle On