Singer Manuals
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221K Manual Cover
(Featherweight)
12K
Singer 12K 'New Family', Instructions for using machine and attachments (Form K2); 12pp.
15K80
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING SINGER SEWING MACHINE CENTRAL BOBBIN, FOR FAMILY USE
15-86
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING 15-86 (WITH ATTACHMENTS 120603) LOCK STITCH, FOR FAMILY USE
15-88 & 15-89
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING SINGER SEWING MACHINES 15-88 and 15-89 REVERSIBLE FEED LOCK STITCH, FOR FAMILY
USE
15-90
Reversible Feed, Oscillating Shuttle, For Family Use. Here is a high-res manual:
15-90
Manuals provided by John Merritt.
15-125
Instructions for using Singer Sewing Machine 15-125
The Model 20 Toy Sewing Machine
24-24
Instructions for using Singer Sewing Machine No. 24-24 (Automatic Chain Stitch) and Attachments
27K & 28K
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING The Singer ManUfacturing Co.'s 27K and 28K (VIBRATING SHUTTLE) Sewing Machines
27K and 28K
Form K 204
48K - English (1900)
Translation & document creation by Tammy Tatum
66
From 1929
66-1, 1912, color
The
above
in black and white. Possibly more legible, but not nearly so charming.
66-6
Color manual for the 66-6. Dating from 1929, this manual is form 18368.
66-18
For using the Singer Electric Sewing Machine 66-18. (Provided by Jens Parks in honor of his mother.)
66-18
- another variation of the 66-18 manual
99-13
The Singer Portable Electric Sewing machine No. 99-13, with knee control
(Courtesy of Drew Ritland)
(Courtesy of Drew Ritland)
101-4 & 101-12
1929 manual, in color
101-4 & 101-12
black and white
115
"Instructions for using Singer Sewing Machine No. 115
- lock stitch, for family use" Form 8255, May 1915 (32pp).
- lock stitch, for family use" Form 8255, May 1915 (32pp).
192 Spartan
Instructions for Singer's budget model (Form K6349), 4 pages.
For more detailed instructions, see literature for the 99 (to
which it is very similar).
For more detailed instructions, see literature for the 99 (to
which it is very similar).
206K25
Instructions for using SINGER Sewing Machine 206
221K Featherweight
The bare-necessities
Featherweight
manual.
221K Featherweight
Instructions for using Singer Portable Electric Sewing Machine No. 221K, Rotary Hook, Reverse Feed, for
family use, plus "Instructions for using attachments etc. which may be purchased separately" -
this includes: the feed cover plate (for darning) and embroidery. Dated November 1951 (Form no. K5710).
221-1 Featherweight
"Instructions for using Singer Portable Electric Sewing Machine 221-1 (Lockstitch, for family use with
foot control). Form No. 19657." Undated. It would have been originally supplied with American
machines.
222K Free-arm Featherweight
Dated November 1955 (Form K5969). Including how to use the attachments. 96pp.
237
AS THE OWNER OF THE SINGER 237 you have a completely new, smooth running sewing machine which offers you
a new world of sewing enjoy- ment.
319K
Instructions for using the Singer 319K automatic swing needle sewing machine (1957 - 108 pages). Before
computerisation, embroidery stitches had to be achieved mechanically. This zigzag machine has a set of
levers on the top which, in combination with the 30 supplied fashion discs (flat cams), manipulate the
byte of the needle to form dozens of decorative stitches. There was a free-arm version (320K) and
together they represent probably the last of Singer's rugged, "all-metal" domestics.
327
Instructions for using the Singer 327 Sewing Machine. 32 pages.
401
Singer 401 'Slant-o-matic' zig-zag sewing machine - instructions for use; Form No. 4101; dated 1960.
Slant needle machine using 'Special Discs' for decorative stitching. For electric or treadle use.
Announced as "the world's first automatic with a slant needle and gear drive...". (96 pages)
411G
"World's first automatic that produces not only the conventional lock stitch, but also a single thread
chain stitch which can be used for basting seams . . . " -manual courtesy Bill Holman of the Vintage
Stitchers Family of Groups
Improved Family
Instructions for using the Improved Family Singer Sewing Machine, New York; Form No. 7129, July 1 1891,
Supersedes Form 7006.
Vibrating Shuttle
For the Singer Vibrating Shuttle (VS) machine and its attachments, supplied by the Kilbowie factory;
Form No. 1443; dated 1891
See Singer Vibrating Shuttle #1
Attachments & Accessories:
B.U.K. Electric Motor
1930, knee control
B.U.K. Electric Motor
1931, foot control
Singer "Famous" Buttonholer Models C and D
Manual and Parts List courtesy of David Jones
Buttonhole Attachment Model 121795
Singer Buttonhole Attachment for Lockstitch Family Sewing Machines (Provided by Jens Parks in honor of
his mother.)
Buttonhole Attachment Model 121795
Older, poorer quality scan of the above.
Edgestitcher
The Edge-stitcher: Singer attachment instructions; 4pp; 1916.
Even-Feed / Walking Foot
In two languages!
Foot-Bar Attachments
"Directions for using The Singer Manuf. Co.'s 1888 (Foot-bar) Set of Attachments" for the
Improved Family and VS2 machines. It's a manual for the first puzzle box (which was patented in
1889); this is dated 1889. The ruffler and tucker are very early styles (patented 1888).
Hand Operated Pinking Machine
Instructions for using the Hand Operated Singer anti friction bearing Pinking Machine. (No. 121379)
Singercraft Guide Number 2
Black & White
Singercraft Guide Number 2
A FASCINATING NEW WAY of making colorful and decorative articles on the sewing machine. In color
Stocking Darner
"For use on all Lock Stitch Sewing Machines, Model No. 035776"
Turkish Point Attachment
TURKISH POINT ATTACHMENT FOR VERTICAL NEEDLE, STRAIGHT STITCH, CENTRAL BOBBIN, FAMILY SEWING MACHINES
Reference Works:
1896 Singer Sewing Machine Catalog
Machines for Every Stitching Process
1910 Singer Sewing Machine Catalog - Australiasia
Agents in every town in Australasia
1912 Singer Sewing Machine Catalog
Elizabethport
1924 Singer Sewing Machine Catalog
Elizabethport
1926 Singer Sewing Machine Catalog
Standard of the World
Singer's Sewing Skills Reference Book
Singer's Reference Book for Sewing Skills. Information on your machine, its attachments, and how to use
them. (Provided by Jens Parks in honor of his mother.)
Service & Adjusting:
Manual of Electrical Instructions for Singer Family Shops
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE MOTORS, SINGERLIGHTS, CONTROLLERS, HAND AND FLOOR VACUUM CLEANERS, FLATIRONS,
FANS, Etc., Form 20596
Wiring
Contains Featherweight-specific, and generic, wiring diagrams
9W1 and 9W7 Parts List
PRICE LIST OF PARTS FOR FAMILY SHOPS MACHINES Nos. 9W1 and 9W7
15-86 & 15-87 Parts List
LIST OF PARTS FOR FAMILY SHOPS MACHINES Nos. 15-86 and 15-87
24-62 Parts List
PRICE LIST OF PARTS FOR FAMILY SHOPS MACHINE No. 24-62
101-1
parts list
100-2, 101-3, 101-10, 101-11
1927 parts list - 136 pages
101-1, 101-2, 101-3, 101-10, & 101-11 Adjusters Manual
ADJUSTERS MANUAL FOR SINGER MACHINES 101-3 AND 101-11 WITH S.U. AND S.E. MOTORS AND CARBON CONTROLLERS
(For Machines 101-1, 101-2 and 101-10 with Wire-Wound Resistances See Adv. 1856)
115-1 & 115-2 Parts List
PRICE LIST OF PARTS FOR FAMILY SHOPS MACHINES Nos. 115-1 and 115-2
206K25 Service Manual
ADJUSTERS MANUAL FOR SINGER ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINE 206K25 FOR COMBINED STRAIGHT AND ZIGZAG STITCHING
REVERSIBLE FEED
206K25, 206K43, 306, 319, and 401 Service Manual
SERVICE MANUAL FOR SINGER SWING-NEEDLE SEWING MACHINES FOR COMBINED STRAIGHT AND ZIGZAG STITCHING
REVERSIBLE FEED
221 (Featherweight) Adjusters Manual
ADJUSTERS MANUAL FOR SINGER PORTABLE MACHINE 221-1 LOCK STITCH, FOR FAMILY USE WITH SERIES 3 MOTOR AND
FOOT CONTROLLER
306W24 & 306W25 Parts List
LIST OF PARTS FOR FAMILY SHOPS SINGER MACHINES Nos. 306w24 and 306w25
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