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Singer Model 68-14 Sewing Machine

Singer Model 68-14 Sewing Machine
Singer Model 68-14 Sewing Machine

Lock stitch; oscillating long beak shuttle. For tacking together the edges of shoe quarters (in leather). It makes tacks up to 3/8" length and the width of tack can also be adjusted as desired. Each tack consists of twenty-one stitches, comprising two staying, nine long and. seven cross stitches in the centre of the tack, and three tying stitches. Singer suggested replacement 69-7.

Model 68-14
Dates (Cancelled 09/1948)
Usage Industrial
Description Lock stitch; oscillating long beak shuttle. For tacking together the edges of shoe quarters (in leather). It makes tacks up to 3/8" length and the width of tack can also be adjusted as desired. Each tack consists of twenty-one stitches, comprising two staying, nine long and. seven cross stitches in the centre of the tack, and three tying stitches. Singer suggested replacement 69-7.
Needle 68x5 or 68x9 (or 16x77 in another manual)
Source Singer model list classes 1-99

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