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Singer Model 68-9 Sewing Machine

Singer Model 68-9 Sewing Machine
Singer Model 68-9 Sewing Machine

Lock stitch; oscillating long beak shuttle. Sews straps to garments, underwear, etc., with bars ranging from 3/8" to 7/8" long. Each bar consists of seven staying, thirty-two covering and three tying stitches. For barring and tacking in leather or knit goods. Singer suggested replacement 69-11.

Model 68-9
Dates (Cancelled 09/1948)
Usage Industrial
Description Lock stitch; oscillating long beak shuttle. Sews straps to garments, underwear, etc., with bars ranging from 3/8" to 7/8" long. Each bar consists of seven staying, thirty-two covering and three tying stitches. For barring and tacking in leather or knit goods. Singer suggested replacement 69-11.
Needle 68x7 (light goods); 68x5 (heavy goods or leather)
Source Singer model list classes 1-99

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