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The Standard Rotary

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(Standard Sewing Machine Company)

Compiled by Gina Bisco

Free Westinghouse Rotary Sewing Machine Manual Model ALB. Examples include:. Setting needle. Threading bobbin case. Threading machine. Bobbin winding. Drawing up lower thread. Stitch length. Adjusting tension. Choosing the correct needle. Fabric, needle, thread chart. Change presser feet. Ruffler attachment. If your sewing machine does not have a model number, but has a serial number similar in location to the image above, use the images below to help identify the sewing machine model number. The Singer 99k sewing machine is small in size measuring only 12-1/2' wide, this image shows an early version the 99K (99K21 - 26) made between 1924 to 1954.

Thank you to Alan Quinn and the Needlebar Group for making the survey possible, as well as for their ongoing sewing machine research that so greatly benefits all of us with an interest in these old machines.

Summary of Results

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One of the most fascinating aspects of Standard Rotary sewing machines made by the Standard Sewing Machine Co. is that some of them will take an attachment called a chainstitch spider which installs in place of the bobbin case and (used along with a special chainstitch needle plate) converts the machine from straight stitch to single thread chainstitch. The spider that came with my Standard Rotary serial number 770155 worked well in that machine and one with a later serial number, but it would not fit it into any of my machines with a lower serial number.

In doing this survey, I was hoping to find out whether there was a version of the chainstitch spider that would fit the earlier Standard Rotary machines. The earliest serial number for a machine in the survey that was confirmed to have a spider is 727368. Whether there is a version of the spider that will fit Standard Rotary machines with a serial number lower than 700000 remains to be discovered.

(Update August 2009. Machine #545,868 accepts and is able to use a solid center pin chainstitch spider. The use of the spider may depend on the type of hook mechanism and bobbin case the machine has. Further details in the NeedleBar Picture Library)

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The earliest machine in the survey has serial number 62565. Machines with serial numbers lower than 174193 have the serial number on the flip-up plate (Photo 1). Machines with serial numbers above 182514 have the serial number on the stitch length plate (Photo 2). This serial number division also signifies a general change from the springless felt and grooved disk tension assembly (Photo 3) to the tension assembly with a spring and and a takeup spring with one free end (Photo 4). Two machines earlier than 174193 are reported as having the J tension assembly; perhaps the tension assembly was replaced with a later version sometime during their working lives.

112 operator crack.

Photo 2. Serial number on stitch length plate.



Photo 3. Tension assembly made up of grooved disk and felt pads, no spring ('I' in the table of survey results).

Photo 4. Tension assembly with spring and takeup spring having one free end ('J' in the table of survey results).

Another major division in the serial numbers occurs between 1065155 which is the latest reported 'slim' machine (5) and 1247790 which is the earliest reported 'stout' machine (6). This change in shape corresponds with another change in the tension assembly to one including a takeup spring with no free end (7).


Photo 6. 'Stout'


Photo 7. Tension assembly with spring and the takeup spring has no free end--found only on 'stout' shape ('K' in the table of survey results).

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In addition, the shape change signifies a change in the shuttle race from a hollow pin to a solid pin. Therefore, stout machines require a spider with a hollow pin, and slim machines of approximate serial number 700,000 and above require a spider with a solid pin.

Photo 8. Front and back of spider with solid pin, which fits 'slim' machines having serial numbers above about 700,000.


Photo 9. Front and back of spider with hollow pin, which fits 'stout' machines at least between 1247790 and 1362800, and possibly above.

The 4 feed dog variants (Photos 10, 11, 12, 12) do not seem to be perfectly correlated with any particular serial number sets except that versions 1 and 2 are found only on 'slim' machines and version 4 is found only on 'stout' machines. Note the slight difference in configuration between versions 3 and 4: on version 3, the leg of the L-shaped feed extends only to the front edge of the needle hole; on version 4, the leg extends well beyond the front edge of the needle hole.

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MEMBERS' SURVEY RESULTS

The Standard Rotary

Free Westinghouse Sewing Machine Information

(Standard Sewing Machine Company)

Compiled by Gina Bisco

Free Westinghouse Rotary Sewing Machine Manual Model ALB. Examples include:. Setting needle. Threading bobbin case. Threading machine. Bobbin winding. Drawing up lower thread. Stitch length. Adjusting tension. Choosing the correct needle. Fabric, needle, thread chart. Change presser feet. Ruffler attachment. If your sewing machine does not have a model number, but has a serial number similar in location to the image above, use the images below to help identify the sewing machine model number. The Singer 99k sewing machine is small in size measuring only 12-1/2' wide, this image shows an early version the 99K (99K21 - 26) made between 1924 to 1954.

Thank you to Alan Quinn and the Needlebar Group for making the survey possible, as well as for their ongoing sewing machine research that so greatly benefits all of us with an interest in these old machines.

Summary of Results

One of the most fascinating aspects of Standard Rotary sewing machines made by the Standard Sewing Machine Co. is that some of them will take an attachment called a chainstitch spider which installs in place of the bobbin case and (used along with a special chainstitch needle plate) converts the machine from straight stitch to single thread chainstitch. The spider that came with my Standard Rotary serial number 770155 worked well in that machine and one with a later serial number, but it would not fit it into any of my machines with a lower serial number.

In doing this survey, I was hoping to find out whether there was a version of the chainstitch spider that would fit the earlier Standard Rotary machines. The earliest serial number for a machine in the survey that was confirmed to have a spider is 727368. Whether there is a version of the spider that will fit Standard Rotary machines with a serial number lower than 700000 remains to be discovered.

(Update August 2009. Machine #545,868 accepts and is able to use a solid center pin chainstitch spider. The use of the spider may depend on the type of hook mechanism and bobbin case the machine has. Further details in the NeedleBar Picture Library)

Free Westinghouse Sewing Machine Serial Numbers Chart

The earliest machine in the survey has serial number 62565. Machines with serial numbers lower than 174193 have the serial number on the flip-up plate (Photo 1). Machines with serial numbers above 182514 have the serial number on the stitch length plate (Photo 2). This serial number division also signifies a general change from the springless felt and grooved disk tension assembly (Photo 3) to the tension assembly with a spring and and a takeup spring with one free end (Photo 4). Two machines earlier than 174193 are reported as having the J tension assembly; perhaps the tension assembly was replaced with a later version sometime during their working lives.

112 operator crack.

Photo 2. Serial number on stitch length plate.



Photo 3. Tension assembly made up of grooved disk and felt pads, no spring ('I' in the table of survey results).

Photo 4. Tension assembly with spring and takeup spring having one free end ('J' in the table of survey results).

Another major division in the serial numbers occurs between 1065155 which is the latest reported 'slim' machine (5) and 1247790 which is the earliest reported 'stout' machine (6). This change in shape corresponds with another change in the tension assembly to one including a takeup spring with no free end (7).


Photo 6. 'Stout'


Photo 7. Tension assembly with spring and the takeup spring has no free end--found only on 'stout' shape ('K' in the table of survey results).

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In addition, the shape change signifies a change in the shuttle race from a hollow pin to a solid pin. Therefore, stout machines require a spider with a hollow pin, and slim machines of approximate serial number 700,000 and above require a spider with a solid pin.

Photo 8. Front and back of spider with solid pin, which fits 'slim' machines having serial numbers above about 700,000.


Photo 9. Front and back of spider with hollow pin, which fits 'stout' machines at least between 1247790 and 1362800, and possibly above.

The 4 feed dog variants (Photos 10, 11, 12, 12) do not seem to be perfectly correlated with any particular serial number sets except that versions 1 and 2 are found only on 'slim' machines and version 4 is found only on 'stout' machines. Note the slight difference in configuration between versions 3 and 4: on version 3, the leg of the L-shaped feed extends only to the front edge of the needle hole; on version 4, the leg extends well beyond the front edge of the needle hole.


Photo 11. Feed dogs version 2.

Photo 13. Feed dogs version 4.

The two known variants of the common leafy vine decal, 'multi' (Photo 14) and 'brown/gold' (Photo 15), are both found on quite early 'slim' machines as well as much later 'stout' machines.

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One person reported a confirmed Standard Rotary machine with completely different decals, a gold art deco pattern with the famous winged bobbin decal on the bed. A few others reported decals that were not the basic leafy vine decal, but of those, none were confirmed as being Standard Rotary machines made by the Standard Sewing Machine Co.

Photo 15. Leafy vine decal variant 'brown and gold'


One of the difficulties of this survey was that there was a very nice number of responses (over 100), but unfortunately the majority did not actually have rotary machines of the target group, i.e. those made by the Standard Sewing Machine Co.

I apologize for not realizing that there would be confusion about that, and I am very grateful for all responses, even those which I could not use.

Tableof Responses

serial number
location
feed dog
type
spider type
62565
flip-up plate slimversion 2 grooved disk - Inonex
flip-up plate slimversion 2 grooved disk - Inone x
88001
flip-up plate slimversion 2 grooved disk - Inone x
flip-up plate slimversion 2 grooved disk - I none x
130272
flip-up plate slimversion 1 grooved disk - I nonenone
flip-up plate slim xxxx
142353
flip-up plate slimversion 2springone free end - J? x
flip-up plate slimversion 2grooveddisk - I none x
174193
flip-up plate slimversion 2grooveddisk - I none x
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooved disk - I none x
184101
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooveddisk - I none x
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooveddisk - I nonemulti
233010
stitch length plate slimversion 2springone free end - J nonetwo tone gold and brown
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooveddisk - I none x
272939
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooveddisk - I none x
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooveddisk - I none x
346266
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooveddisk - I none none
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooved disk- Inonex
445470
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooved disk - I?x
stitch length plate slimversion 2 grooved disk - Ixnone
650517
stitch length plate slimversion 2 grooved disk - Inone x
stitch length plate slimversion 2 grooved disk - I? x
677467
stitch length plate slimversion 2grooved disk - Iunknown x
stitch length plate slimversion 2spring one free end - Jsolid center pin multi
748403
stitch length plate slimversion 2spring one free end - Jsolid center pin x
stitch length plate slimversion 2 spring one free end - Jsolid center pin multi
797932
stitch length plate slimversion 2springone free end - Jnone x
stitch length plate slimversion 2springone free end - Jsolid center pin x
842677
stitch length plate slimversion 2springone free end - Jnone x
stitch length plate slimversion 2springone free end - Jnone x
936040
stitch length plate slimversion 2springone free end - Jsolid center pin x
stitch length plate slimversion 2springone free end - Jnone x
1065155
stitch length plate slimversion 3spring one free end - Jsolid center pinmulti
stitch length plate stoutversion 4spring closed loop - Khollow pintwo tone gold and brown
1315331
stitch length plate stoutversion 3spring closed loop - Kxx
stitch length plate verticalstoutversion 4spring closed loop - Knonex
1362800
stitch length plate stoutversion 4spring closed loop - Khollow center pinmulti
stitch length plate stoutversion 3spring closed loop - Knonex
1581188
stitch length plate

other (see Deadcore download for mac windows 10.

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version 4spring closed loop - K nonenot leafy vine
(Decals other:
Gold only and
an 'art deco'
type pattern.
The bed has a
winged bobbin decal)

(Other shape: 'It is a 'stout' shape but the area of the faceplate is of a rounder shape')

x = no answer given

? = answer needing to be checked

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