Singer Sewing Machine Serial Numbers

Featherweight 221/221K/222K Serial Numbers & Other Singer Machines I have tried to make it easier for you to find out the year your Featherweight was made by going through the serial number records published by Singer and pulling out all of the Featherweight data and createed the list below of just Featherweight data. The Magic Sewing Machine by Alex Askaroff No1 New Release on Amazon. A tale for all ages. After 1900 all Singers had a letter prefix before the serial number. (The letter suffix after the model number denotes where the machine was manufactured) For example, Singer model 99k serial number Y6307577.

The Singer 15K is always recognised by its tension unit being on the left face of the machine. Its bobbin had to be inserted into a bobbin case, then the case was inserted into the machine vertically to the left of the needle. When threading the needle it had to be threaded from left to right.

The machine in the image had a small type stitch length, later varieties had the stitch length lever protruding out from a large round numbered disc. The Singer 15K was manufactured over many years from 1910 - 1964, then reproduced again in 1982 called the Singer 15N. Teechart 7 serial. The Singer 222K as shown has the sleeve arm or sometimes called tubular bed. The Singer 221K was the same machine without the tubular bed, it also had the lift up fabric table like the 222K Both the 222K and 221K were tiny machines known as the original Singer Featherweight machines.

The light aluminium frame was only 9-3/4' wide, even with the fabric rest down it still was only 14-1/2'.! I'm sure its still the smallest adult sewing machine ever produced. Its manufacturing year was 1955 to 1964.

The Singer 28K had what was called a vibrating shuttle or boat shuttle or bullet shuttle. The long bobbin/shuttle was inserted into its case which looked like a bullet, then the case was located into the machine and lay in a frame that looked like a boat hull. When the machine was running it most likely was quite noisy because the shuttle moved forward and backwards at great speed, at times it made the machine vibrate. The Singer 28K was small at only 12-1/2' bed size and had its bobbin winder located high-up near the hand wheel. The Singer 201k was named the Rolls Royce of sewing machines because it was super smooth in operation thanks to the full rotary hook and precisely made carbon steel gears. It had smoothness that other sewing machine manufacturers could only dream about.

It also had a price tag to match.! The Singer 201K was cast iron in Black with a round neck body, also made with an Aluminium body which had a square neck. The Aluminium body machines were made in Black/Gold, Beige or Beige/Brown. First introduced in 1935 and continued in production up until 1962 Despite the differing body shapes and apart from it's smoothness, the 201K can be recognised by the large disc with the stitch length lever protruding from it.

The tension unit was directly in front on the needle which in turn threaded from right to left. The slide plate (to access the bobbin) had a small oblong hole which aided whilst sliding the slide plate to the left to view the bobbin.