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• General Electric: Serial No. In 1928 the Standard Sewing Machine Company was licensed by the Frederick Osann Co. To produce the Sewhandy sewing machine and when, in 1929, the Standard Sewing Machine Co. Became a subsiduary of Fredrick Osann Co. Production of the Sewhandy continued.
• Turn the sewing machine so the front is facing you. Locate the serial number stamped or embossed into a metal, rounded strip attached or embedded into the base of the machine in the front or on the base below the wheel. Step 2 Observe the serial number.
• I was gifted this old coffin top Standard rotary treadle sewing machine by a fellow quilt guild member. She has a pretty early 6 digit serial number so I'm guessing she is from the 1890's - 1900ish. It was in an uncleaned and somewhat neglected, but fair condition.

Singer 'Featherweight' history actually begins before Singer and before 1933 & 1934 (when Singer debuted their model 221 at the Chicago World's Fair). The 'Featherweight' name and style really had its beginnings in 1928, when the Standard Sewing Machine Company marketed the first 'Featherweight' Sewing Machine.

The Standard Rotary

(Standard Sewing Machine Company)

Compiled by Gina Bisco

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)

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.

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).

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	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	none	x
flip-up plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	none	x
88001	flip-up plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	none	x
flip-up plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	none	x
130272	flip-up plate	slim	version 1	grooved disk - I	none	none
flip-up plate	slim	x	x	x	x
142353	flip-up plate	slim	version 2	springone free end - J	?	x
flip-up plate	slim	version 2	grooveddisk - I	none	x
174193	flip-up plate	slim	version 2	grooveddisk - I	none	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	none	x
184101	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooveddisk - I	none	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooveddisk - I	none	multi
233010	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	springone free end - J	none	two tone gold and brown
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooveddisk - I	none	x
272939	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooveddisk - I	none	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooveddisk - I	none	x
346266	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooveddisk - I	none	none
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk- I	none	x
445470	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	?	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	x	none
650517	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	none	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	?	x
677467	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	grooved disk - I	unknown	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	spring one free end - J	solid center pin	multi
748403	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	spring one free end - J	solid center pin	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	spring one free end - J	solid center pin	multi
797932	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	springone free end - J	none	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	springone free end - J	solid center pin	x
842677	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	springone free end - J	none	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	springone free end - J	none	x
936040	stitch length plate	slim	version 2	springone free end - J	solid center pin	x
stitch length plate	slim	version 2	springone free end - J	none	x
1065155	stitch length plate	slim	version 3	spring one free end - J	solid center pin	multi
stitch length plate	stout	version 4	spring closed loop - K	hollow pin	two tone gold and brown
1315331	stitch length plate	stout	version 3	spring closed loop - K	x	x
stitch length plate vertical	stout	version 4	spring closed loop - K	none	x
1362800	stitch length plate	stout	version 4	spring closed loop - K	hollow center pin	multi
stitch length plate	stout	version 3	spring closed loop - K	none	x
1581188	stitch length plate	other (see below)	version 4	spring closed loop - K	none	not 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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The reality, though, is far different. He’s got a wife, but their problems are bigger than he can even imagine. And he’s written a novel, but the manuscript he’s slaved over for years is currently hidden in his desk drawer while his father, an actual famous writer, just won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His career, such that it is, involves mind-numbing corporate buzzwords, his pretentious archnemesis Gregory, and a hopeless, completely inappropriate crush on his favorite coworker. Oh . . . and his dog, according to the vet, is suffering from acute anxiety.
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