Singer 66K 1916

Although I promote & love Slants, there are other vintage machines of serious interest in my possession: )
Like this 1916 Singer 66K in amazingly good condition.
Installed in an original 'Drawing Room Cabinet'. As opposed to a 'Parlour Cabinet' which is simpler.

Lovely cabinet with 9 doors & 5 drawers. (Plus one bed: ) Plus most of its original attachments.
In lovely condition for its old age, (Unlike me; ) & it stitches perfectly.  Just a straight stitch with no reverse even, but sooo nice. Most attachments are available for use with this machine.
Decals are near perfect. Cabinet just needs a few little touch ups here & there. Has back clamp instead of side clamp foot fixing, but still top for me. (Easy to change if you need to)

Lotus decals are near perfect also.

Has dates of manufacture in the cabinet so it looks a genuine item. The Cabinet Makers/builders used pencils to write dates etc. inside & most are still visible, but hard to photograph.

The cabinet itself is quite impressive to me. The machine drops down vertically on a spring balanced 'lift'. Press the button to lift it up, engage the belt & off you go.

An excellent video on Youtube shows a nice example of the same machine in the same cabinet, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPmANs6QJic&t=73s

Part 2 here shows the actual raise lower mechanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrw9oDfNMLI

 

14th November 2021.

This machine was picked up today by its new owner: )  I have every confidence it is now in good hands in Devon & I was sorry to see it go.


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  1. LizzieL17 August 2019 at 01:34

    I've been interested in old Singers now for a few years but had no idea that cabinets like this existed! I've never really liked the way that most machines swing down from the back - I have a 201 treadle which does and I always keep it up out of the cabinet. I have yet to learn to treadle......

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    1. Bicyclz30 August 2019 at 05:33

      The mechanism is so simple & works really well after all this time. The cabinets are lovely items of furniture in themselves, but you need the space... How could it not be a pleasure to use such a fine machine?

      A 201 is the Rolls Royce of treadles! And easy to learn. Treadles have their own particular charms if you ask me: ) I've got 3 currently with actual room for 1 really!

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