Our featured vintage Singer Sewing Machines have proven track record reliability and performance for the past 100 years with their basic straight and zigzag machines with some featuring decorative stitches. Singer vintage home machines were identical to the vintage industrial strength machines except for motor size. The Singer Featherweight, first introduced in 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair, featured an intricate design around the edge of the bed and on the machine which varied in amount and intricacy. Featherweights had a numbered tension dial and a bobbin case. Featherweights have always been a popular sewing machine with books written about them due to the level of craftsmanship for that era. They are considered fairly rare and enjoy collectors status.
The Singer 301 or 301 is a lightweight aluminum straight stitch sewing machine sold during the fifties. Loved by quilters for its lightweight portability, larger bed, smooth gear drive, powerful motor and slant needle design which provides better visibility of the work area and more leverage for the machine to sew through anything that fits under the foot. It is a reliable sturdy machine which utilizes same motor as the 401 made portable with its own built in handle, gear driven, all metal parts, full rotary hook, feed dog drop and larger opening under the arm for sewing bulky materials.
The Singer 306 is an industrial strength zigzag machine most doing straight and zigzag stitches while some variants had cams for decorative stitches and were the precursor to the 401 series. It came with a built in bobbin winder and adjustive stitch length from 6-30, adjustable tension system and needle position, rotary hook, adjustable pressor foot and all metal construction.
The Singer 401 is a sturdy built zig zag machine featuring an all metal construction, top loading drop in bobbin and smooth rotary hook. It has the ability to produce many decorative stitches with the built in cam stack and additional external cams making this an extremely versatile machine. The internal cam stack allows over 60 stitch designs and variations by adjusting the 2 front selector knobs. In addition, removable top hat cams are available to create 60 more stitch variations. The 401 is considered by many to be the best that Singer ever built with good piercing power in an all metal gear driven machine which means no plastic gears, no belts to break- not available in today's plastic market. The 401A Slant-O-Matic feature moves the needle over 1 inch closer to the operator providing good visibility for the work surface and easier threading. It also features an adjustable presser foot along with tension regulator knob for ease in adjustment and ability to accept two threads for twin needle sewing.
The Singer 500A or 500 Rocketeer was the evolution from the highly successful 401 series machines. The 500 series is a zigzag machine with internal design disks featuring all metal components, gear driven with slant needle retaining the same motor, drive, cam and hook systems from the 401. The main changes were an internal bobbin winder, additional thread take up, dialed presser foot tension, intermediate position on the throat lift plate for darning or free motion sewing and a redesigned top lid with fold down spool holders.
The Singer 301 or 301 is a lightweight aluminum straight stitch sewing machine sold during the fifties. Loved by quilters for its lightweight portability, larger bed, smooth gear drive, powerful motor and slant needle design which provides better visibility of the work area and more leverage for the machine to sew through anything that fits under the foot. It is a reliable sturdy machine which utilizes same motor as the 401 made portable with its own built in handle, gear driven, all metal parts, full rotary hook, feed dog drop and larger opening under the arm for sewing bulky materials.
The Singer 306 is an industrial strength zigzag machine most doing straight and zigzag stitches while some variants had cams for decorative stitches and were the precursor to the 401 series. It came with a built in bobbin winder and adjustive stitch length from 6-30, adjustable tension system and needle position, rotary hook, adjustable pressor foot and all metal construction.
The Singer 401 is a sturdy built zig zag machine featuring an all metal construction, top loading drop in bobbin and smooth rotary hook. It has the ability to produce many decorative stitches with the built in cam stack and additional external cams making this an extremely versatile machine. The internal cam stack allows over 60 stitch designs and variations by adjusting the 2 front selector knobs. In addition, removable top hat cams are available to create 60 more stitch variations. The 401 is considered by many to be the best that Singer ever built with good piercing power in an all metal gear driven machine which means no plastic gears, no belts to break- not available in today's plastic market. The 401A Slant-O-Matic feature moves the needle over 1 inch closer to the operator providing good visibility for the work surface and easier threading. It also features an adjustable presser foot along with tension regulator knob for ease in adjustment and ability to accept two threads for twin needle sewing.
The Singer 500A or 500 Rocketeer was the evolution from the highly successful 401 series machines. The 500 series is a zigzag machine with internal design disks featuring all metal components, gear driven with slant needle retaining the same motor, drive, cam and hook systems from the 401. The main changes were an internal bobbin winder, additional thread take up, dialed presser foot tension, intermediate position on the throat lift plate for darning or free motion sewing and a redesigned top lid with fold down spool holders.
