That’s because it was very dirty when it arrived! But a bit of soapy water rids you of grime, grease and degraded shellac while leaving the decals intact, if you go easy on the rubbing. You will have noticed that the 1907 machine looks very dirty. Here are the two bobbin winders with their balance wheels: Notice the red tips on the flower band disappeared in the later variant. Here is a comparison with a later model (the right picture is from a 1917 Singer 66K). I intend to apply them directly on the remaining foiling. Right – the standard needle plate, part number 32602.Īs you can see, this machine has badly degraded bed decals, but luckily I have some brand new waterslide decals for it in exactly the right variant! They are made by and look amazing. Left – the older needle plate with wider feed dogs, part number 32571. Look how that finger got rounded up! Singer 66 needle plates. The finish on many parts was changed from sharply cut edges to rounded edges.įinishing edges on a 1907 Singer 66K (left) and a 1920 Singer 66K (right).The wide feed dogs were replaced by narrower ones, the same as used in models 15 and 27.The engraved design on the face plate was changed later.The decals were simplified in later models: the central bed decal lost its filled centre and all the little flowers everywhere lost their red tips.
The back-clamping foot was replaced by a standard low shank side-clamping foot.A low mounted bobbin winder and a 12-spoked balance wheel were later replaced by a high mounted bobbin winder and a smaller 9-spoked balance wheel.This Singer 66K was made in 1907 within the very first Scottish batch of its kind! It has a number of features that were changed later: Have been missing it ever since, so had to get a replacement. But I sold it in a misguided attempt to reduce the number of machines in my sewing corner. I’ve already had one of these – a Singer 66K with Lotus decals (although I think they are thistles really).
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