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#SINGER RED EYE 66 SHUTTLE SERIAL NUMBER#
#SINGER RED EYE 66 SHUTTLE FULL SIZE#
#SINGER RED EYE 66 SHUTTLE PORTABLE#

When the Class 66 appeared it was considered an engineering masterpiece, able to sew any thickness of fabric from fine silk to heavy canvas. The later 66’s (sub-version numbers -8 to -24) had a lever type stitch length adjuster, instead of the usual thumb screw. In the USA production continued until 1956.

#SINGER RED EYE 66 SHUTTLE SERIAL NUMBER#

Surviving serial number records indicate British production of the 66K ran from 1907 until 1939.

#SINGER RED EYE 66 SHUTTLE FULL SIZE#

Because the 66K’s were full size machines weighing around 30lbs, they were usually sold in treadle tables or cabinets, although some hand cranked models, and later on some electric models, were also sold. The Singer class 66 models were heavy duty domestic sewing machines that set the standard for several decades, and indeed the Class 66 bobbin and the 66 style horizontal oscillating hook arrangement are still in use on many ‘new’ sewing machines today. I want to continue using this machine and want to find a solution.Singer Sewing Machine Model 66 and 66K Singer Sewing Info So, I have been trying to do some research, to find out what these numbers all really mean and where I can find what I need.

I have to have a flat shank and they told me I can not get a flat shank in that length. But, these are a round shank and I can not use them. (I’m in the U.S.A.) and was told that I needed a 126×3 (don’t know the manufacturer) but, they shipped me Organ needles that are identified as: 126×9 FOx9 110/18. I spent some time on the phone with Sharp Sewing in L.A. The stitch will not pickup when I use the standardly available needles, I have to drop the needle down and clamp it in position lower on the bar to get it to pick up properly, which leaves little support. The one I measured is 38mm to the top of the eye and 42mm overall. I swiped some old needles out of the drawer of my grandmother’s treadle and they work great. I can not tell you what needles I have been using. Now you have me wondering perhaps it has been altered. Having said that, I guess we should be big fans of the 15-series machines as well as the 66/99’s and 201’s because they also use round bobbins, but we’re not, and for no good reason really … So why aren’t we big on them? No particular reason apart from the fact that the long bobbin doesn’t hold as much thread as the round ones. Vibrating Shuttle machines certainly work well enough, and incredible though it seems you can still get bobbins and even the boat-shaped shuttle carrier brand new, direct from the Singer UK online store. The curly metalwork to the right of the carrier in that picture forms the business end of the carrier arm, the other end of which is attached to a pivot under the bed capped by that chromed plug, so once you start sewing, the shuttle swings backwards and forwards in an arc from around 10 o’clock to 7 o’clock and back again, and it does what shuttles do.

Actually, you can feel even more chuffed with yourself once you’ve mastered the art of getting the bobbin tension right on one of these, but I won’t go into that now. You take the carrier out to change the bobbin, and yes, it is a bit of a fiddle, but once you get the knack it’s easy and you can then allow yourself to feel rather smug about your bobbin-changing. The shiny thing with the pointy end is the shuttle carrier, which contains the “long” bobbin, from which you might be able to see a red thread emerging. It swings, baby! Here’s a snap of what we’re on about … As to the Vibrating Shuttle, I have no idea why they called it that because it doesn’t.

#SINGER RED EYE 66 SHUTTLE PORTABLE#

Incidentally, in case you’re not up to speed on this stuff, a 28 is to a 27 as a 99 is to a 66, that is to say it’s a three-quarter sized version intended to make it more portable for ladies who are not built like Ukrainian shot-putters, and the easy way to remember that priceless information is that the bigger number is the smaller machine. The other’s a 1900 Model 27 treadle called Cleo, of which more when I work out a way of photographing her which doesn’t involve rearranging the sewing room. We actually have two Singer sewing machines of the Vibrating Shuttle type in our little collection, and one of them’s the 1938 Model 28 hand-crank portable I got for Elsie earlier this year.