tmoffitt

I have a Singer 46KSV49 for sale if you're interested

Did the 88x1 work?

After thoroughly cleaning her, she runs extremely smoothly and I'm eager to try my hand using it so any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I'm assuming she takes two threads: one threaded thru bottom of the needle and the other thru the top of the looping arm?

I recently found a Singer 46KSV49 - along with a 400W21 & 47W26 - while doing some picking in southern MO. I've finished the restoration of the 46KSV49 and have not found a single piece of information or reference to this particular machine and I've read every other 46k manual and parts list and nothing else looks like her! The biggest problem is I managed to break the needle that was originally in the machine. I did find, thru here I think, one obscure reference that showed the needle system was in fact 215x15 and unfortunately there are no alternatives listed with any needle manufacturer...so my question is where do I find a 215x15 needle? I made the costly mistake of ordering "215x15" from College Sewing Supply but the needles I received are nowhere close in size to the original...I've spent endless hours searching online with no luck - help!