A Singer what????

[Burkhardt]

Can any of you tell what model this machine is?

[Constabulary]

a singer 111w  - subclass unknown but since it has no revere it may be 111w155

[Wizcrafts]

I can't see the bed of the machine because the power cord is on it. If there is just one push button is is not a 111w155, but a previous model, probably a 111w153. The one pushbutton is used to change the stitch length. The 111w155 has this button, plus a second one that re-engages a popped safety clutch after thread jams in the hook.

[Constabulary]

it has the hole in the casting from where you see the stitch length dial so it should a model with 2 push buttons. The 111 with stitch length knob near the hand wheel have 1 button in the bed but no hole.

@Burkhardt here is a PDF of an old 111w brochure maybe it helps to figure the subclass (see box below picture).

Looks like your machine is from 1940.

 

 

Singer 111w Class Machine Brochure.PDF

Edited August 27, 2022 by Constabulary

[Burkhardt]

[trash treasure]

2 buttons, so probably 111w155 - A good machine, if you don't mind no reverse.

Edited August 27, 2022 by trash treasure

[SARK9]

The 111w152-155 were all pretty similar....if it matters, you can probably narrow down the model from the max stitch length & foot lift.

-DC

[Burkhardt]

Thanks for the info. It's at a local auction so without knowing what model it is was tough to figure if it was worth looking at.

[dikman]

10 hours ago, SARK9 said:

The 111w152-155 were all pretty similar....if it matters, you can probably narrow down the model from the max stitch length & foot lift.

-DC

From memory they all had 3/8" lift except the 155 at 1/2". The 155 was the model with the "major" differences in that sub-class grouping, the rest were similar, as you say.