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Yes,

The 153W103 was built at the Bridgeport, Connecticut plant. Singer bought out Wheeler & Wilson in the late teens or early 1920's. Their plant was in Bridgeport I believe. The 153K103 was built at the Kilbowie plant in Scotland. Same basic machine.

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That Singer model number and factory history shure looks messy, after reading up on it a little. According to the Sir Sewalot web page, the W after the model number (as opposed to after the serial number) would indicate the factory in Wittenberge, Germany. Either way, it should be the same machine, just from a different factory.

With compound feed and generally nice specs, this machine should work well for sewing leather.

I'd check it out in person and sew with it to make sure it works as well as it looks before committing to buy. Sometimes tired old machines with worn-off paint just get a quick paint job to squeeze a few extra bucks out of them. I'm not really sure what the parts supply picture looks like for this model or if it shares components with other, more common machines. If it just looks pretty but doesn't work right, you may have a hard time finding replacement parts. If it looks pretty AND it works well, you should be good for a long time unless you abuse it.

Uwe (pronounced "OOH-vuh" )

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Yep, it has a binding attachment (don't know how I missed that!). As Constabulary said, you may need to replace the needle plate, feed dog and the feet if you want to use it for "normal" sewing. You need to check that out first and make sure you can get the parts needed.

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

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Thank you very much for the help and information dikman, Uwe, shoepatcher and Constabulary.

I'm trying to setup a time to meet the owner and look at the machine, I will definitely request to test the machine and find out what it's life has been like.

Thank you again, I really appreciate it.

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So I looked at the Singer 153 k 103 sewing machine and decided it wasn't the machine for me. I wasn't able to run the machine because it was in a room that was completely filled with obstacles to get around and it wasn't plugged in but the owner said it ran fine and that he oiled it every time he used it.

I got a different machine instead but thank you all for your help!! I'll probably be asking for more help soon!

Thank you!!

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