I can't tell if this is an older machine, or a relatively recent one with retro or non-updated styling. I'm leaning toward mid 1970s, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now. Either way, it's a nice, simple design that looks like what it does.
This is the most uncluttered mechanism I've ever seen in a sewing machine. I don't think the picture does it justice. It's the same as popping the hood on a car from the 1960s versus a modern car. there's a sort of no-frills elegant simplicity to it.
Removing the side panel (which I tried to do by prying until I realized there was another screw behind the Singer logo badge thing) revealed more parts, and another angle from which I could attack the screws and Allen bolts. There were a lot of parts that would actually yield to my efforts. Surprisingly enough, the two control dials wouldn't fully come out; I initially thought those would be some of the few things that would.
There were even a few things to remove underneath the bottom panel. And, yes, that is a pile of my shoes in the background.
For a sewing machine, that's a mighty pile of parts. The main parts of the mechanisms didn't come off, but I was amazed at how many little ones did. I seem to recall taking another Singer apart that looked similar, but I don't remember it giving up so many of its guts. Maybe it was a different model, or I just got lucky with this one. Also, it looks like I need to be a bit more careful with the camera; this picture is a little fuzzy and washed out, even for my fairly lax standards.
The final trophy pile is considerably smaller than the total amount of parts I took off, but not bad for a sewing machine. Why bother with the front panel? I like the texture of the design on the plastic.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: On the off chance anyone besides me reads this, I'm going to be out of town for a few weeks, so no new entries until around mid-January. However, I do plan to try to fix the crappy formatting on the previous entries.
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