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201k looks different in my two countries so I am a bit confused
maide   Intermediate MN USA Member since 2009 Posts: 358	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/5/12 7:32 PM This is what mine looks like in the US. I am now in Australia and looking to replace it when I move back here. They are slightly different here. The light is on the back instead of the front, and I don't see the round "pod" for the motor, I think it is a rectangle. Am I going nuts? or is there a difference because of the different voltages.
lareine   Advanced Beginner NEW ZEALAND Member since 2006 Posts: 862	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/5/12 9:12 PM It's not to do with voltages, it actually is a different version. You are not nuts One version has a potted motor and another doesn't. This blog will help you understand the differences: http://oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/2011/10/06/the-singer-201k-which-is-which/
Jennifer Hill Advanced AB CANADA Member since 2002 Posts: 1229	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/5/12 9:24 PM In countries that were part of the British Empire (now Commonwealth), one is much more likely to see 201Ks which were made in Kilbowie, than the American make ones. I don't know if there were any K versions with potted motors. For sure, there weren't many of them. And there was no point in having built-in light fixture on a machine that could just as easily be a treadle or hand crank. My 201K was born with a hand crank, although I sometimes treadle it. Each version has a sub-model #, but I'd have to look them up - not one of those things I carry around in my memory module. Jennifer in Calgary
maide   Intermediate MN USA Member since 2009 Posts: 358	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/5/12 11:15 PM Thank you ladies. Are they just as good in Aus as the American ones? I love mine (in the US) but would rather not ship it to Australia and buy a transformer, but I will if it is indeed a superior machine.
lareine   Advanced Beginner NEW ZEALAND Member since 2006 Posts: 862	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/5/12 11:49 PM Just as good or better, depending on who you talk to. Some people don't think much of the American ones with potted motors (something about gears slipping?) and some people probably think likewise about the UK version. I have the UK version and have never had the slightest bit of trouble with it. Nothing but joy, in fact They are wonderful machines in any version and I think you'd be nuts to ship one to Australia if you can buy one locally, which you should be able to do.
maide   Intermediate MN USA Member since 2009 Posts: 358	Login to reply to this post In reply to lareine Like this post Date: 2/6/12 0:22 AM done, thanks for helping me decide..
Gilraen Surion Intermediate NETHERLANDS Member since 2004 Posts: 913	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/6/12 1:19 AM Voltage may be an issue too, as it is not standardised around the world. Here's an overview. Gilraen -- Edited on 2/6/12 1:19 AM -- ------ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
Soolip Advanced CA USA Member since 2008 Posts: 1663	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/6/12 12:28 PM I've never seen a 201 with the light on the back of arm. Are you certain that's a 201?
Lazycat   Intermediate QC CANADA Member since 2007 Posts: 431	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/6/12 12:39 PM Most of the 201 here in Canada have the light in the back. Those models were made in Kilbowie and sent to the Commonwealth countries, for what I know. I own two 201K, belt driven, with the light in the back. I know that the 201 US models have the light in the front, that's an easy way to differentiate them. ------ http://www.jazz-couture.blogspot.com/ Before joining PR: 1 sewing machine Since joining PR: 6 sewing machines, kilometers of stash and tons of fun
Carrie-Jane   Intermediate UNITED KINGDOM Member since 2006 Posts: 1046	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/6/12 1:10 PM The 201's available in the UK are usually the 201-3 models. They have the separate motor and light on the back and are belt driven. The good thing is that the motor is easily replaced but if you want the light it needs wiring into the motor again. Otherwise if you can manage with a normal lamp, its easy to swop the motor yourself with a new kit. Just make sure you get the motor which goes in the right direction, clockwise or anti-clockwise. ------ My machines; Bernina 135S, Brother FS-40, Elna 2300, Bernina Serger 800DL.

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