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Posted on: 5/19/14 9:28 PM ET
A friend brought this tiny machine to me today: click here

Other than the Singer brand, can anyone identify it??
  
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Posted on: 5/19/14 10:30 PM ET
It's cute, I think it's a Singer 20. Made for kids mostly or maybe even sometimes advertised back then as a real small "travel machine". It chain stitches. You could do some real neat chain stitch embroidery with embroidery threads in it. That is what I would use it for, if I found one.
  
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Posted on: 5/20/14 6:35 AM ET
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It doesn't have a needle. and the threading looks weird. (At least if that's what the numbers mean?)
  
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Posted on: 5/20/14 6:53 AM ET
The numbers might have something to do with oiling. you could try to see if you can find an old manual. Ebay has stuff like that sometimes.
  
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Posted on: 5/20/14 6:58 AM ET
Try the singer website for a manual
  
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Posted on: 5/20/14 8:10 AM ET
I have one - it's a toy. I found needles on Ebay and the manual is on Singers site. The numbers are for threading. I don't sew on it but I think it's a wonderful piece of art. It does sew though.
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"new" Bernina B570, Bernina 1010, Singer 503A, BL Evolution

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Posted on: 5/20/14 8:17 AM ET
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Here is a free pdf manual for the Singer Sew Handy child's sewing machine,or Singer model 20 sewing machine. And here is a video.
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