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Posted on: 8/19/07 8:48 PM ET
Hi, my mil just moved to the area and i got a look at her old sewing machine that used to be her moms. It is a New Home Electric Sewing Maching Round Bobbin Rotary Model NLB. Style 48. I was wondering just how old it is and if you can get needles for this machine. I have the owner's manual and it states that you can only use needles made especially made for this machine - that no others will fit. No. CC1221 . The sm sits in a cabinet and has a knee pedal. It also comes with lots of attachments but i don't think she has any of them. The parts price list at the back of the manual is 6 pages longand the prices do give me an idea of how old it must be - fifty cents for 12 needles - the most expensive part is the arm for $14.00 or the motor $14.00! It also says it runs on dc or ac power. Do you think it is worth fixing up - it needs a new wire and plug - which my husband can do. Here is a pic pic from ebay This is not her machine but one i found on ebay and i think it is the same one. MIL is going to send me a photo also. thanks, coleen
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Posted on: 8/19/07 9:36 PM ET
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Did tyou check the Relics website? There are 2 different New Home NLB models on the 2nd page under NewHome. The two NLB rotary models did have different model numbers and they show the pictures of each and maybe you will out some info on them.
  
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Posted on: 8/19/07 9:40 PM ET
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Well, those aren't standard sewing machine needles, but you can get them. Those are the same needles used by some of the vintage Singers. Another name for that needle system is 206x13.

I am not a big fan of the friction drives. They can work fine, but they just aren't my favorite flavor.

I have several machines that operate with a knee pedal and I really like that feature. I also like the large, flat work surface that a cabinet will give you. I have a box of rotary attachments somewhere, and if you want them, they are yours for the cost of postage.

Most older sewing machines where equipped with "universal" motors. These can theoretically operate on ac or dc current.

Only you can decide if it is "worth it" to fix. If you would like to use it, then fix it.

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Posted on: 8/19/07 11:59 PM ET
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"Those are the same needles used by some of the vintage Singers. Another name for that needle system is 206x13."

Sorry Jenny. This is one of the few that you missed. The needle for the Rockford built New Homes and Free Westinghouse is a 40F1 or 38Y1. I'm sure that the reason you thought this is that some websites incorrectly state that a 206X13 is the same thing, but it is not. The length is very close to the same, but the distance from top to eye, which is the timing length, is not. These needles are shorter, like the 206X13, but the eye is about the same length from the point as the eye on the 15X1. If someone were to put a 206X13 in one of these machines, the hook would intersect the needle substantially above the eye, so, although it would not hit anything, if it happened to catch a few loops, it would be blind luck.

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Posted on: 8/20/07 7:18 AM ET
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Yep, lots of websites call out the 206x13 as the same needle as the CC1221

Colleen, since needles will obviously be a PIN to get for the machine, the only reason to restore or fix the machne would likely be sentimental.
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Posted on: 8/20/07 8:27 AM ET
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Thanks for all your responses. I do think it is a cool machine to look at and still think it might be fun to tinker with it. My husband is pretty handy and used to be an electrican so he could handle replacing the wires - plug. He also mentioned that where he works he could actually get the guys in the machine shop to fabricate another needle. (his company builds components for the govenment, airospace, shuttle, etc. so they have very precise machines for re-creating anything that you can measure. MIL aslo said she did have a box of needles but i didn't look at them. So i think we'll give it a try. I'll let you know our progress. Have a great day! coleen
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Posted on: 8/20/07 8:31 AM ET
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I have a box of rotary attachments somewhere, and if you want them, they are yours for the cost of postage.


Jenny, i might take you up on your offer if we can get the machine running. Thank you Coleen
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Posted on: 8/20/07 9:30 AM ET
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"He also mentioned that where he works he could actually get the guys in the machine shop to fabricate another needle."

This should not be as difficult as it would be to "fabricate" a 206X13. Since the 40F1/38Y1 is basically the same configuration as the 15X1/705, if you shortened the top of the shank so that the 15X1 was the same length as the one pictured on the New Home, it should work quite well.

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Posted on: 8/20/07 10:47 AM ET
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Thank you Bill - I'll let him know and he'll give it the "ole college try" coleen
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Posted on: 8/20/07 6:23 PM ET
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You could also convert this to a felting/embellishing machine?????

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