American Home Sewing Machine
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| Zig Zag American Home sewing machine sews straight stitches, as well as a zigzag stitch, & even has a built in buttonhole program!
American Home sewing machines are one of the many "badged" sewing machines, they come in a variety of models, from straight stitch, to zigzag models. The specific companies which manufactured this American Home sewing machine, were originally located in Japan, contracting with many stores, to manufacture generic sewing machines, so the sellers could put their own name brand on the machines, via a plastic, or metallic "badge", and stamp their brand name, on the manuals for the machines. This allowed Sears Kenmore, JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, & other stores, compete with the big brand name sewing machine companies, like Bernina, Necchi, Elna, & even Singer.
Here is a link to my Youtube video of this American Home sewing machine. The videos are at the bottom of this blog, it won't allow me to move them, for some reason. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dkD8anD838American Home Sewing Machine Youtube video
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| Maple cabinet, in Early American Colonial style, with a drawer for thread, feet & accessories, even scissors. This cabinet was adapted for many different brands, some have the drawer, others have a tilt out front, or a drawer on the side. This was the first time I saw this type in person, not just online. The American Home sewing machine in it, has a wonderful metal pedal, with a knee bar, that can be rotated down, & used with your knee, instead of putting the pedal on the floor, where it can run away from you! |
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| Note the clutch release, to prevent the needle from going up & down, while winding a bobbin. The hand hold for releasing the clutch, is one of the few plastic parts, on this machine. The motor is attached to the back of the machine, covered with a belt guard, & is the easy to service it yourself, type. |
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| New Home accessory set includes a straight stitch presser foot, & straight stitch only plate (great for silky or thin fabrics, to prevent them from being pushed down through the needle opening, as happens to them sometimes, when using the zigzag needle plate.) A rolled hemmer foot, with a protective plastic cover, a clear embroidery presser foot makes buttonholes & satin stitch embroidery feed smoothly under the presser foot. The orange plastic piece with the L shaped rod, is a quilting bar, or seam guide, to make it easy to make parallel stitching, with any presser foot. The small U shaped presser foot is for sewing on buttons, with your sewing machine, instead of by hand! |
The many American Home sewing machines I have had the pleasure to own, have been very good, pretty heavy duty sewing machines, mostly metal machines, though as plastic became more popular, it was often used for dials, knobs, buttons, & decorative effects, in an attempt to make them appear more "modern". The actual workings of the machines have been metal, except of course, the belt, insulation on the power cord, glass lightbulb, you know, the normal parts of a sewing machine that cannot be made of metal, lol!
| The inside top of the American Home Sewing Machine, beautiful METAL! I love how sturdy these older machines are, usually they just need the old oil cleaned out, fresh sewing machine oil added everywhere 2 metal parts rub together, except gears, should have grease, not oil. Old dry oil is what usually makes them seize up, & not being used for years. If they have been stored in temperature controlled areas, they do better than those left in sheds, barns, or outside. |
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| Note oil ports on the top of the machine, are located directly above the parts that need the oil, so it can drip down from the port, without needing to remove the top. Because I needed to clean old dry oil out, before I oiled, I unscrewed the top, & removed it, but for regular oiling, that is not necessary. |
| American Home Sewing Machine seems to be inspired by Necchi's BU zigzag sewing machine, from the top oil ports, to the undercarriage, which moves the bobbin from side to side, with the needle, to create the zigzag stitches. This is some very smooth running, but still pretty heavy duty engineering! |
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| Stretch denim, 2 to 5 layers, sewn with this American Home zigzag sewing machine. Stretch fabrics can be difficult to stitch on, a regular sharp needle, or even a universal needle, can sometimes cause skipped stitches. Try switching to a ball point, or stretch needle, which slips between the threads of the fabric, instead of poking a hole through the threads, which helps the stitches form fully, preventing skipped stitches. |
FEATURES-
Straight stitch
Zigzag stitch - can even sew stretch fabric
Built in Buttonhole stitch program
Sew on Buttons by machine!
Calibrated needle plates, includes seam guide to help sew perfectly parallel rows of stitches, great for QUILTING!
Adjustable presser foot pressure for light, medium,and heavy fabrics
Feed dog lowers by push button, for easy freestyle embroidery and darning
Built in light
Reverse
Variable speed, from low to fast, according to how much pressure you put on the knee bar or pedal
Class 15 bobbins, the most common type of bobbins, available at Walmart.
Serviced
This is a HEAVY, high quality sewing machine, which can last longer than our lifetime.
INCLUDED-
Sewing Table with small drawer for notions attachments, thread, etc... Machine folds down into table when not in use
kneebar and pedal, power cords included
machine head has motor built in
metal zigzag presser foot
clear zigzag embroidery foot
straight stitch foot
straight stitch needle plate (for fine fabrics)
Button sewing foot, to sew buttons on by machine
rolled hemmer foot with orange cover
seam guide for quilting and parallel sewing, pintucks
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