Singer factory refurbished sewing machines after WW2

Did you know that Singer actually refurbished some of their old sewing machines for customers, after World War 2, because metal for manufacturing new sewing machines, was not available, for a couple of years, after all the metal had been dedicated to the war effort, during the war. Alex Askaroff, a Vintage Sewing Machine collector, who is a professional sewing machine repairman, and trained engineer, in England, shares a look at a Singer 28, which was professionally refinished by Singer, in those couple ofyears after World War 2, as well as the receipt for the service.

When metal was readily avaable, the Singer company routinely destroyed old Singer sewing machine models, which had been traded in, to prevent them being sold to customers, so it forced people to buy new Singer sewing machines, as they were the only local sewing machine store, in most communities, until Sears became a major competitor, through both catalogs, and stores. 

Of course many other sewing machine brands existed, but were not direct competition, in every community. You can tell what brands had local sales, by the high numbers of a specific brand, being for sale, second hand. Elna, for example, had far more limited sales, in most of the U.S.A., but various large cities, or areas with good job markets, back when the specific models were sold, will have many of the vintage sewing machine models for sale.)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=y_YOnTii4tE