THE NEEDLEBAR
NATIONAL SEWING MACHINES
By Claire Sherwell & Alan Quinn
The Main Model Types
2. Rotary Machines– One bobbin cover plate to the left of the machine. Serial number at base of upright pillar or on the underside of machine
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Size | Spool Pin | Stitch Length Control | |
Rotary A1 | Rounded | Front | (Eldredge Rotary) 1904-08 Early bobbin & case. The hook cover has curved edges, whereas all later machines had rectangular hook cover plates. |
Full | Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw - lever | (Pritzlaff) Not Reversew (National's name for reverse sewing ability), non-electric. Boris fx 10 keygen crack free. Rotary machines manufactured after January 1st, 1916 use certain slightly different parts eg tension and face plate. |
Full | Fahrenheit indigo prophecy remastered pc download. Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw - lever | |
R41 | Rounded | Face Plate | (R41) Modernized Rotary A c1948: Reversew, separate reversing knob on bed. Non-electric. |
Full | Shoulder | Bed Screw - lever | Internal motor patented Oct. 5, 1920 by Charles H'Doubler, later modifications. Electric, not Reversew. |
Full | Shoulder Center Arm - Raised | Bed Screw | |
Rotary 1120 | Rounded | Face Plate | (1120) Electric portable. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | Electric model, motor not built in, Reversew, krinkled finish. Light patented in 1935. Bed 14 5/8' long x 6 13/16'. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | (R40) Electric, Reversew (no knob on bed of machine). c1949. |
Machine#32-16055(model name or number unknown. 32?) | Rounded | Face Plate | (Princess) Features of R40 (electric Reversew without the reverse knob) and R41 (non-electric Reversew with the reverse knob, but without the central spool pin towards the center of the arm). Sub model version of the R41 with the Rotary B body. Separate reversing lever knob on bed. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | 'Rotary Bobbin Reversew Wrinkle' finish (or perhaps Ward instead of Wrinkle). Electric. Howard Barber's 1938/9 patented opening faceplate with hidden light design for Montgomery Ward incorporated into this National model. Sold as Montgomery Ward. |
Full | Shoulder | Pillar - lever | |
N-50 | Angular | Face Plate | Made by Portman, not National, and sold under various names. See Portman album in NeedleBar's Picture Library. |
¾ sized | Shoulder | Bed Screw | 1935. Aluminum body, motor to front. Charles H'Doubler's thread control mechanism in the machine head. Sold as General Electric. |
Full | Shoulder | Bed Screw | (Eldredge Two Spool) Uses small spool of thread in a canister instead of a bobbin in a case. Later machines were electric using same electrical parts as Rotary C. 1914/1916 onwards. Serial numbers begin with H, after inventor Richard Hohmann. |