Can I interchange Singer sewing machine attachments with different brands of sewing machines?
I have a box of Singer (and Grist) sewing machine attachments and I want to get a machine I can use with it. Is it ok to get a different brand of machine and use Singer attachments?
Whether or not you can use an attachment on a different machine depends on the attachment and the machine. For instance, you can’t use a buttonholer intended for a Singer 301 (a slant-shank machine) on a Singer 15 (short shank). You’ll have to compare the shank length and width of the attachments to what candidate machines need. Swapping brands of attachments on pre-1970s machines can be particularly tricky because of the lack of standardization between and within brands.
it depends what brand you inter change with the other
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Whether or not you can use an attachment on a different machine depends on the attachment and the machine. For instance, you can’t use a buttonholer intended for a Singer 301 (a slant-shank machine) on a Singer 15 (short shank). You’ll have to compare the shank length and width of the attachments to what candidate machines need. Swapping brands of attachments on pre-1970s machines can be particularly tricky because of the lack of standardization between and within brands.
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50 years of sewing
They are probably too old of a style for machines made today.
You can check the shank length of the old ones with this chart (today’s machines are low shank).
http://www.clotilde.com/pages/which_foot.html
Today’s machines come with many attachments and if needed there are generics that will fit, or you can purchase from a SM dealer.
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