Help identifying a Union Special machine

[Scott]

Hi all-

I'm hoping someone can help identify a Union Special straight stitch machine
my wife recently picked up. I've been over this thing top to bottom and
absolutely cannot find any model number at all. I was able to find a 6
digit number stamped on the base which I've been told is the serial number.
We went through an online outfit and bought the manual for a model 61400,
but when it arrived and we could really look it over, we decided this is
definitely not the 61400 or any of its variants. I listed 2 links below to
pictures of the beast and I'm hoping someone can tell me what model it is.

http://www.comcat.com/~laotzu/unionspecial1.JPG
http://www.comcat.com/~laotzu/unionspecial2.JPG

Thanks in advance!!
Scott

[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply]

Scott wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> I'm hoping someone can help identify a Union Special straight stitch
machine
> my wife recently picked up. I've been over this thing top to bottom and
> absolutely cannot find any model number at all. I was able to find a

You will probably kick yourself for not thinking of this, but I did a
Google search on "union special sewing machine," and just as I thought,
it's an industrial machine and the web site is www.unionspecial.com. I
bet you could contact them and get more info on your machine.
Industrial machines ahve a much longer lifespan than home machines.

Lucky you!

Melinda, who has a Singer 15-33 machine in her garage that has been
passed around the neighborhood and feels lucky, too

--
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle.
I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. - Mother Teresa

[Ron Anderson]

It is a 63400, a newer version of the 61400. not much difference other than
the sleek body lines.

--
Ron Anderson
A1 Sewing Machine
PO Box 60
Sand Lake, NY 12153
518-674-8491
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply]

IMS wrote:
> Good eye, Melinda. I couldn't decide if that Union an industrial
> machine or a very 'art deco' style home model. What gave it away for
> you?

The way-long arm reach -- maybe that's not the right word for it -- the
distance between the needle and the part of the base that goes up.

[Ron Anderson]

Besides Union Special doe snot and never has made home machines

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Ron Anderson
A1 Sewing Machine
PO Box 60
Sand Lake, NY 12153
518-674-8491
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com

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[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply]

Ron Anderson wrote:
> Besides Union Special doe snot

Hey! One of my "favorite typos!"

[Scott]

Ron, you're the king. Now for the $64,000 question, do you sell a manual
for it?

> It is a 63400, a newer version of the 61400. not much difference other
than
> the sleek body lines.

> Ron Anderson

[Liz Cork]

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yep second that
liz.

[Ron Anderson]

The one you have should be fine. Like I said same machine different
appearance.

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Ron Anderson
A1 Sewing Machine
PO Box 60
Sand Lake, NY 12153
518-674-8491

http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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[Scott]

There seem to be some major differences. The first of which is that there
is a button on the base of this model that is not shown anywhere in the
61400 manual. I was hoping that this would make the machine back tack, but
no luck. Also, when I did a little disassembly for identification I noticed
that the assembly diagrams in the manual were different from what I was
seeing as were the part numbers.

How does this model back tack?

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[Ron Anderson]

No reverse on that model. the button if memory serves is to adjust stitch
length. Push it in and rotate the hand wheel until it drops into a lock
position, then turning the hand wheel will make the stitches longer or
shorter, see the numbers in that little window.
The basics like threading are the same, needle plates come in a variety of
styles for different work hence the different numbers. They both use the
same ones.

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Ron Anderson
A1 Sewing Machine
PO Box 60
Sand Lake, NY 12153
518-674-8491
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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[Ron Anderson]

If you want to back tack just pull the fabric towards you a bit as you sew.
That is what the girls in the factory did.

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A1 Sewing Machine
PO Box 60
Sand Lake, NY 12153
518-674-8491
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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[Scott]

Thanks again for all the help Ron...greatly appreciated!

[CW]

Union Special makes nothing but industrial machines. They are also the only
American made machine.
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:47:51 GMT, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to
reply <mme...@TRASHsonic.net> wrote:

>You will probably kick yourself for not thinking of this, but I did a
>Google search on "union special sewing machine," and just as I thought,
>it's an industrial machine and the web site is www.unionspecial.com. I
>bet you could contact them and get more info on your machine.
>Industrial machines ahve a much longer lifespan than home machines.
>
>Lucky you!
>
>Melinda, who has a Singer 15-33 machine in her garage that has been
>passed around the neighborhood and feels lucky, too

Good eye, Melinda. I couldn't decide if that Union an industrial