Darning & Embroidery Attachment 161162 or 161161? for Singer Class 401 Machine
A couple of months ago, I wrote about a vintage, Singer low shank darning and embroidery attachment that I found. Originally, I thought that it was broken, but it after giving it a whirl, I discovered that it was absolutely perfect!
Anyhow, I found it's cousin. It's basically the exact same vintage attachment, except it 's for a slant shank machine. This one even had it's original box and booklet!
As you can see on the box and on the booklet it says part number 161162. I did, indeed try it on a 401 and a 503, and it worked just as advertised! However, the only way to use it on a 301 is to remove the last thread guide on the needle bar.
So, I decided to take a close up photo of the foot like I did with the low shank version. Guess what? It's stamped part number 161161. How weird is that?
See- Part number 161161 is stamped right on the foot
I scanned the booklet and you can download a PDF copy of it below. You'll be able to see that what is shown in the booklet for part No. 161162 is identical to the attachment that is stamped 161161.
Click image to download PDF
It isn't a printable PDF. This is to discourage the few bad apples out their from selling it on eBay.
Anyhow, I found it's cousin. It's basically the exact same vintage attachment, except it 's for a slant shank machine. This one even had it's original box and booklet!
As you can see on the box and on the booklet it says part number 161162. I did, indeed try it on a 401 and a 503, and it worked just as advertised! However, the only way to use it on a 301 is to remove the last thread guide on the needle bar.
So, I decided to take a close up photo of the foot like I did with the low shank version. Guess what? It's stamped part number 161161. How weird is that?
See- Part number 161161 is stamped right on the foot
I scanned the booklet and you can download a PDF copy of it below. You'll be able to see that what is shown in the booklet for part No. 161162 is identical to the attachment that is stamped 161161.
Click image to download PDF
It isn't a printable PDF. This is to discourage the few bad apples out their from selling it on eBay.
Posted by Sew-Classic at Tuesday, January 05. 2010 
Categories: Classic Vintage Sewing Publications,Accessories
Categories: Classic Vintage Sewing Publications,Accessories
Where can I find one of these?
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The same places that we find all of the vintage machines and attachments. This part is no longer made, so the supply houses don't carry it, etc.. I'll probably list the one I have on Ebay, but just haven't gotten around to it.
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Well, did you know the single thread embroidery attachment has 2 numbers too 26532 and 26538 but I can't figure out the difference.
I have that wooden hoop in the picture you have in this post (I bought it with a lot of hand embroidery hoops.) I have a darning foot thingy that came with a 222k, too. My 222k was a deal but it is 200 voltage ):
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