I get alot of request for the manual (last count 55!!) over on the old blog, and while I enjoy reading the stories behind where everyone is getting their new-old machine from, it's getting kind of hard to keep up, plus I know how much more satisfying it is to hit download and for the manual to appear!
So I've created a Google Site where I've uploaded the manual to. You should be able to easily download it from there. Let me know if you have any problems, and I will do my best to fix them.
Also, if you've recently aquired one of these machines- lucky you! A lovely old machine who will sew beautifully for you if you give her all the love and attention such an old girl deserves. Even if you think she is in good condition I would recommend taking her for a checkup- your local sewing shop should have someone they use. They will just give her a good clean and oil, and fix anything that may have seized up or stopped working. Well worth it!
Happy Stitching!
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Good on you! The one thing I'm not loving about blogger is the inability to post pdfs into posts, which I'd like to be able to do... I didn't think of doing it via google!
Thank you so much for the manual! My husband was about to throw the machine out the window before I found your upload and could solve the threat tension problem. //Hanna from Sweden :)
Jessicah, many thanks for your generous act of making the manual available - madi, Avoca, Tasmania, Australia
Thank you sooooooooooo much Jessicah!
I so happy with my lovely old machine and I will understand and nurse her much better now that I got the manual thanks to you ;o)
Happy stitching to you from Denmark
TineCharlot :)
Thank you so much for the manual. I have just purchased my machine and will treasure her. I learned to sew on one just like her.
Thanks again! USA
Thank you for posting the manual. I grew up using this machine, which was my grandmother's, and I still use it today. It's a great machine! However, somehow along the way I lost the manual. Thank you again for sharing. -- Ellen in Michigan, USA
Thank you so very much for uploading the manual. I recently found this machine in an old apartment, and I've been having trouble figuring out how to bobbin winding, but now I know! Thank you, thank you. :) :)
Trine, Norway.
Jessicah - gracias, muchos gracias! :)
My girlfriend bought this machine many years ago (in '91) - second-hand, without the manual. She figured out most of its functions and features (well, she's a taylor, after all... :) , but it is nice to get the manual and know it for sure.
Again, thanks a lot - Karol* from Poland
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* "Karol", not "Carol" - same as "Charles", "Carlos", "Karl" - or the like. :)
Anchorage, Alaska
Thanks for providing a great resource for all to download. Like many of who've commented, I acquired this classic machine from my mother and to the best of my knowledge it is 48 years old. I learned how to sew on with it when I was twelve. My mother needed a machine that was easier to thread so I gave her a two-year old Janome in trade.
Thanks for posting the manual. I just bought a 21E model and it is similar to yours. I was able to figure out the oiling procedure thanks to you!
Thank you for the manual. I´m in Sweden where the machine is made and I couldn´t find the manual anywhere. Crazy! So, thenks again.
Jessicah- you're the best! I have this machine, which I got from my mother, who had gotten it from her mother, who has passed on. It came to me with no instructions. I have been using it for years, but knew it could do all sorts of wonderful things, I just didn't know how. Thank you for providing the key to this treasure! I just wanted you to know that I am so thankful.
I love it ! Very creative ! That's actually really cool Thanks.
jessica - thanks for the manual, my husband found this machine this morning. Next to a large trash container near the buildingsite were he is working, Now I have the manual I can start searching how everything works.
Hopefully nobody tried to put this machine in a regular plug because the machine is only working on 110V and a regular plug in belgium is 220V. Keep my fingers crossed untill a friend electrician comes and looks at it.
Thanks ... Greet (Belgium)
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