Directly from Westinghouse would your best first bet...
This number is the style of the electric motor. The machine serial number is probably on the big flat machine base just below the electric motor
new home sewing machine model 170
I'm not aware of a 'new' machine with the model 52F. What is the manufacturer if you're looking. I do know of a Free Westinghouse 52F. Worth 0% except to someone who wants parts.
The only way to determine the value of any sewing machine is to have an expert examine it. The value depends on the condition of the machine and how rare it is.
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I have a new royal sewing machine made by the chicago sewing machine co. the serial no.. is384985
1987
Go to ismacs.net,I have the same machine and understand it may be quiet valuable...
I own an instruction book for new home sewing machine model 445 inside this book is a lifetime guarantee and on this guarantee is the date of purchase 02-21-1968. With dealers name and singed by purchaser
The St. John Sewing Machine Company, which was the predecessor of the Free S.M.Co., was founded in 1870. In 1883, it was renamed the Royal Sewing Machine Company. After the company relocated to Rockford, Illinois, it was renamed once again in 1897 as The Free Sewing Machine Company after company president William C. Free.Most machines made by the Free company were for sale by mail-order companies and department stores. For instance, machines that are marked "Illinois Sewing Machine Co." were made by Free.In the mid-1920s, Free became associated with Westinghouse which became the sold supplier of motors and electric equipment for Free brand sewing machines. As such, the earlier electrically driven Free sewing machines are labeled Free-Westinghouse.The Free sewing machine company merged with the New Home Sewing Machine Company in 1927. In the early 1930s New Home models were phased out of production and 'New Home' basically became a brand of The Free.The post World War II period saw the large scale importation of cheap Japanese-made sewing machines into the United States. Trade barriers favorable to American companies had protected the country's sewing machine industry from lower cost (and quality) foreign made goods. However, the Marshall Plan coupled with the new ideas of free trade slowly eliminated them.In an effort to stay solvent, Free/New Home merged with National in the early 1950s. However, the resulting corporation was not able to compete against cheap overseas labor, and the company was bought out by the Japanese in 1954.The historical and technical contribution of The Free to sewing machine development was negligible. Like many of the other small manufacturers, they basically made machines based more or less on designs from the larger manufacturers. --From The Encyclopedia of Antique Sewing Machines, 3rd Edition
No it's not. I just purchased one and it will not see a patch on a thin leather vest. The machine is a good machine but if your looking for an industrial machine this is not the one for you. I thought it was when I bought it, but for 30 bucks I still have a great machine for my lite work!