Sewing With Andrea

Chart from WAWAK

A mystery from a sewing group. Whatever it is, the information from the picture produces few results. I will do my very best to scrounge up what I can. In case I personally need it in the future. I want to know what names and numbers this unit answers to.

***I do not guarantee any of the following!***

The following is what I have been able to turn up. Feel free to correct anything.

A machine manufactured to wear many Names. So far, I have seen a similar body show up as Tacsew, Consew, Rex 237, and finally Brother. It is definitely a Brother body. But just a little bit different.

This link, at this time is the only clue to the true identity of this delicious mystery machine.

The Brother DB2-B755 is *CLOSE* but not --EXACT--. - Oil sight-glass: the 755 is much closer to the pillar than this 405 - Arm on the 405 looks longer than 755

Differences aside. I trust the Brother DB2-B755 manual and parts lists to be close enough for most replacement parts. I cant help with the oil reservoir.

I wish the best to the lady who brought this mystery machine to my attention. May the rehabilitation go well!

Sharing so I can find make these later :) Got a hankering for lightweight cotton boxer shorts for summer. I suspect they'll be lovely in the desert heat.

Parted out May 2025

Parts on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/usr/bisbee.crafting

Manual: https://www.scribd.com/doc/171519392/Singer-257-Sewing-Machine-Manual

Recieved for repair: 3 June 2025

Meet Ricky!

Stopped forming stitches. Initially thought it was nothing more than the bent and blunted 110/18 needle that arrived in it. Sewed a lovely straight stitch with a new 90/14 needle installed. But, of course, things can never be that easy.

Set to the widest stitch, the hook and needle make contact with each other. This is not supposed to happen. At all. Grr.

So, yeah. Hook timing was way out of whack. It had rotated some, and pushed forward by a buildup of thread. Thread removed, hook rotated and convinced to back up where it belongs, and needle bar repositioned. Stitches quiet and happy, now.

Overall, I really like this machine. Excellent weight, good motor, spacious area to work in, basic utility stitches, and a slender free-arm. The camstack is plastic, but no big deal. The hook gear may be nylon, but its the beefiest I've ever seen, and very conveniently located.

Needle system: HAx1 (standard domestic needle) Bobbin type: takes the same bobbins and bobbin case as Singer 20u