Hey guys, does anybody know if singer made Rotary irons? As I’ve got one here that has Italian lettering for the temperatures but it still works off the three dots for temperature.
Singer vintage ironer
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launderess
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Picture of item in question would be helpful. Know Singer branded rotary ironers are on market currently. but highly doubt they are produced in house, rather are sourced from third party and Singer name slapped upon them.
https://singersewingoutlet.co.uk/pr...fEufofHNhPyvD7WW6QDThlI7FbLjZGqgFgl9n-fzGzjS2
https://singersewingoutlet.co.uk/pr...fEufofHNhPyvD7WW6QDThlI7FbLjZGqgFgl9n-fzGzjS2
Alright I’ll grab some photos of it in a minute, it’s probably around 15 or 17 kg so it’s quite heavy
I had a friend of mine hold onto this for me until I could pick it up in W.A., the guy who I brought it from and my friend picked it up, he said apparently it works but there’s no temperature control on the left side of the element, it would be nice to get this fully working and also to fix all that that little heated spot there, as it’s probably around a mid-size ironer as it’s a bit larger than a standard pillowcase 
launderess
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Off the bat would say 220v at 50hz tells one at least this ironer perhaps was made for European market. Is or was that voltage common in your neck of the woods.
Fact rating plate only states "Singer Trademark" not "made by" tells one at least this was a private label job.
To best of one's knowledge only thing Singer ever produced in house was sewing machines. Their steam presses, irons, etc... all were sourced from elsewhere.
Yeah, but it’s pretty unusual, as I’ve taken the base plate off and got some photos and the “footpedal“ has three switches in it, one when you just gently press on it, one directly after that, and then one when you put your foot down all the way
And I found out that little rotary position switch is meant to be the motor speed, as it goes to 3 wires that go into the motor, I would’ve thought it would’ve been controlled solely by the footpedal, I’ll try seeing if the knobs come off without un screwing anything that way I can have a look at the heating elements and thermostats
launderess
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Most rotary ironers foot pedal controls three functions.
Raise or lower shoe to roller.
Control speed of roller; slow and fast.
If one simply wishes to press something (no movement of roller), then that's first position on pedal.
Pushing down pedal to second and third controls speed (slow or fast).
Raise or lower shoe to roller.
Control speed of roller; slow and fast.
If one simply wishes to press something (no movement of roller), then that's first position on pedal.
Pushing down pedal to second and third controls speed (slow or fast).
Singer also made vacuum cleaners (they made inexpensive soft-bag uprights for Sears for many years, among others) and they also made cash registers (Sears used their POS terminals as their first electronic cash registers---the ones that had the kind of tall, swoopy design with light-up keys from the early/mid 70s)
I have a Singer upright vacuum, model SST.1300B. I bought it for $85 on clearance at WM. It presumably dates to the mid 1980s depending upon how long they had it in stock until clearance.
Singer also made 16mm film projectors for several years. They acquired the line from Graflex. The high school I attended had one, as did our church. They were decent machines.
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