Jim considers this White sewing machine one of the best looking sewing machines in his collection. We have never seen another one like it. We bought it at an antique/collectible store in Perry, New York in a nice cabinet for $10. We removed the machine from its cabinet for the picture. We have no clue as to the age. Serial Number is 14445. It looks like a 1960s train locomotive. These machines were made in Japan for White.

This is the only machine in our collection that has a left aligned needle. It will sew a full width zig-zag, progressing from the left instead of centered as most machines on the market. We have used this machine briefly and it does sew a nice seam.

Jim discovered it was not a good machine for sewing quilt patches together. Since the needle is left aligned, only one of the feeddogs engages the fabric with a 1/4-inch seam allowance. Other "normal to Jim" machines use a center-aligned needle and a half-inch wide pressure foot so a quarter-inch seam is just a matter of aligning fabric to the side of pressure foot.

Jim often forgets that sewing machines are made for lots of things besides sewing quilt patches together!

We do not have an owner's manual to verify our belief and would appreciate help in locating one. Threading the machine is very typical for the era. It uses a push button for reverse. The white buttons on the lower right raise and lower the feed dogs.