Face plates

Q: When was the striated face plate introduced to replace the floral design?

A: As with many Singer changes, it's not possible to put an exact date on this.

Singer used a simple system of topping up parts bins when they got low so the new plates could have been placed on top of the old pattern only for the floral plate to get used later when it surfaced again.

But we are looking at the 1951/2 period.

Q: Why does my 1950 machine have a striated face plate.

A: Could be a number of reasons:

1) The original dealer selling the machine could have up-dated the part to encourage sales and avoid it looking like old stock.

2) If the floral plate had been damaged at any time -- perhaps the lower thread guide snapping off -- the service engineer would have used the only replacement part available, the striated version.

Q: The lower thread guide on my face plate has broken away. Can this be replaced?

A: The answer is yes but it's a tricky job and only worth doing on a floral/deco plate. Cheaper to buy another plate if it's the striated version

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