28

In use from 1889 up to 1941

Recorded serial numbers: 8,270,607

Recorded factories:

Usage Information

Needle size: 15x1

Evolution of the VS3. Vibrating shuttle, rectangular bed.

Similar to the Class 27 but with 3/4-size bed. The 28 has a "bump" under the bell-shaped access door, that the 27 does not have.

Documented Machines

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Total n.: 107

Factories:

Documented Decals:

Documented years: 1889 - 1940

Table of contents

Factories

Factory	Tot. Machines	Decals	Years
Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	6,476,129	Victorian / Scrolls and Roses / Bunch of flowers / Painted Roses and Daisies (Flowers) / Victorian Variant (Indian Star) / Ottoman Carnation / Scrolls and Roses Variant (Indian Star) / Wrought Iron	1889–1941
	6,476,066	No known decal	1889–1941
	42	Victorian	1892–1940
	9	Scrolls and Roses	1890–1908
	3	Bunch of flowers	1893–1894
	3	Painted Roses and Daisies (Flowers)	1889–1890
	2	Victorian Variant (Indian Star)	1911–1914
	2	Ottoman Carnation	1893–1894
	1	Scrolls and Roses Variant (Indian Star)	1907
	1	Wrought Iron	1907
Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1,747,477	Victorian / Ottoman Carnation / Bunch of flowers / La Vencedora / Owl / Victorian Variant (Chinese) / Tapestry / Eagle / Wildflowers	1890–1918
	1,747,443	No known decal	1891–1918
	12	Victorian	1892–1918
	9	Ottoman Carnation	1892–1902
	4	Bunch of flowers	1892–1894
	3	La Vencedora	1895
	2	Owl	1891–1893
	1	Victorian Variant (Chinese)	1906
	1	Tapestry	1890
	1	Eagle	1893
	1	Wildflowers	1891
St. John's Factory, Quebec (Canada)	47,000	Victorian	1907–1912
	46,999	No known decal	1907–1912
	1	Victorian	1912
Podolsk (Russia)	1	Victorian	1911

Decals

Decal	Tot. Machines	Factories	Years
Victorian	56	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK) / Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA) / Podolsk (Russia) / St. John's Factory, Quebec (Canada)	1892–1940
	42	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1892–1940
	12	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1892–1918
	1	Podolsk (Russia)	1911-1941
	1	St. John's Factory, Quebec (Canada)	1912
Ottoman Carnation	11	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA) / Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1892–1902
	9	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1892–1902
	2	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1893–1894
Scrolls and Roses	9	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1890–1908
Bunch of flowers	7	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA) / Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1892–1894
	4	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1892–1894
	3	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1893–1894
La Vencedora	3	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1895
Painted Roses and Daisies (Flowers)	3	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1889–1890
Owl	2	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1891–1893
Victorian Variant (Indian Star)	2	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1911–1914
Eagle	1	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1893
Scrolls and Roses Variant (Indian Star)	1	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1907
Tapestry	1	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1890
Victorian Variant (Chinese)	1	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1906
Wildflowers	1	Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	1891
Wrought Iron	1	Kilbowie, Clydebank (Scotland, UK)	1907

Manuals and Lists of Spare Parts

Manuals

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Instructions for using Singer sewing machine 28 vibrating shuttle for family use
(Code: K1831)
Instructions for using Singer sewing machines 27K and 28K vibrating shuttle for family use
(Code: K271)
Published in 1908
Instructions for using Singer sewing machines 27K and 28K vibrating shuttle for family use
(Code: K204)
Instructions for using Singer sewing machines of class 28
(Code: 7596)
Published in 1903
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