500

In use from 1960 up to 1963

Recorded serial numbers: 500,008

Recorded factories:

Usage Information

Needle size: 15x1
Bobbin size: Class 66

Domestic slant needle, zig-zag machines, commonly known as "The Rocketeer" for its shape. This class features a distinctive oval arm shape and futuristic aesthetic from the early 1960s. Part of the "Slant-o-matic" family.

Documented Machines

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Total n.: 6

Factories:

Anderson, South Carolina (USA)
St. John's Factory, Quebec (Canada)

Documented years: 1961 - 1963

Table of contents

Factories

Factory	Tot. Machines	Decals	Years
Anderson, South Carolina (USA)	500,000	—	1961–1963
Elizabethport, New Jersey (USA)	5	—	1960
St. John's Factory, Quebec (Canada)	3	—	1961–1964

Decals

No documented decals found for this class, yet.

Manuals and Lists of Spare Parts

Manuals

500

Instructions for using Singer sewing machine model 500 Slant-O-Matic "The Rocketeer"
(Code: 21184)
Published in 1961

Search for more manuals

No lists of spare parts found for this class, yet.

About the data shown here

The information here about decals is based on “Documented Machines” currently recorded in our database. We currently do not have an official Singer source about which decals were in use where, when and on which machines.

The information about factories and serials, instead, is based on the official Singer factory records that survived, plus the “Documented machines” we could verify.

Our dataset is continuously growing as new machines are documented and shared by collectors and researchers. As a result, the details presented here should be considered indicative and may be updated over time.

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