I knew this unmarked case contained a Lada Sewing machine, but when I got it the case was locked and there was no key.
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Fortunately I have a large tin full of different keys and I was lucky: I found a key that unlocked my treasure. Inside there was this beautiful green Lada sewing machine. The Lada sewing Company was established in Sobeslav, Czechoslovakia in September of 1919. I think this machine is a much later one, probably manufactured in the 1960s
Lada Sewing Machine User Manual Kenmore 911.363209 User & Care Manual (18 pages). Sears sewing machine user manual Instruction Manuals - SINGER Sewing & Embroidery.
The factory was closed in the 1970's but the company re-emerged and is now known as Minerva, which was the original company name when they re-located from Vienna to Sobeslav, acording to the website www.institchessewing.ca and www.needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php/Lada
When I was offered this machine it was obvious it needed a place in our collection of car- branded sewing machines. Though in this instance the name Lada here does not have any link to the Russian car brand. This sewing machine was manufactured in Czechoslovakia.
Mechanically it is a close version of a Singer class 15 machine with an oscillating hook .
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Sadly the hook(bobbin housing) is missing, but I found a common type 15 item fits, so I have ordered a new one, so this machine should be complete and working quite soon.
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Lada
Czechoslovakia
Lada was formed in Sobeslav on September 1, 1919. After WWII company expansion was at its greatest and by 1954 they were producing the first zigzag machine in Czechoslovakia, the Type 233.
By the 1960s the factory had manufactured 100,000 sewing machines, although in 1965 after a merge into ELITEX, the company lost its independence and by 1972 the government stopped its sewing machine production.
Introduced in 1957, the T132 was Lada's first 'briefcase portable' machine with free-arm, a compact automatic zig zag sewing machine. It can sew up to 1400 stitches per minute and weighs approximately 8 kilos. It measures 13' L-R, compared with a Singer Featherweight 222 = 10' L-R. Other small sized freearm electric machines measure: Adlerette 13' L-R, Husqvarna zz 13'.
Instruction manuals are endearingly full of spelling mistakes :)
Introduction of other models:T236 - 1958
T237 - 1959
T238 - 1960
T136 - 1969
T137 - 1970
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The decals on the machine bed appear to have been borrowed from Jones in the UK.The stitch length lever is of a similar type found on German machines. The serial number is stamped below the bed edge, centre front. The slide plates don't have any markings. They do have a slot each which acts as a spring to hold them in.
- Jones type decals
T132
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This machine is operated by a knee lever.
- Shown here with knee control
- Bobbin case from instruction manual
T132-3
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Foot control. The machine has an improved (more complicated) Central Bobbin type case. It seems there are three types of bobbin case used on the T132 model, compare with the type used with earlier (?) models.
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- T132-3
- T132-3
- Left: T132-3 bobbin/case Right: T132 bobbin/case
- T132 Bobbin & case
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