Hi all, Grandma hasn’t seen much action in years so, the first thing I made sure to change was her needle. The one I took out was this one. As you can see, it’s a bit grubby. It's also too long. According to manuals I’ve downloaded for Grandma, she takes a 15x1 needle, the same as most modern day domestic machines. Which isn’t surprising since it was Singer who introduced the 15 class sewing machine. Look at the size difference in this next picture. The size 15 I replaced it with is on the right. At one time Singer was the largest supplier of sewing machines. Their designs for the class 15 were also used by Japan after World War Two. They made Singer 15 Clones as part of the reparations. These clones were sold to retail stores like Sears. Each different store had its own identity mark or badge. So the machines were also known as badged clones. This is a Singer Clone or badged machine. It’s an Aldens and is from the 1950s. Many other sewing machine brands