1 drop of oil in each oil hole

There are quite a few places to oil on this machine, but most are easy to get to. The holes indicated above are important and easy to forget, but they are part of the regular upkeep for a vintage machine.

• Keep a rag or sheet of cardboard under the machine.
• Remember that any extra oil on a moving part will be slung free of that part.
• Make sure slung oil or grease does not have a path to your walls or worse, your eyes.
• When you have to do an aggressive lubrication, the machine will probably drip for days.

Some Final Words

Old New Home machines were quite popular in their day. It is sad to see so many good companies go out of business to unfortunate circumstances. If you can get your hands on an original New Home sewing machine and it is in good condition you may have a great machine on your hands.

When Were White Sewing Machines Made?

The White Sewing machine had a very good run. It started being made in 1858 when the company was first created and continued through to 2006. That almost 150-year history helped produce some great sewing machines.

You may not know this but White owned and produced quite a few other sewing machines under different brand names. After losing about 40% of its business when it lost its Sears contract in the 1950s, White survived by buying competitor brands and manufacturing them under their separate brand names.

Philco, Kelvinator, Gibson, Westinghouse, and Frigidaire all became Whites without losing their identities. The lone exception was Westinghouse whose brand name was coupled with White’s and became the White-Westinghouse brand.

After the Electrolux takeover in 1986, the White brand survived another 20 years before being removed from the sewing machine manufacturing business. Probably Singer and Bernina are the only two sewing machine companies that have enjoyed a longer existence than White.

Are New Home Sewing Machines Good?

That is hard to say. The original New Home and the Free/National versions were probably all made from metal parts so their durability should not be questioned. We ran across no complaints about the quality of the machines even when they were made by the latter two companies.

No one is talking about the modern Janome New Home sewing machines. If they are they are not using the New Home model name in their reviews. Janome does make good sewing machines so it stands to reason that their New Home model would be held to the same high standards.

One review that did use the New Home model name held that the New Home 2206 was the best mechanical sewing machine around. The original machines were both high quality and low-quality devices. The Gold Medal model was produced for those people who could not afford a higher quality option.