needle position on an old White

A student brought in an old White sewing machine to class...I'd guess
1960-something. [Weighs a ton--there's not a bit of plastic on the whole
machine!] It has a zig-zag adjustment with a sliding bar from 1-8, plus two
little silver knobs that seem to move with the zig zag. My problem? We can't
figure out how to move the needle for straight stitch -- currently it's set
far left, and we'd like it in the middle or toward the right. Any ideas?

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Kim Graham
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Nanaimo, BC, Canada
THE WORD IN PATCHWORK

I have a White, about the same age (mine is a Model 167). My sliding
bar goes 1 to 2-4 to 3 then M. I have to keep it on M for straight
stitching, and both knobs have to be pushed together to the extreme
left. Hers sounds a bit different, but maybe this will work.

KI Graham wrote:
A student brought in an old White sewing machine to class...I'd guess
1960-something. [Weighs a ton--there's not a bit of plastic on the whole
machine!] It has a zig-zag adjustment with a sliding bar from 1-8, plus two
little silver knobs that seem to move with the zig zag. My problem? We can't
figure out how to move the needle for straight stitch -- currently it's set
far left, and we'd like it in the middle or toward the right. Any ideas?

Betsy Ross wrote:

Ron Anderson on the sewing ng, the man who seems to know everything
about sewing machines, said that there are machines that straight stitch
with the needle in the left position. This was the case on an old
machine I was refurbishing.

The old New Home I got last weekend does this too.

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Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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Ron Anderson on the sewing ng, the man
who seems to know everything about
sewing machines, said that there are
machines that straight stitch with the
needle in the left position. This was
the case on an old machine I was
refurbishing.

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I am an old White, model 1953. My father is an even older model White
1917.
The best needle position for me is in my left hand since I am
left-handed.

Sorry, just couldn't help it........
[maiden name was White, it's now my middle name]

Ginger in CA

Ahhh, but Whites are like the Energizer bunny; they keep going and going
and . . .

Ginger in CA wrote:
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I am an old White, model 1953. My father is an even older model White
1917.
The best needle position for me is in my left hand since I am
left-handed.

Sorry, just couldn't help it........
[maiden name was White, it's now my middle name]

Ginger in CA