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International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

The purpose of the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society is to foster the collecting of, and research into, sewing machines.

Cylindrical Shuttle Machine

Manufactured by the Manchester company from the early years of 20th century, until the 1930's. The cylinder shuttle manual is available in .pdf format.

Jones Cylindrical Shuttle Sewing Machine

ISMACS is an organization totally independent of all sewing-machine manufacturers, past or present and is not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in these pages.  Please Note: Do not contact any ISMACS official in an attempt to solicit a valuation - it is not possible other than by hands-on assessment and your request will be ignored.

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