Lada Sewing Machine Manual

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Czechoslovakia

Dec 20, 2016 Quite a few of us have a Lada T132 sewing machine also known under many badge names such as Cresta, Minerva, Sewmaster, etc. It is a very nice rotary free arm machine from late 1950s and 1960s. All steel parts except two belts: a timing belt connecting the upper and lower mechanism, and the motor belt. I have been a sewing machine mechanic since 1986 fixing all makes & models of sewing machines. If you have a problem with your sewing machine. Email me with make and model of machine and the problem you are having and I will email you my phone number if I can help. It includes foot pedal and instruction manual It is lightweight. This could possibly be your child's first sewing machine. Vintage Lada 121 Sewing Machine with.

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

Lada

#325050

Simplicity Sewing Machine Manual

Courtesy of Bernadette Dewhurst-Phillips

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

Serial #66266

Courtesy of Linda B

This machine is operated by a knee lever.

Shown here with knee control
Bobbin case from instruction manual

Lada Sewing Machine Manual Model 385

T132-3

Cresta Reference #99957

Courtesy of Claire Sherwell

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.

Lada Sewing Machine Manual Diagram

T132-3
T132-3
Left: T132-3 bobbin/case Right: T132 bobbin/case
T132 Bobbin & case

Sewing Manuals

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Lada Sewing Machine Manual Sewing Machine

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