Hello
By way of introduction, I am very new to leatherworking, and to using and maintaining bootpatchers. I have cleaned up a couple of SInger 201s and use a Featherweight 222 as my every day sewing machine. So I guess I am accustomed to Singers a little. Very aware I am a debutant in this realm.
I have been cleaning up an Singer 29k58 over the last few months. I have stripped it as far as I could, cleaned it, replaced parts as needed and reassembled it.
I was not able to take out all of the moving mechanisms - so the shaft, shuttle driving and needle bar cams. I cleaned them as best I could from the access I could get.
Having reassembled it, I have two problems that I think are related. The bobbin timing is not right to loop the needle thread as it seems that the needle rises a little soon, and there is a pronounced clicking sound as the machine is worked. This should be apparent in the videos.
I have checked and rechecked the racks and pinions in the rack box and adjusted the shuttle carrier as advised using the eccentric stud.
I am wondering if the shuttle driving cam and the needle cam are not aligned appropriately, which is causing the sound and the needle to raise a little ahead of the shuttle carrier. Does anyone know if there is an appropriate way to align them and, if so, could they share that with me? Or am I way off in my theorising?
I greatly appreciate the advice and wisdom I've been able to access from this community, which has got me this far.
Hoping someone can see something I am not.
Many thanks,
Lisa
Singer29k58 cam movements 4.mov
Singer 29k58 shuttle carrier and needle 4.mov
