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That thing is cool Darren, Who made it?? Sim

Wiz is right. These are called patchers for a reason. They work well patching in places you'd never dream of sewing with another machine. The stitch length is definitely dictated by the thickness of the material you are sewing. That said, I wish I'd not have sold the one I had. They are as handy as the tail on a horse in fly season. Go get the dern thing and fiddle with it but don't expect to sew any holsters with it. There will come a day when you'll be dern glad you've got it. sim

Bill, This machine came from Wisconsin. I've been working there since before Christmas. As for the difference between the two machines I can't say. I know that the 7-31 is identical to the 7-33 excepting the drive is different. The 7-31 was built with a clutch on the machine head to accommodate being powered by an overhead - flat belt - system. Mine, however has been converted to a table powered model but does still have remnants of the old clutch plate still attached to the balance wheel. It has a v belt pulley on it now. Don't quote me on this but I think the 7-4 was a book binding machine. The book I looked at had references to the 7-5 as sewing canvas & leather. Maybe the difference is as simple as the foot lifting higher. Some of the models were built to accommodate thicker material. What is the foot lift on your machine? As far as parts I have none but you may want to PM Sewmun on this forum. I've read posts of his on another site. He knows a great deal about these old monster flat beds. He may have some parts machines around as well. I PMed you about my location. We may have to get together some time.

I've heard the head alone is 160+ I know it's a handful alone. There are those out there that can pipe in here that are more familiar than I with this machine; but I think the foot lift is around 3/4". I've heard it will stitch through 9/16" of material maybe a little more. That said' I've heard they can be modified to stitch much heavier material by advancing the foot lift to over an inch somehow. I know it will sew through the Sunday addition of the newspaper folded over but the needle gets pretty warm as it has a needle point needle in it rather than a chisel point. I need it to finish the packs I make from canvas & leather. By the time I fold over a pocket lid trimmed in leather so I can stitch it on it is more than my current machine can handle. I also wanted the ability to work on horse tack & harness. This should do nicely; especially for what I paid for it. A hobby guy can't afford to spend thousands on a machine.

I bought this old machine a few weeks ago. Just got the head & motor for it. I had an original Singer 1/3hp 1750 rpm motor/clutch from another purchase some time back. I ended up with,what looks like, a table from a surger I think. The plan is to set the #7 down in the table flush with the center of the deck on the head itself. These pics are from a phone and aren't so good I've got it this far and took the table to have brackets made so it has something to set on inside the table after the hole is cut. I've also got the clutch/ motor mounted under the table (no pic yet

I've got a 1/4 horse Norge brand motor for sale. It is a 1750 RPM There is a Square D foot operated switch hooked to it that comes with it. The switch is not variable. It is a foot operated on/off switch only. Unit seem to work good. It was on a Singer 7-31 I bought. I had an old Singer clutch and motor set up I'm going to use on the #7. $50.00 OBO you ship

Good Luck to you Haus, The right machine can make sewing a constructive experience as well as source of accomplishment. The wrong one can be a source of frustration & misery.

Glad to here you got that run-a-way machine talking the same language you do now. Things can get ugly fast with a nice piece of leather!! Back when I first started sewing leather; like everyone else quickly wanted to graduate to something besides an old home machine. unsuspectingly, I bought an industrial Singer from an old woman who was retiring from doing alterations. (Don't even remember the model any more) She showed me how well it worked and she made it look easy . . . HAH . . .!!! I took that sucker home all excited to get my buddies motorcycle chaps under the business end of that machine. He wanted a pocket with a snap flap put on the front. I sat down to it and put the left chap leg under the foot; lined up the pocket I'd cut out. (Now right here your probably wondering how my initial practice might have gone before this. Sewing on this pocket WAS my practice. I was a real greenhorn to all of this at that time.) Anyway, with everything lined up we were ready to go. I touched `er off and that dern thing sewed off the edge of that pocket and never stopped `til it was off the edge of that chap leg. I think it took that long for me to react to what appeared to be a real wreck. I never did get so I could actually sew with that machine. I sold it less than a year later.

here is the business end of a Champion 77 if anyone is curious. This is the single thread variety.

I used to have a McKay stitcher for doing moccasin soles. I always marveled at how that thing grabbed the thread and held onto it during the stitch process. It was the single thread variety of course.

This machine sold!!! Thanks Leatherworker.net!!!

This head is still for sale

Tony, I PM'd her. Hopefully I'll get a reply soon. Thanks,

Thanks for verifying the fact that they actually made one. My source was reputable but like I said; I'd never actually seen one.

I've never seen one myself but I was told by someone that they did come with them in the early days of the 7 class. I understand they had pedals like the early Singer harness stitchers; as opposed to a treadle type stand.

I've actually caught myself poking along with a shoe patcher, had someone get the best of my attention, only to look back at my work and find I was going backward. I'd been stitching so slow that, at the top of the stroke, it reversed direction on me.

:rolleyes:

This is a link to a sewing machine for sale but it is significant for the information alone. If someone thinks this should be moved to a more appropriate thread by all means do it. click the link below for a little history lesson on the sewing machine. how it all began

That's why I love this thread so much. You just never know what's gonna turn up here. Glad someone fished this thread out of the dust. Awesome!! Thanks for sharing.

After closer inspection I see that it is a 7-31. I found out today that the difference is that a 7-31 had a flatbelt pulley & clutch on the wheel. The 7-33 had the clutch on the motor. This one has, however, been converted at some point in history.

I am in search of a pedal stand for a Singer 7 class machine in any condition. Bent Broken or stolen. Thanks,