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Thanks!!! Good/friendly neighbours makes life so much more fun. Hope you cauhgt some big ones!! Yesterday I caught a whole bunch of nothing. It was a sad day.......... . I am happy to know it's an Adler. I could never identify it myself. So thanks again. This old machine infected me a little. I have set my eyes on another adler(or Necchi) and/or a pearson no.6. Both 100 euro's each. I will say it again, if only I had some more space....haha. i would love to have a manual, I will pm you. Greetings from Holland. Sandy.

Hi Vincent, If I were you I would go for a triple feed. Not al the machines in the pictures are triple feed. Don't think you will be needing zigzag or double needle. But yes, you could use just one needle. You only need double needle for French seems but with one needle you will do a fine job too. Since you are not common withe these machines look for a machine with proper sewingspeedcontrol!! I think that is the most important (comfortable) thing for someone beginning upholstering. Don't get me wrong. You can do the job with a single or double feed machine too! But if you are using vissible stiches the triple feed is the best I think because of the most consistant stitchlength. Only the last foto (maybe the singer to?) has triple feed I think. Or Global too? I can not see it in the picture. But it will sew pretty fast I think. Look for the rpm of the motor and the pulley sizes. A big bobbin will also be preferable since you will be needing lots of thread. Good luck! PS: Mocht je Nederlandstalig zijn mag je me een PM sturen. Dan kan ik het wat makkelijker uitleggen. (If you speak Dutch you can PM me so I can explain more easy). Sandy.

Hello, I realy would like to help you but my English is to poor to get into the technical stuf. Since you took everything apart maybe you should do a search on timing / hook timing / needle timing or somting like that. I think you could compare your setup with the yuki. It's basicly the same. Use this opportunity to clean everything around your bobincase. Make sure there is no thread/dust in there. Clean it and put some oil in it. Put the needle the right way in! But I assume you know what you are doing since you did upholstey in the past. Good luck. sandy.

Hi, I have had one. Didn't like it. Not suitable for leather. Great for clothing and such. Ik think its semi industrial? But it has a big clearance underneath the foot. I think it was 9 mm. That's more than other machines in this cattegory. Sandy.

Hi there, Luckily I don't live in the smallest house of Holland!! Love the Belgian Ardennes. Not allot of true nature around here. Only small houses, haha... Made a picture of the shuttle. It says KAW??? Hope it helps. I ordered a few bobbins, hope the will fit. Do you happen to know if Necchi made machines like these?Came across one and I am interested in that one too, because it has a table and an electric motor. I can put both machines on it. The more machines the better!! My nine year old son on one side and me on the other would be great! Sandy.

Now I played with it, I think its a very good buy indeed. Not familiar with these aged machines so at first I thought its a piece of junk, but they are realy realy realy cool pieces of junk:notworthy: ! Now I can't stop searching for more sewingmachines like this on the same site. Maybe I can loose a cabinet to place a sewingmachine instead, haha.....

As soon as I know how to upload a picture, I will do it. I am 34 and I never uploaded a picture to the net in my life. Can you imagine?!? I will try to do it this week cause I'm still curious what machine i bought. Made a wooden base for it today because I am just hand cranking it. This way I can save space in my little house. Already way to many machines. Wish sewingmachines weren't that much fun to play with. I think I already found a dutch webshop wich sells Bobins ( called them spool earlier!!!) for the adler 104. Those will fit right?? Groetjes, Sandy.

I was/am sure having a hard time with all the diferent types. This helps a lot. Thanks. Does somebody have a table like this for needle sizes also? Thanks. Sandy.

You peaple are very very helpfull. Yesterday I picked up the machine. I couldn't wait to play with it. I still don't know for sure wether it is a Singer or an Adler. Still curious but I am nevertheless very happy with it. I made a spool myself from 3 spools from my pfaff 1245. Had to size them dowm a little but it works great for now. It stitches flawlessly. This machine rises (don't know if this is correct Englisch) my expectations. The only number I could find on the machine is 3375 witch is stamped on the base of the machine. The spool is burnt (??? looks like the letters are burnt in there with a laser???) with the symbol KAW. Any other parts do not have any identification numbers or whatever. No Simanco anywhere. Originaly the machine was black for sure. It is painted green/bleu. Luckily the seller had some more needles with it. He couldn't tell me more about the machine. He bought a bunch of industrial sewingmachines to keep 2 for himself and sell the rest. Very happy Sandy who slept very little last night.

Very nice sandals. I will make me a pair in the future for sure. So thanks. Sandy.

Adlers like the pfaff 145 (normal flatbed triple feed for upholstering and such) go around for 350-600 euro's. Heavy duty machines 800-1500 euro's. The prices I am talking about are the prices you can get them from auctionsites. If you go to the professional for a secondhand you pay almost double I think. Sometimes you are lucky ofcoarse. Got my pfaff 145 for 200 for instance. The 1245 was 300 with efka variostop and all. I wouldn't sew 12 mm that often but maybe I will need to some day. I think I am going for the machine. I have never had a 'heavy duty' machine like that. I am very curious. I like old quality stuff. I have a few older Hobart (American brand) planetary mixing machines too. Like to play with them. Sandy.

Hi Sewmun, Thanks for your time. Yes, the shuttle is in it. If it was an Adler I would buy the machine right away. But it's a Singer. I don't know how you look at the machine in Your country, but singer isn't very popular overhere. Adler is. Pfaff also. Parts for those machines are easier to come by. That's why I am not sure wether to buy or not. I asked the seller to give me a few days to think about it. He agreed. I have googeled the machine but can not find specifications? Does it have reverse? I don't think so. Do you happen to know whats the maximun thicknes of leather that can be sewn with this machine? Sandy.

Thank you so much!! Now I am sure it isn't a Adler. It has to be a singer 45K. Now I am not sure if I should buy the machine. He is asking 100 euro's for it. Head only. No table and motor and no bobbins with only 1 needle. Thanks for notifying the missing foot lifting bar. I didn't know. I do not realy need it but if I want to sell it again in the future I'm sure if I can get my money back. I am constantly changing machines. If I see a nicer/better machine I will buy it and sell my 'old one'. Now I have something to think about. Hope I can get to sleep tonight. Sandy.

Hello there people, I am Sandy from Holland. This is my first post after reading these forums for a while. I am about to buy a machine to put in my 'collection'. I already have a pfaff 145, pfaff 1245, rafflenbeul ms200, junker & ruh sd28 and some old manual skiving/cutting machines (Rodi and Landis). All for 'daily use' as a hobby. The machine I am about to buy can be seen with this link : http://hobby.marktpl...-evt-tafel.html The seller says it's a Adler 104 but I don't think its a 104. Single feed. I would like to sew thick thread with it. In dutch we call it zwaar draad (heavy thread). 11/3. I don't know how to call it in Englisch? Sorry. It's not as thick as for sole stitching. 20/6. It has to sew up to 8 mm of thick leather. So does anybody know what type this machine is, so I can google myself? At this point I am sewing this thick thread with my Pfaff 145. I slowed down the speed with a frequency converter so it goes realy realy slow, otherwise the upperthread will not be picked up at the loop where it should and the machine will jam. I know this machine is not build to do this so I am afraid to break the machine. That's why I am looking for a machine that can handle this type of sewing. Thanks in advance. Greetings from Holland.