Carson87

I recently purchased a Singer 110W125. Sadly some one along the line painted it horribly with spray paint. I don't know if the original paint is underneath I would imagine it is considering that the painter didn't bother to tape off anything or even remove the roller foot. My question is what kind of paint stripper should I use as to remove the spray paint and not the paint underneath? I'm sure it's tougher paint underneath. I just don't want to throw the wrong stuff on there. Also I would like to remove the brass tag on the tower and it appears to be riveted on there. Any ideas on how to get it off with out having to cut out the rivets?

Bob, I figured as such, everything else I found did not mention having the reducer. I really need to get it as slow as possible so thats probably the route I will take. I've been practicing with the clutch still It's just not controllable for me. How much do you sell the Sewpro for with shipping out of curiosity. I'm planning on looking locally first just to save on shipping. If not whats your price.

Thanks!

Looks like it will go that way. The energy savings is another concern too. There are a few is see recommended one is the SewPro 500GR any other options?

Thanks for the fast replies! Yes it's a 110W125. Is there a difference in the W being capitalized? I feel like a dork asking( and I may get an answer I don't like) There doesn't seem to be any of these machines on line for me to compare price too. I paid $777 with needles and bobbins and thread etc. It also has a year warranty. I did not have a lot of time to wait for a great deal to land in my lap. I bought it to sew leather bike seats. My designs are very influenced by mens dress shoes so this machine is perfect for the tight radius corners i need to sew around. I'm sewing 4-7 oz leather doubled usually. The stitch length is set to the widest but I would not have wanted it to be much larger. It's just so fast! I'm using it for production and I can't be ruining 5-10 bucks worth of leather every time the machine starts to run like crazy. Yes of course the motor is a 400W Clutch motor with a 2 inch pulley. DOL12h The owner of the store offered to sell me a new 300W digital speed control motor for $190 which sounds like I needed more than he pushed for it.(He said wait) Sounds like I have three options right now. 1. Shell out the 100-200 bucks for the servo motor and sell the 400w clutch (I looks to be a brand new unit) 2. Make a pulley system to reduce the speed. I'm confident that I could make a reducer unit for less than 60 bucks. Andrew pointed out that this is not necessarily going to reduce the speed of the machine just the torque. Which may be ok. I need to get the machine moving fast to start it but then have to bring the speed back down which is hard. If it had the torque to start at a low speed I might be able to control it better. 3. Quit whining about the learning curve and learn how to use the clutch motor. Is it possible to set up the foot pedal length with a wood stop so I could simply just floor it to the block and it would run at the speed I want? Am I at risk of burning the clutch when I run this machine at to low of speeds? I attached a few photos. The only other problem i have with this machine is some one along its life painted the poor thing very very badly. They didn't even bother taping off the foot or any of the bolts. I may have to sit down with a brush and some paint stripper after the motor issue is solved. Perhaps the original black is still underneath.

Hi after many attempts to get past the human verification I've got an account and am onto my first post! I recently (TODAY) purchased a Singer 100w125 from Atlas Levy in downtown LA. I know nothing about this machine however, I knew I needed a roller foot machine and this is the only type they had in the store. I see there are a few other owners of these on the forum and would love if anyone has tips on maintenance, history of this model etc. The machine seems to be in working order (better be for what I paid for it), It has good tension, drive wheels work well, It has a newer table with a very new motor on it. However I've found it extremely hard to run the machine a slower speeds. Some times I can maintain a steady slow speed. Other times I can only get it to go full bore or dead. Are there reduction gears for this machine that will make it run slower?