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consew 206 - RB I think

Interesting skiver - never seen one like this before https://www.ebay.de/itm/Fortuna-Lederscharfmaschine-Scharfmaschine-Spaltmaschine-Sattlermaschine/322878734591?hash=item4b2d1280ff:g:WgEAAOSwCtJaCKHD

Billy thats a secret "hoover shuttle" based on the German WWII secret Repulsine drive but a bit advanced and down scaled You hit the nail!!!

Thanks a lot folks Well, the last thing I really need is another patcher. My Singer 29K71 is more than sufficient for what I do with it. The hook mechanism on this Durkopp 18 is unique / totally different, it has not an oscillating shuttle like all the other patchers have. This one has a shuttle in a fixed position and a hook that moves back and forth and then guiding the thread around the shuttle (see Video in 1st post). This special hook allows to sew in extremely tight spaces. I know no other machine that has such a pointed tip. Thats what caught my interest. The brownish stuff it dried oil and and dirt in combination with surface rust - hard to tell what is what. I soaked the parts in paint thinner so the gunk is coming of better and then I polished the parts with an electric drill and round steel wire brush. Thats really efficient. Parts are clean but not really shiny like chrome. Not sure what the original finish was but seems it varied anyway. The 2nd machine has some parts painted black (like the tension unit on top of the machine or the oil cup) and the same parts or in the other machine were nickle plated or chromed or left blank. Funny thing - I found a 1 Pfennig coin from 1950 inside the machine. It washed out when I cleaned the inside with paint thinner. And thats was not the 1st time I had this before. Maybe some sort of "cobblers rite". For those who don´t know the 1 Pfennig coin was considered as a "lucky coin" - so maybe this machine had luck that it found me or I had luck that I found the machine . I will put it in the drawer when I´m done...

I´m a big a big fan of Silver / black - but I honestly would NOT repaint this particular machine. If the decal were worn off and paint badly chipped and if it had a lot of rust and gunk on it then I´d repaint it but for me the beauty is in its very nice and original condition (or do I get a wrong impression from the picture). I´t probably repaint he the worn area around the throat plate but nothing more.

I finally found the time to start cleaning and reassembling the head. Machine has lot of screws and small bits. Quite time consuming cleaning them Some pictures...

uuuuuh - good luck with this beast! I always wondered - is the presser foot driven or is a a jump foot system?

All Motors start at 0 RPM (you have to read between the lines) but as far as I know is the next step is min. 100 or 200 RPM. its not that they have a ramp like 0 - 10 - 20 - 30 - 40.....100... 200. But maybe someone proves me wrong but that at least my experience. Guess you would buy from Sewtex? They do not have the best reputation from what I have read and my first servo also came from them and did not work at all and the 2nd made an annoying beeeeeep sound and they said it will disappear after 30 hrs or so - it did not. If you want to buy it ask if the motor REALLY has this speed ramp. But careful with what they answer, their German is very much Russian influenced so things can get lost in translation - if you know what I mean

Jimi, I´ll send you a PM - parts are too off topic.

JImi, I think I may have some 45K shuttle race parts but have to check. If you need a new needle bar I think the needle bars of the Chinese GA5-1 clones are the same.

Hi Miquel - now I recall you - so you did not buy the CLAES harness machine? These machines are nice but you are right spare parts are no longer available and needles are a problem. A Singer 45K for sure is the better choice. who could that be Wiz - its a 45K with reverse.

My Singer 111G156 can sew 207 but I barely do that. I don´t like running a machine on its limit all the time. These Singer 111 type machines from Consew, Juki, Seiko, Pfaff, Adler, Dürkopp... or other brands sometimes come in different setups and are usually not setup for thread this heavy. You probably have to adjust the hook saddle and need a throat plate and feed dog that can handle 207 thread and corresponding needles. Whereas the heavier class machines are usually setup for 207 or thinker when they come "out of the box". For heavier thread I use my Singer 45D91 or 133K3 or one day my Singer 132K6. But I´m a "vintage machine dude" if you prefer new machines it depends on your budget and what machines brands available on your local market. LW member Jimi is from Spain too. He also is using a lot of vintage Singer sewing machines maybe you can check with him - or he checks in here anyway He probably knows the Spanish market better and has ideas where to get a proper machine - or he even has one for sale - you never know.

Just some thoughts.... I have not seen this particular machine in real life. Be careful with post bed machines - especially double needle machines. Double needle machines have a fixed needle distance and I´m not sure if gauge sets are available for these machines - maybe on special order and I´m sure they are pricey and you have adjust the position the posts depending on the needle distance (if it is possible at al)l - and they often (not all) have a quite short stitch length because they were used for sewing shoe upper and similar things and these items often just need s hort stitch because of sewing tight curves and so forth. The stitch length often is limited by the throat plate meaning even if you can adjust a longer stitch you need a throat plate with longer slot to achieve a long stitch length. Question is is a throat plate with a longer slot still available. If it has a bottom wheel drive you sometimes can only change the stitch length by changing the gears. Some machines have gear groups so you can choose different stitch length but often they have quite short stitch length only like 1.6mm - 2.5mm or so. However - not sure if post bed machines gave these gear groups but I know flat bed machines do. Thats at least my experience... I would guess your machine is factory set to a certain stitch length. You can probably mount a different stitch length scale with an open face for the stitch length lever but question is if the adjustment unit is present and if it can accommodate the lever at all. If the machine has a plate with sub class number you probably can find out more. So when buying a used post bed machine you have to consider more criteria compared with a double needle flat bed machine - It can be tricky!

and a long arm version 132K12 too: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142566983683 Some say size matters

Not the nicest table but I´m sure its worth checking out - seems to late 1950´s - 1960´s made. Could end as bargain... https://www.ebay.de/itm/Singer-132k6-Walking-Foot-Heavy-Duty-Industrial-Sewing-Machine/222706145086 Maybe a good deal for a LW member in the UK. (not my machine)

afaik the BCL is the same on all Adler 30 (#30008) - the 29K BCL does not fit w/o modification but I once "implanted" one into a 30-1. 30-1 / 30-7 gears and racks are also the same - but shuttle carrier is different on the 7 / 70 sub class.

You can modify the Singer 29K bell crank lever to fit the 30-1. Here is a picture of a 30 gear box. Good gears and gear racks have a flat top ( see picture). If the top of the teeth are sharp they are worn off. OEM Adler 30 parts are extremely expensive.

I´m not a website pro (really not) and don`t know how the back end looks like but are sure you sure your domain is linked to the correct folder where the website is stored? Hope you know what I mean? Maybe you have to change some folder permissions on this certain folder or a certain folder one level up. But don´t ask me for details I only recall I once had a similar problem with a forum I once ran.

Ha ha - no THIS machine is will not be repainted Decals and paint are too nice! Note to Jimi: No silver this time I have stored away a black cast iron Singer stand on my attic for approx 2 years which was waiting for a machine like this. But setting up the machine completely will take some time and being hosted I have to re-think my space

Dunu what to do with the SV - maybe stripping for spare parts or sell the head as drop feed machine or set it up with table / motor and then selling it... It does not eat bread so it can stay on the shelf for a while. So this is the cleaned 132K6

some pictures would be nice...

Uwe is right, barely a sheet of paper clearance between cam and fork. I have a very good used spare cam and spare fork - diameter of the cam is 17.40mm and the fork is 17.60mm so thats 0.2mm (approx) slop - rather less depends on where I measure on the inside of the fork. So you can compare measures and have an rough idea of how worn your parts are. When I put a sheet of paper between it the cam still holds it.

Oh - I also can figure out how to make things work Thats not to difficult. I live in a quite rural area too. Question is why should I do cutting and welding instead of adjusting something? A Ferdco 2000 is a Juki 441 clone, right? There are for sure some (no - A LOT OF) users or dealers who could help with the adjustment procedure. So - you honestly think cutting and welding a presser foot was the better idea instead of adjusting the machine? I don´t think so. This has nothing to do with "negativity". The idea simply was "not so clever" - or was it? I accept your critic on my post and I can deal with it. It´s not my style to sugarcoat something and I honestly hope when I do "not so clever things" people let me know their honest opinion instead of claiming: Ooooh - thats sooo nice, wooooow - you did so well, meeeen - not a better solution out there.

Finally I dropped the idea turning it into a 132K6. Why? Because I found a 132K6 (head only). Was a real attic find fat a closed down leather factory in North Hesse (Germany). Machine was totally gummed and covered with dust, flyspeck and light surface rust but after a thorough cleaning it turned out really nice. And a bonus I got a 111G156 head for free. They just wanted to get rid of these machines. Will post some pictures later.

Really? Cutting and Bubba welding instead of adjusting the machine? And when you need a truck but have a sedan you cut off the roof?