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looking forward to seeing more pictures of your machine. There can´t be enough documentation for these nice vintage machines.

Just noticed you found EVO´s parts sale thread already - would have suggested this too

why have you over painted the badge and pins? I could use a therapy because of sewing machines . More sewing machines make it even worse

Please post some pictures and / or parts number of your current feed dog - could be that your machine no longer has the original feed dog - who knows.

I think he meant how the whole rig is attached to the "wearers" body - or so....

since it has a roller foot is most likely is a needle feed machine or just drop feed. Tricky thing on old Adlers often is the timing belt - if it is made of brown material and the material already shows cracks I would not buy it. Replacing a timing belt on an old Adler is a real pain. Did that once for a friend - don´t want to do it again.

For sure an interesting technique and its great to learn about it but wouldn´t it be easier to use a good glossy spray paint and apply 4 or 5 layer - or so? I know its not as authentic as japanning but at the end it will look almost the same I think and it takes less time and probably is cheaper too. The polished hand wheel looks great BTW !!!!

probably because they are long living and reliable...

too bad I´m on the other side of the pond

yes, thats the 45K needle. Total Length is 60 / 62 mm. Shaft top to needle eye is 52mm. But the shaft diameter varies

Since it is a Juki I´m sure it uses Singer 111 type feet

You can call a JB weld repair what ever you want - as long as it delivers a good result its not better or worse that any other repair. Even when you call it a "bodger" repair - who care when it works. A lot depends on repair situation and how you prepare a certain repair. Not everybody is a professional and / or needs the best professional solution. And when you live in a remote / rural area and have no access to professional welding or brazing and have to deal with what you have then JB weld really can be a life saver. There is always a pro and contra... at the end you have to decide what you want to "invest" for a repair on a fairly common sewing machine. It often is an economical decision.

System 328 / 214x2 I´d say

Most likely the Typical 2603 has no German relatives. Not all sewing machines have German roots. Not sure who came out first with this model, maybe Mitsubishi or Seiko or Juki... not sure...

shipping to Germany would be a challenge - but maybe you can ask for an Air Drop over my house - tell the jumpmaster he has to look for purple smoke signals

Absolutely agree with EVO!!! As I said in an earlier thread - its easy to blame the shipping Co. but most of the time it is the sellers fault who poorly packs up this kind of heavy stuff. I just bought a Singer head from southern Germany and told the seller to use 40mm styrofoam plates on all sides. He used just 30mm styrofoam plates (10mm less make a difference) and the machine feet punched through 30mm styrofoam on the bottom side. If he doubled the plates on the bottom side (as he did on all other sides) it would have been fine. He also did not stuff the space enough and even used air pillows (does not make much sense for heavy items). So even when you tell people how to they often do not listen or think they know better or think their packaging is sufficient. Machine fortunately arrived undamaged but the packaging was not properly done for a heavy sewing machine head. Shipping small and / or lightweight stuff is easy (most of the times) but shipping heavy things or larger things that can easily break can be a challenge. Styrofoam flakes and air pillows are nice but are totally nonsense for heavy items like sewing machines.

too cool - would like to have one too

cool old machine!!!

I think this is the one... or?

I probably have a bobbin winder for this machine but not sure... will check...

Too bad... Striping and welding is too expensive I´d say. I would drill 2 or 3 small holes in the casting and the broken piece fill them with JB Weld push dowel pins JB Weld filled holes and glue it. Not much you can do beside welding or trying to glue it. If you buy a sewing machine head and have it shipped by parcel service - always ask the seller if he can put 1.5" thick styrofoam plates on either side top and bottom of the box - pay for that extra packaging and you should be on the safe side. I know its too late but...

you are welcome - found it somewhere on the web and its indeed a well structured manual.

Looks like a short version of the Singer 31-19 or 31-47 - kind of...

yeah Uwe is "manipulating" all of us with his great videos...

cannot open the file... Twice around is not correct - being precise its 1 + 1/2 time as it comes from the top and goes to the top - but thats a bit of quibbling Agree - the manual that is avail. on the Duerkopp page is a pain ITA