Constabulary

I looked closer at your picture and compared it with my machine with foot in lift up position. At your machine the part I numbered with 3.) seems to be quite far up in the fork when the foot is lift. At my machine it is in a much lower position even when foot is lifted. See pictures below Try to put flat screwdriver between the parts, use it as a lever and try to push down part 3.) I assume the fork part is too tight and the part 3.) is stuck there.

So with other words the presser foot is stuck in its position, right? Then before you loose the screws on part 1.) + 2.) check the part that looks like a fork and part 3.) is sitting in. The part is secured with a small screw from the backside. Loose the screw a 1/2 turn and try to adjust the "fork part" with a screw driver from the top side. The part has a slit. I had this problem with my Duerkopp 252 and a small adjustment on the fork part did the job. A thoroughly oiling could be useful as well.

This would be my 1st idea. Check the parts 1.), 2.) and 3.) in the picture if their screws are loose and check if part 1.) is moving when you lift the foot lever and check is parts 2.) + 3.) are moving when you turn the hand wheel. Screws for the parts are all accessible from the backside. I assume screw of part 1.) is loose. But it can´t be wrong to check them all.

Are you serious? I think there is a reason why no one else did this before but if you like the idea go ahead and try it. I personally would never try this. Too much fuzzy work. My advice: Buy a servo motor mount it to the table, but a V-belt on it and go. With other words plug + play!

I think there was not much difference between the factories in the US and GB. I guess it looked almost the same in the 1930´s. But you are right, I´d also like too see films of the US Singer factories. Do these films exist? If you know other films from the old days please post them. I´d really love to see them!!!

yeah, exactly my thoughts! Imagine how big this factory must have been. They produced EVERYTHING from cast iron housing to wooden cabinets in one big factory - nothing outsourced. Good old days!

I also like it very much, too bad it has no sounds but watching the film on full screen is great! I wish I had one of the great shipping crates. I´d kick out my TV board and replace it with one of these crates!

I just found this in the WWW and thought it is pretty interesting for vintage sewing machines enthusiasts: 70 minutes film "Birth of a Sewing machine" http://ssa.nls.uk/film/1592

now that I see the assembly, are you sure that your thread runs the right path? From what I see I´d assume the thread runs from the backside through the hole on the right, then between the discs along front side and the through the middle hole and then through the left hole. I have edited Gregg's picture a little bit. Not sure what the manual says but this is how I would do it without knowing the manual.

I can´t the the part good enough on the picture to tell what the problem could be but since you say it has discs I think they should be replaceable, right? Can´t you just add larger discs? Isn´t the assembly spring loaded and you can put more pressure on the discs when you turn the thumb screw? Or just wrap the thread two times around the assembly. As I said I cant´see the assembly very well....

not sure how the motor mount looks like but on my motor I have two spacers I can place at different positions. With these spacers I can move the belt a little left or right. Maybe this could solve your problem.

I always do. As gottaknow said because of the oil and I sometimes do test sewing on this piece

Control depends on the motor. I have not used the EFKA Variostop ever, I think it is an advanced model of an clutch motor. There are clutch motors which are good controllable and some are hard to control. Just take a workpiece with you and try the machine + motor. If you can´t control the motor a new servomotor would be an option. But I really have no experience with the installed motor. Maybe some other member here can tell you more. Well, accessories could be an issue. You don´t find many for the big Adler 104 or 204 but maybe some accessories of the clone machines that will work with the 204. Shuttle hooks + bobbins are easy to get. But shuttles are expensive so be careful with it. But maybe some accessories will come with the machine. Have you asked the seller? I still have some different feet and accessories of my 104 and the forerunner Adler 4 / 5. But´m I´m not sure if they all work with the 204. I think the 204 uses different shuttles than the 104 but don´t know for sure.

Needles feed - Seems my eyes are still good. :D I honestly would buy the 205-64 as the price is very good and needle feed is very good too, triple feed / compound feed may be better but I don´t think that the effect is noticeable when you look at your finished work pieces but it depends on what you want to sew with it.Triple feed just gives more constant pressure on your material when the material is moving forward. And the Adler has a motor with needle positioning system (assuming an EFKA Variostop) Just to give you an idea what triple feed is: Needle feet is about the same but the middle bar with he small foot is missing. not sure if you see it but the needle bar moves forward with the material. Big advantage of the Adler is that it has MUCH bigger bobbin compared with all other machines you posted. The bobbin is about 3 times bigger than the one from a Singer 111 The machine stand is quite nuts so I think you have to build or buy a new one but thats not a big issue considering what a great machine you buy for this money. I had an Adler 104 (forerunner of the 204) and it was an awesome machine but I figured it is too big for me as I mostly sew 4-6mm Canvas and my Singer 111 does the job very well. But If I had the chance to buy one for a good price I would buy one again but I currently do not have the space for more machines. Still - I would buy the 204 even when it cost 6000 Kronas

looking closer at the picture I´d say i´d may have walking (or alternating) foot but not compound / triple feed. So not sure about the subclass. Anyway, it seems to be a really good price.

The 2nd + 3rd machine do not have a walking foot. The last one is an Adler 204 assuming subclass 64 it has no walking foot but has a needle feed as far as I can tell from the pictures. They ask 5000 Kronas for it? Thats just about 600€ if I´m right. GO BUY IT - don´t wait until its gone! Thats is unbelievable cheap!

Install a smaller pulley on your motor. Or has it a 2" pulley already?

Once again - I need some help to ID this sewing machine. Seems to be a special purpose machine but I neither have a clue who the maker is nor what their purpose is (or was). Sorry, no better pictures .

Got it - seems to be Singer 770 or 771. Took a lot of time to figure out...

Can someone ID this Singer machine?

not sure how important the ring is. I think the part is held in place good enough by the just the upright pin and the large screw. So why not cut the ring and grind down the tongue. Not sure if it works, its just another idea. Maybe you can try this with the broken part - somehow.

Again - I have NOT questioned the quality and I don´t want to buy a new machine (but probably a new motor sooner or later). I generally have no problems with buying items from China. But the motor thing just confuses me a little bit, but It was just a question which is now answered - nothing more nothing less.

didn´t know - so I have no further idea! I don´t know how mine looks (I will leave it in there until it´s broke) but can´t you carefully grind it down?

First of all I don´t want to offend any of the distributors or dealers of the known brands but I wonder if any of the "big name brands" are still made in the US or are they all typical Chinese made nutshells? I always see servo motors + sewing machines + speed reducers that all look the same, some are consew, some are enduro some are not branded. They finally look all the same. Housing may have a different colors but finally they look all the same. A few weeks ago I even did not know that Adler produces sewing machines in the Czech republic and the more I read about sewing machines the more I wonder where they come from. Consew - still made in Japan or in China? So I wonder whats the deal with all that stuff. Is there nowadays still a company that produces their own sewing machines in the US? I mean Singer is dead as it seems or do they still produce industrial machines in the US? I don´t think so. Whats the deal with Cobra, Cowboy, Techsew - still US made or made in China with just a different name on? I do not question the quality at all, but I just begin to wonder. Maybe someone can broaden my mind. Again - I don´t what to offend anybody!!!

Not sure but maybe they have sent you a wrong part. It is probably for a clone, maybe for a consew. I just checked Ebay and found one that looks as if it could fit, it seems not to have the "wide tongue" http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINGER-111W-TENSION-RELEASE-SLIDE-PART-240500-/120926491838?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c27c7d4be I have bought all parts for my 111D156 from sharpsewing on Ebay and had no problems. But I have not tried the release slide but maybe you can contact them and send them a picture through the ebay system. The guy who always answered friendly was Sam.