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I have shipped a patcher from Germany to the US in a custom build crate but that was just the head w/o stand and it is A LOT OF work cause you have to do a lot of internal bracing so that the machine cannot move round in the crate. BTW shipping the DIY wooden stand makes no sense. Not worth it IMO. Other that that look for a double or triple wall cardboard box large enough for the machine + 2" - 3" space to all sides of the machine and fill the space with cut so size Styrofoam boards and bits. Do not use bubble foil or Styrofoam chips. The machine needs to sit very tight in the box. To save on the box size (shipping size) I´d remove the arm lever (just two pins that go out from rear to front) the hand wheel, front wheel hub and wax pot. Maybe the from tension and lock screw too (better safe than sorry). I have shipped machines with UPS to the other side of the pond and they all arrived intact but I have some experience in shipping & packing up heavy things.

I think it uses just a "plain" drip pan and a a drip can with oil reservoir, right? I guess the one for the Singer 211 should work but I´d check with a consew dealer they may have one or can order the correct one. See pictures here: https://consew.com/products/consew-model-255rb-3 Or check the parts list and google the parts number and machine model

does not sound like a 7-34 - just from what I have in mind it sounds a bit like Singer 7-10 (or similar) thread regulator spring - but I´m just guessing... We need pictures I´d say. 😉 Barrel hooks always appear a bit sloppy cause the thread needs to slide around it.

if it was me I´d go with the 67-GA-373. Have an eye on the timing belt. The old brown ones tend to crack and fall apart with the time. If yours is bad check this tread:

if it is a CLEAS (please post pictures) then there were at least 3 different sizes off bobbins / hooks. This is a pic from a later model but IIRC the hooks remained the same event until today but I have to admit I have not much experiences with the colibris. CLAES RPX, Modell 200 and newer models I know more of.

I´m collecting Vietnam War items for many decades. If it was me I would not wear them. first of all when it is a common wearable size (f.i. 9R, 10R and so forth) I think the collectors value is higher than the value of wearing them. If you don´t care (your choice) keep in mind that the rubber sole is 55 years old ant it may crack sooner or later when wearing. If it was me I´d sell them to a collector (maybe on Ebay) and buy a new pair of jungle boots.

I guess you mean the stitch length dial knob. I think I have a metal one here, I´ll check that later.... Or do you mean the Zig Zag knob?

how about a screw extractor. not sure if it works but IMO it one of the last options you probably have. There are other model video show just a random one.

if it is not necessary to remove the shaft better leave it where it is. such actions sometime cause more damage on parts that most likely are no longer available. My 2 cents.

post some pictures. I once bought front shaft for my 29K71 restoration from College sewing in the UK and I remember the gear was very tight on the shaft but it worked. But I had the OEM gear.

Please post a good clear picture from front and and back of your machine .

there either is a big thumb screw OR a slotted screw (flush with the lid or a bit deeper) in about the same spot for adjusting the foot pressure. But if you dial in a too low foot pressure the friction between needle and leather may lift your sewing material when the needle bar is rising.

It basically is a modern version of the Singer 45K Parts list an manual can be downloaded here: https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/104255-neels-saddlery-tension-issue/#findComment-696717

Have you taken apart the press? Maybe the solution is simpler than you think. As I said before I once replaced tool holders with a round long nut. Its a quite simple part. Worth checking I´d say. What is the outer diameter of the tool holder? A.) is a guide screw for the tool holder, the tool holder either has a slot of a flat site where it slides along the screw. B.) is a lock screw for the big brass spindle guide C.) is a spindle guide - all spindle guides I have seen are right threaded so it should go out left. But C could be very tight. EDIT: quote from the text on this website: Presswerkzeuge - GETMORE-SHOP Tools for presses with M6 thread - like many machines from Astor, Stocko, Daudé - can be found under "Tools M6" Have you checked if you can screw in a plain M6 screw?

You are welcome! This sometimes happens when you strip the 29K´s. You are not the first and for sure not the last with this problem. 😉 Have fun with your patcher.

I agree with dikmann - we have a topic her about Singer SV machines:

I meant the shuttle driving lever 😉 but I guess you know what I mean.

quoting my self 😉 When I look at the 1st video I notice that when the roller of the rack driving lever and the inner cam track are to the furthest left you can see the "bulge" of the cam track of the cam pulley - know what I mean? in contrast to that - when I look at my 29K71 cams (almost the same as yours) it seems to me that your cam pulley has been installed incorrectly - rotated by 180° as it seems. When I can see the bulge in the pulley cam my roller is furthest to the right. This is when the roller is furthest to the left: Do you see what I mean?

Have you read the manual? There is an eccentric for adjusting the needle hook timing. Just checking - have you taken off the pulley cam on the right end of the machine that governs the up and down movement of the arm lever which is attached to the needle bar?

BTW - what I figured today is that the A51 ex factory is a "button covering machine". Not sure what you want to do with it but the Co. still exist and maybe worth checking with them: https://www.astor-berning.de/fashion/fashion-maschinen/187/a-51-knopf-ueberziehmaschine

Pictures of my lever press - its fairly a beast compared with "plain spindle presses". I needed an M10 (male) x 1/4 (female) adapter to make it work. Meanwhile I figured this must have been the manufacturer of my press but back then no data were available. https://www.loxx-produkte.de/live/Historie-Unternehmensgeschichte/historie.aspx But I doubt any spare parts are available anymore. Anyway I´have what I need and this thingy will last for ever. I have never seen a 2nd press like this either.

I do not know ASTOR but usually the threading for the upper die is either 1/4" (UNC) or M6, at least on the presses I worked with. I once restored two very vintage unknown brand presses with odd threading for a friend and on both I was able to replace the inner part that holds the upper die with a plain round m6 long nut (Gewindemuffe or Verbindungsmutter as it is called in Germany). So he can use standard M6 dies. https://www.ebay.de/itm/165996998186? The outer diameter was the exact same as on the die holder it required tinkering but both presses worked w/o problems. For my own press (I´ll post pictures later) I also needed an adapter but he company I bought from (IIRC it called IX-Trade or so) no longer exists (a way different press anyway) as it seems but there are some CO's . in Germany that sell different adapters, not sure if there is one that suits your needs: https://www.jstrading.de/de/pressen-oesen-zubehoer/Zubehoer/ or this one, they even mention ASTOR: https://www.getmore-shop.com/epages/61848837.mobile/de_DE/;ClassicView=1?ObjectPath=/Shops/61848837/Categories/Presswerkzeuge

You asked that before:

Are you sure you need a 3-4mm thick thread? 😳 Have you looked on a ruler how thick 3 or 4mm really is? I doubt there really is a machine that can handle such "ropes" or "laces". As a sample - the average paracord (like 550 / type III) is 4mm tick. I once sold my Singer 7 to someone who sewed felt pads for pack animals and IIRC he used NM 230 or 250 needles and the thread for such needles is about 1mm thick. What is you project maybe we can go from there.

same as for singer 111w https://www.ebay.de/itm/142635485129 College Sewing or Trojan Sewing in the UK should have them as well EDIT: https://www.college-sewing.co.uk/parts-by-type/single-needle-walking-foot-feet/singer-walking-foot-feet/singer-111w-walking-foot-feet.html?p=3