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MMM....That looks iffy?? I could be wrong but that looks like split to me and not very compact??? You may have to paint the edges instead???

Ferg here on the forum was selling his skiving machine in the past, it has top and bottom feed but it was not a Fortuna or a Nippy. Maybe you could ask if it is still for sale?.

Thanks for the pictures Folker, very Nice. Yes a lot of buildings still left! would be a pity if they tore them down. In my City when all the jute mills closed down some still survived and were made into Flats. Others Snooker halls and big salesrooms.

Maybe your flywheel has loosened??

Over here in EU a serviced Adler 205-370 like the one in the first picture goes for about €3-4,000, A barn find type will be a lot less. If you clean it up (not meaning painting it, just soap and elbow grease, and some fresh oil) and it is in working condition then i am sure you could get 3,000 or more for it.

Sunny and windy today

Thanks for sharing the info Fredk....

Here is an illustration from the 45k which uses the same type of shuttle.... just double click to see it closer.

Parts list for your machine is here....https://www.hendersonsewing.com/manual.asp?page=33&search2=((searchlike~res_table.txt1~SINGER))&pagesize=50&s=SINGER&sf=searchall&txt1=SINGER&filters=%2C&ddt=1&ddtloaded=1

Adler 767

Right click on picture-Edit-resize-pixels example are 2233 then downsize to 900. hope this helps.

I think it was 14-16,000 workers at its height....

Oh yes, i have seen that one Mike, I posted that link also a good while back..... copycat....

Aye Micheal, that was a bra wee bit o documentary there, he didna half flee aroond wee that creaser....and those bonnie wee thistles he made......Lol.

It´s a Singer 45k1 Chris

If you can send a picture of your machine and tell us what is wrong we might be able to help??

Update....Here is another Original manual for those who have the 45k class machines, This one is for the cylinder arm class.

Found it.... And here is another one for the Cylinder arm class.

As far as i know a lot of the shoe machines use the S twist, double needle machines and S twist is used seemingly in hand sewing, for normal machines, which is the majority, they use Z twist. you can see in the picture the bonded nylon is Z twist. If you use a S twist in your machine it could loosen or unravel or get Knotted or just give you tension problems. Maybe just a case of trying it out if you get the chance and see what the difference is.

Forgot to mention there is a twist to this story... the left - Z and the right - S.

Yes and protected....normally in plastic. These were brought home by us, that´s why they are in paper, also to stop the oil tanned staining the goat.

OK, Sorry mocivnik. i did miss something . Since you are in the EU we have a very nice waxed linen thread here from Hoogen. You can get it from some of the shoe machinery suppliers. It is not the cheapest. They use it for the Out sole stitcher machines like the Frobana/Gritzner and it comes in size 4 and 5 normally. Colours are Natural,brown and black i think. Also there are large bobbins of linen thread available the only thing you would have to do would be to wax it. Here are some pictures of some linen thread i have been using for sandal making used in a Frobana. And the thinner 18/3 linen thread can be used in a machine. Beware of some sellers as they will tell you it is ok for machine use but many are not, they have to be round and not erratic in thickness like some are. this is the comparison between nylon bonded 270 and Hoogen nº5 Here are the two sizes: 20/6 nº4 and 20/8 nº 5 (6 fach and 8 fach) Here are two older ones which were used for Rafflenbeul´s Matador machine which was like the Froban/Gritzner. Here is the comparison with the 18/3 linen thread and the bonded nylon 270.

I think Dwight said he used waxed thread not polyester from Tandy?? or maybe i missed out on something??

Hi Nylon, That would be a pity to loose those old decals? the new ones have no detail at all on them and just look solid. (at least the ones i have seen) Good luck with the restoration.