Darren Brosowski

Hi Mate, I doubt it is 1966 but have you tried emailing Seiko Japan?

I believe that you will find that the serial number was issued by Kilbowie as they cast the body and made the parts but the D represents the factory that assembled it. Does anyone know anything about this patcher? I have just found one in working order, very cheap and wondere'd why the "D"? I am in Germany (Deutschland), if that is relevent. Here's a picture... Singer29D60Label.JPG Singer29D60.JPG

The term "made" is misleading. I doubt that Kilbowie tooled up to make a few small batches of these machines so more likely they were assembled from parts shipped from the USA. As I understand it the serial number was issued by the factory that cast the body

Just to be difficult the "k", "W" or "-" machines cannot always be compared. For example; a 99k is a 3/4 sized domestic machine but a 99W is a bartacker. I believe that what was the 153W class became the Seiko built 153B class which is now the Seiko CW-8B or Consew 227R. Seiko kept the same parts numbering system as SInger so it is sometimes possible to get parts if the carried over to the current model.

Bob at Toledo is your best hope.

Sorry but the GA5 feet do not fit. There is a way to fix that but I need to go have a play. Darren

Second hand Industrial machines are cheap as chips here in Australia as there is so little industry that needs them anymore.

http://www.parts.singerco.com/IPpartCharts/78-2_3.pdf Combined upper and needle feed, no under feed. Upholstery leather at most I would guess by the description.

Thanks Bob.

I don't have a 45k oil cup - just rear mount ones for a 42-5 and 7-5. May have an original machine mount bobbin winder here but I have an Indian one. If you mean the cover plate than I have never, ever seen one on a machine. 91329 is the needle plate I am trying to get from India. It needs a bit of filing to fit properly but is otherwise quite good.

You have little chance of dealing with anyone direct in India. I am pulling my hair out trying to do it. At the moment I have some new-old-stock Japanese 45k25 feed dogs and Indian roller feet. Should have had Indian needle plates (which need to be modified) but they shipped the 45k58 flat bed part! Some GA5 parts can be used but not many.

For 8mm you are getting into proper heavy machine territory such as 45 class. A good 42-5 may do it but you are pushing it.

You can only adjust the needle bar and to do that the screw is on the right hand side and accessed through a hole in the casting. In theory the screw is dead center with the hole at the timing position but do not rely on that. Fantastic machines but not many parts available. Bobbins are still in production but not sure if Hirose still make the hook (HSH-1-1N?) Feet can be made by modifying the Singer 16U feet still in production.

Have never seen anything like them from Singer!

What Bob said. Also known as an overlocker. Will disagree on country of origin though as it looks more like a Japanese version of the 81. They are also still in production in India.

The feed mechanism is different to the 45k58 flat bed I do not have a parts list for the 45k53 but if it takes the same feed dog as the 45k25 then I have some nice new ones.

Adjusting the needle bar to the correct height is the most basic tweak You need to grind the worst off the foot before coating it with rubber or it will cut your leather.

Rubber coated feed dogs might help......

Properly set up the machine will sew 6mm of veg tan with #69 and 4-5mm with #138. The tripod is pretty useless so I make up a simple timber base. I also find the bobbin winder a bit iffy so I developed my own.

I prefer the Singer 155B which was built by Seiko and was later sold as the CW-8B. Just a personal preference.

Nothing wrong with the machine you have now. Changing machines will not improve your technique.

Without knowing a lot more a I immediately suspect you are getting a machine in the box as it arrives from China. Best of luck.

Almost no machine without an open frame shuttle (exception being the 132 class shuttle) can handle anything over 138 thread. The 810/820/830 bobbin is maxed out at 138. The Cowboy branded GA5 is capable of heavy thread but despite asking a number of dealers I have yet to see even a photograph of a roller foot so I have sourced them myself - NOT from China. The 17/18 class machines were designed for the shoe industry as vamping (closing) machines which is why they are right handed (17) and left handed (18). The "Global" machine mentioned is purely for forming a "corded welt" in the uppers of shoes and, being decorative, uses an open frame shuttle for heavy threads. I have one of the Italian feed up the arm versions around here somewhere but there is also an ADLER 204 model for the job. For the Cowboy dealers I believe the equivalent is the 7133 based on the Chinese 253 with double roller feet.

My suggestion to all first timers is practice, practice, practice and then practice some more. If you haven't spent ten hours learning the feel of the machine, speed control and guiding the work BEFORE you thread it up then you are not doing it properly

LOL, the Asians ship by air and I often get parts faster out of Asia than I can from Australian suppliers.