I have been wanting to learn to work with leather for quite a while now and have been looking at the Singer Model 29-4 patcher sewing machines for over a year now and finally found what I thought would be a fixer upper. Found one that appeared to be frozen and neither the large hand wheel or the butterfly tabs that turns the walking foot would move. I figured that I would take a gamble and pick up the machine in the hopes it would be salvageable. Got it home and gave it a bath in penetrant and it freed up some, but the large wheel/crank wouldn't move very well. After looking it over for a while, I noticed that the part that sat on the very top of the machine over the needle housing ( it has an eyelet that the thread passes through) wasn't moving up and down much when turning the hand wheel and when I removed the small screw and flat bar that held it in place, it freed the whole thing up and the machine now runs smoothly. After repositioning the part with the thread eyelet correctly and replacing the little flat steel retaining bar and screw it runs flawlessly. Pretty excited about that. But I now have to begin the process of acquiring all the necessary parts to get this machine in top working condition...well, in as good a condition as a 100 year old machine can get in. I have looked online and found operators manuals and parts lists but would really benefit from a schematic like breakdown of the parts to this machine. Can't seem to find one that actually shows the machine in an exploded view with parts labeled for identification. I couldn't be more of a noob and would appreciate it if anyone could steer me in the right direction. I need to learn what the parts are and where they are positioned on the machine to order replacement parts...new drive belt ...the part that is next to the needle with a screw in it that fits over a square shaft ...and the rubber o-ring that fits on the gizmo that allows the bobbin to fill with thread...needles etc., as well as a bunch of other necessary parts to get the machine up and running. Sorry for the rambling post, but any help would be much appreciated.
