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Ha! ..in the very least...you sterilised it!!! Always gives me the willies punching that much heat into cast iron. But I do like to warm a little to bleed out any oil in cast iron... before finding it later in the painting process. Good to see the plate bed isn't stuffed

Adler 30-1 .. servo motorized... These came with motor brackets

They're fun machines to restore....you certainly had your work cut out for you...hope you got a tetanus shot! I restored 4 x 29K's (3xK58, 1x13)over the last 18 months.. Built 3x tables for the fun of it . Plus another for my Adler 30-1

A tension disc assembly (25mm discs,spring, nut) from a Singer 29K fits. A Pfaff tension assembly doesn't quite work - discs fit and nut threaded on ok..but the spring is too long plus wrongly configured (Pfaff has an extra disc split slotted to fit onto the split post rather than the spring nib ended to lock onto the post) Auckland Sewing does carry some Singer 29K parts ...but no tension assembly showing on his Trademe store... just ask.

Rear of 7-5

Photos of 7-5 ... Same tensioners as the 7-33 .. Note photo of my Pfaff 545 ..that looks close to the Trade me listing Pfaff 545

There is a wealth of restoration info on this forum and one cheap way of freeing up parts is a mix of ATF* and acetone (*auto trans fluid) ... and a combo of tapping, freezing(spray can CRC).. and of course heat ..soak and repeat. Never seen the whole plates for sale, but as Constabulary has said talk to Bob at Toledo .. not too complicated to make compared to other parts.. (sadly not Gregg, Lenny and Lois at Keystone - they were friends of us here .. RIP)... One big difference between say a 7-5 and a 7-33 is the bobbin and shuttle hook size .. bobbins are easy enough to purchase.. hooks for 7-5 were/or are a little more difficult to find ..I think kunpengsewingmachineparts (on ebay) may sell one - but haven't fully checked the spec's. I have purchased from this seller previously without issue.

Actually... is your machine a 7-33?...(who knows what they made in 1919?) Here is one of my 7-33's - 1951 make (this does sew well .. just needs tarting up)

Hi.. Whereabouts in NZ? I have 2 x 7-33 ..to be restored... not many parts spare what you are after sorry.... do have some parts Have a few leather stitching/sewing machines (30+).. a restored 7-5 pictured

Not that many unfortunately... None to sell sorry. Looking at using 331LR needles (used in the Pearson /BUSM #6) .... haven't tried them yet. ... there is a discussion on this forum about them for the Singer 97. Machine is on table now with a servo ..but needs a reducer.. and of course lower needle guide (don't want to trash those needles)

Consider how bad it was pre internet days .. there are a few forum stories on the sheer frustration members experienced then ... And it almost continues to present day* - which is the gist of this.. a shame really. (*except for the sellers who are bannered on this forum - who directly work one on one with their customers to get the correct setup - yes the traditional way and one has to call..but the feedback has been very good - a far cry from my part of the world - I ended calling Lenny or Gregg RIP ) Hence this forum I found very quickly in 1983 that "you need an industrial to do that - find a specialist " and that they didn't actually exist in the country I live in.Why - simply sales volume of commonly used equipment... A walking foot to sew upholstery vs harness machine - sales might be 40 to 1 (or none).. another point is thread size - anything above 138 these folks were lost - well out of their experience. in my case at that time was to find a maker to advise (very reluctant to share info ..it was almost like you had to provide a secret handshake to get in - not kidding!) - and sellers were no help at all - they shouldn't have been in that business in the first place - in fact recently I've had 2 dealings where I had to advise them on what is needed - shaking my head considering they are going to incorrectly advise the next buyer and probably won't care. It really is a specialist market. On a side note (which piqued my interest in this post)... Been buying a lot of Triton woodworking gear - 3 units -different set ups/versions - exceedingly cheap used ($50,$65,$15) - got what I need so will sell one as have the router sled table /saw table/ extension table ... Suits my lack of space (it folds up) and will meet my needs of accuracy - can't deal with a heavy panel saw ....and again on the cheaper cast top panel saws ~ $1400+ - it's "take it or leave it" complete with a chinglish manual - no dealer support beyond warranty.... leaving one to find other users how to assemble and tune it ..... - exactly the same issue per this post. ... here's a 3 hour video from the original 1984 VHS tape - nows that's the way to support and help your customer. Very smart marketing - they did well.

Singer made 10 versions of the 97 ...5 shorter throat(97-1 to 97-5) and 2 of the 10 were not on power stands .inc the restored 97-6 shown here..

Yes... I have them on my day job PC ..will grab them and send to you ... I'll contact you through via your profile messaging.

Hi Glenn ..hope you are doing well.. Re: Singer 97-10 or a 97-6 in my case... I'm looking for these guides as well.. a forum member gave me all the dimensions/pictures of a lower guide and I had a shop lined up to machine a number of them ..but grrrrr *!###... it never happened...next shop ..same thing.. day job workshop "we can do that".. 7 years later..nada... (Looking a machining a particular grade of steel to case harden - plenty of places here that can do it...but have to stump up $$$$ to get an order underway - small jobbing shops are long gone) took 3 years to get a simple cam roller made for a BUSM #2... a lot to be said about "want to do something - do it yourself"....gave up and focused on my Campbell Randall needle/awl refit ... then restoring 4 x 29K (58&13) to sell and clear space.... lol! - to make room for woodworking machinery.. So - from my dealings - there is a demand for these.

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Hi Luke.. Go to this discussion and grab the manual.. kindly provided by a fellow Kiwi friend. the shuttle point could be worn down.. quite a common issue. https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/33348-downloadable-manual-for-pearson-no6/?tab=comments#comment-207083

Yes...starts at Nov/Dec 1956 Vol 1/1.. Actually proceeded by newsletter style publications (Tandy's "Leathercraft News) ...not sure how far back they went... I'll have to check.. I have a few of these plus every magazine : 1956 to current day.. (LC, C, MIWL, etc) Link to a page I found - thought I was a bit of an overboard completist .. but there yah go... http://www.somethingunderthebed.com/CURTAIN/REVIEWSmags/LeatherCraftsman.html