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Aah..water reservoir. ..that makes sense now- thanks Al

Steve [singermania] might be able to answer that - he has some outstanding complete wax heating setups on some of his machines..he could answer any question on these. With the population size here - HM6's are in the low numbers - so we rarely get to see anything remotely complete [or even a remnant of the brass wax gear] - the rear pot is tubed through to a front wax apparatus - waxing the needle and thread [stephen in Canada-GreenMan leather has one] - found the photo of it I have the following 4 x no6's : original Pearson : # 5041...BUSM HM6 : # 7006..#7114..#7536.. I think Les [in the UK] said that the numbers produced went up to 11480 or something like that interesting has a G prefix [Germany I guess] that's great finding the reference - makes sense now -the new "improved" model- hehe!- yep- gotta love that price!

yes ..stitch length adjustment - missing /or different configuration indeed-- even the original Pearson had the dial on the front-- you have a radically different machine...guess it is set on the end of the stitch length arm from what I can see. inc' older photos for better viewing [plus an IVI reference from a 1911 BUSM catalogue]

Photo of stitch arm cam via phone in the basement. .excuse the low quality awkward photos

The box is a wax pot. ..should be bolt holes in the machine body....IVI is I think was a associated or subsidiary company- needles were labeled as IVI I will take some more photos today and post later to clarify the differences.

interesting array of parts there - a few changes to suit the motor [extended main shaft and pulley] plus mount adages on the stand. there are few different things about this machine - stitch lever and associated cam.

thanks!....Al was going to get a pick axe handle and cut it down for a drive rod [i'll probably do the same for a couple of machines that are missing them]...ie/. straight grain Hickory..pic in'c shows ~ 397mm centres..they are left hand thread bolts.. getting too late to start taking apart[everyone asleep] .but will take some measurements in the daytime

Cool machine!..nice set of feet as well ...and as Al ; said the winder is worth $$!! I often end up [reluctantly] die grinding the bare castings - not surprising - the heavy coatings they used covered all the sins[ I'm referring to Japan finish here- though I have encountered factory filler- Singers/ Dania and others]. the point of doing it is that after putting so much time into a restoration- skimping on the basic work as we know is false economy. HM6's are not too bad but always seem to have some rough parts and some pinholes in particular spots that WILL always stand out -and drive you nuts in not fixing it from the start..[pinholes hold oil which needs to be heated and bled out- heavy grade Singers seem to be quite bad with this - mainly the thick section castings which makes sense] the last HM6 restored took almost as much time on the stand let alone the machine- reason was the state of the casting [shrunk back hollows , spue , uneven location in the casting box leaving steps in the cast- so on -so on]..I am redoing the livery and wasn't happy with it - not a big thing.

Glenn asked for me to post some photos of my restored Patent Elastic Machine. machinehead : thanks..... yes - I think one of the Bradbury machines shuttles would fit this Jones Patcher..but again a rare item itself.

C.S. Jones [this one is missing the shuttle and a Singer 29 is too big to fit..any ideas what shuttle might be suitable ?]

You're welcome...probably found it on this site. .can't recall. Still looking for the other one...have a few other original manuals to pdf..but scanner is playing up and takes sometime to do without damaging the manual.

was recently asked if I had a manual for a Colibri patcher - sorry no - but found I had this one for the Patent Elastic Patcher. sure I have one for the Bradbury - pdf maybe on another old PC around home... Claes+Elastik+I+u+III.pdf

Hi Glenn I went to reply to your message and it said that I was banned from the conversation. .?? whatsup?.. confused... have I been hacked? machine pictures in my gallery page to answer your question

Yes its a #2 long arm

Renaissance wax..the only stuff I found to preserve polished steel well [plating is better of course but $ and hard to find a good operator here] ..light oil does evaporate over time and grease ain't always convenient. Check the patent patcher in the photo gallery - machine is in a situation like yours - the steel work is unblemished .. as said- it pays to cover the machine.

Singer 45ksv100 Try Steve Brambley or Acorn_hip_flasks_ltd on ebay.co.uk.. they had one for sale last year but listed at 7000 pounds

Hi .. it is a BUSM# 2..it has a different and smaller shuttle to the #6 machines [sorry;I don't have any spares for this] refer to my gallery .....there is a BUSM #2 shown there.. Oh yes ..to Steve..been preoccupied with some issues, but haven't forgotten to copy and send you the Campbell Randall manuals and other literature [sorry mate!]