Uwe

I got motivated and connected my SewPro servo motor to my Singer 7 Class in a test setup, just to check speeds and take measurements for the real table. I'm planning to mount the motor to the top of the table, rather than cutting a slot and mounting it underneath. This mounting concept would also work if you want to have the machine just sitting on top of the table. Here's a video of my test setup - just for reference since you're looking at motor options. The real test will be sewing a thick stack of webbing, but speed control looks quite suitable and slow enough to me, even without a separate speed reducer pulley.

The shaft itself is the same, it's the hook driver that's different. We'll "just" swap hook drivers and all should be well.

I was in Frankfurt in May for the Techtextil and Texprocess trade fairs. It's the place to be to keep up with modern sewing technology. The Frankfurt show floor was nearly ten times the size of the show in Atlanta last year. I'm working on getting a Singer 7 class motorized and I also plan to mount a servo motor directly to the base frame like they did in the video. The motor in the video is an Efka system, I think. I'll have a go using my 1,100 W SewPro servo motor and see how well it works without a speed reducer pulley. I also have a new Consew 733 class machine still in the crate that will be next up for big boy work.

Now I know which machine the guy at the trade show was talking about when he said that the new H-Type 967 fills the void left when the "Adler One Twenty Two" model was discontinued. I'd been searching for "Adler 122". "Adler 120-2" makes more sense. Nice finds, congratulations!

Wrinkle alert! I just noticed that the shuttle driver on my shaft is mirrored from yours. I've been wondering why my shuttle driver is marked "Left". I'm guessing it's for special "left handed" versions of Singer 45K machines where the arm points to the right. That means you can't use my shaft+driver assembly as it is in your machine. You'd have to move your shuttle drivers to my shaft. I may have a "right" shaft hiding in my drawers, too. I'll let you know if I come across one. Uwe

I found a nice, straight original 91171 SIMANCO shaft with shuttle driver for Singer 45K in my parts drawers. $70 plus shipping.

The wax/lube pot for the Singer 42-5 is part number 5778. You can have mine for $45 plus shipping.

My version is designed to work with the flat harness maker throat plate. I'll have to work with somebody for testing since I just sold my Cowboy 4500.

A tripod and pre-focus will make a world of difference for videos. On the topic of in-line feet for 441 class machines, the make-it-yourself option is available to those who have un-used blanket feet in their parts drawer. I made a set a few month ago for the make-your-own-feet type discussion: I was planning to make some from scratch on my CNC mill, but so far I've only come as far modeling it up in my CAD software and buying some stainless steel stock. Maybe I'll give this little project another push.

How about a picture or model number of the machine? "Omega industrial" is pretty vague. This is like a game of "What's my stitch" where we have to ask a series questions to guess what machine you really have. The pictures that pop on google image search for that term are Sailrite type clones. If your machine looks like the picture below, you can go the sailrite website (http://www.sailrite.com/) and order all your parts and supplies from them.

One more vintage Pfaff garment candidate. A beautiful Pfaff 134 popped up on CraigsList radar today. Back from the days when companies cared about what their thread stand looked like!

You might also want to consider a Pfaff 138 - a very nice, full size industrial garment machine with reverse (and zig-zag, which may come in handy at times working with fabrics.) I'm estimating these at around $400 for a nice head. I'd also recommend looking at the little brother of the Pfaff 138, the Pfaff 130. It's a surprisingly capable and tough little machine. I made an external sunshade with sunbrella fabric with my Pfaff 130. Many Pfaff 130 use a domestic motor, but they are also comfortable mounted in a table with a nice servo motor. Pfaff 130 is somewhat common and relatively cheap at around $100-200 for decent head (buy two, one for spare parts)

Any of the usual suspects among the flatbed walking foot machines would be a good candidate for making dog collars and leashes. Vintage machines include Consew 226, Pfaff 145, Adler 67, Juki 562 in the $500-900 range. Modern machines include Consew 206Rb5, Juki 1541, Pfaff 1245, prices for new machines ranging anywhere from $1,300-$2,500. It's best to start a new topic for a detailed discussion on what machine might suit your particular needs. It helps keep the topics, well, on topic.

This listing is for the complete setup with servo motor and tall table. If you need just the head, the price is $200 less.

I was at a client site today that has a Durkopp Adler 205-370 based binding workstation, which I had built for them last year. I noticed a bungee cord attached to the reverse lever to pull it down. They said it was their work-around fix for "jumpy reverse lever syndrom" the machine had developed a few weeks back. The adjustment Bob posted above came in super handy to give that lever just the right amount of friction again to stay in place, no matter where you put it. Thanks Bob, great timing!

Perhaps more people buy the collar for themselves than for their dogs, but officially it's marketed as a dog collar

I've not done it myself, but this type of studded dog collar might be a good application example, to stitch the narrow path between the edge and the studs, and get close to the buckle and the D-ring.

I started a separate topic on how to make in-line presser feet:

In-line presser feet keep coming up in conversations lately and I decided to make another set using simple tools and documenting how I did it. For Pfaff 335/1245 class machines, the best starting point is the KP-1245 N071 narrow foot set ($49 from me, or from College sewing in Europe ) The outer presser foot of the N071 set is the same width as the inner feeding foot of the standard foot set. It took me about five minutes to make the in-line foot using a simple metal saw and a file: 1. Saw off the legs 2. File down the little stubs All done: Here's how it looks on my Pfaff 545 if you combine the modified KP-1245 N071 outer foot with a standard inner foot:

Overall that does not sound good. If the needle BAR hit something under power and at full speed, something let go to absorb the impact. Something may be loose and slipping or catching on the internal linkages. I'm concerned that something actually broke absorbing that impact. That stitch length lever is not really a gear lever like on a transmission and there is no "neutral" per se (only zero stitch length). The lever rotates the feed eccentric but everything stays tightly connected. Nothing spins freely with the lever in the center position. That lever should NOT move on its own, ever. I strongly recommend not running the machine under power until you figure out what's going on. Remove the belt from the hand wheel, turn it over by hand slowly and inspect EVERYTHING inside and out to find what is not right. That is not easy to do because these machines don't tilt back to reveal the insides. You'll have to remove cover plates to see, which is tricky because you don't want to yank out oil wicks in the process (top cover has oil reservoir underneath). Unless you've worked on sewing machines before your best bet may be to call your friendly local sewing machine mechanic. The 205-370 is not a good starter machine for learning sewing machine maintenance. If you do decide to try remote internet-based trouble shooting, start practicing taking clear, well lit close-up pictures and videos to share.

That HighTex/Cowboy foot set shown above may prove hard to find in real life. You may have to make your own custom feet for specialty applications like yours. I ground down a standard Juki TCS-441 class blanket foot to achieve something similar to the in-line foot pictured above: If you don't need all that oomph and thick-thread capabilities of a Juki TSC-441 class machine, a standard flatbed walking foot machine (e.g. Pfaff 545, Adler 167, Juki LU-563) may be all you need. I made an in-line foot for narrow-edge stitching on a Pfaff 545: Here's the demo video I made some time ago:

Ha, the home-made looking double loop wire actually shows up in the Parts manual for the Adler 167-GK373: The bottom end of your wire should be inside the corresponding hole in the plate, not sit on top of the plate.

Then I found this, just like yours:

This is what a standard Adler 167 tension unit looks like:

Can you elaborate on what you mean?