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How can I be sure of that?

Yes, I hold it down all the time when it gets into the groove so that I can adjust the stitch length with the hand wheel. I think I’m a bit confuse myself, anyway when I adjust the stitch length it should stop either at the longest or shortest, but now it doesn’t. No matter how I turn the hand wheel, my stitch length is at the shortest now I took some video with my mobile phone but it’s to large to upload it here. The max size uploadable is only 1.46MB, that’s very small.

Hi Folker, Sorry I’m not good at this, but trying to see if any luck I could get it back to working condition. I really don’t know if I did disengage the safety clutch, how can be sure of that? When you said plunger, do you mean the button that I need to press on before turning the hand wheel to change the stitch length? If that’s what you are talking about then it’s still there and not broken, but it doesn’t work the way it used to be anymore, meaning even when it gets into the grove, it doesn’t stay put, but move back to its original position, if you know what I mean. I’ll try to see if I can post a video or something. Thanks Tony

Hi Glenn, The machine was working without any issue until I changed to a different kind of thread and all this chaos started to happen. What kind of pics will be good to show? Everything looks pretty in place when I turned it up to check on the bottom gears. Tony

Problem is still unresolved, any help will be greatly appreciated .

Yes I did. When the button drop in, that’s when I can select the stitch, moving the flywheel backward all the way till it stop means the maximum stitch length, but problem is it doesn’t stop now! What’s more weird is, when I try to sew, it actually sew in reversed direction.

Hi guys, My Singer 211U566A is having problem and I hope someone could help me out. . When I pressed on the button to adjust the stitch length, either forward or backward I turned the flywheel, it doesn’t stop. . When I turned the flywheel backward, it will stitch in reverse, when I turned the flywheel forward, then only it will stitch forward. Tony

Awesome stuffs, the Singer long arm and cylinder bed are amazing.

Even Juki machines are made in China now. I preferred old machines than the newer one, be it the outlook design or the color, although the function doesn’t differ much. Postbed machines are not common in my area, I would say it’s rare to see one. What we commonly see here are machines for tailors, or domestic machines

Thank you Uwe for the review and info for DA 268. The Price is double of the Consew 289 I found here, but also better in condition.

Thank you wizcrafts for the info. What I can find here for new machines are mostly china made. For machines wise I preferred those made in Europe, USA or Japan. Second hand or vintage machines are hard to find here, they are either exported out to the neighboring countries in the 90s or they are still used by some small operations.

Hi guys, I’m looking for a postbed sewing machine for sewing bags. I sew mainly with duck canvas, sometimes will have to sew through 2-3 layers of 24oz canvas. Which postbed machine will you guys recommend? I have found a Durkopp Adler K268, and a Consew 289RB-1, anyone has either of this machines that can provide some review. I’m also open to other option. Thanks! Tony

My Singer 211 has the same oil pan as fbmini, which at first I thought it's not the original. I think the original 211u did not come with a knee lifter, so you can see an ugly cut out hole on the oil pan to install a knee lifter.

This is awesome! I think most of the industrial sewing machines made in the 80s has color like this. I have a Singer 211 that needed a paint touch up, so I think this spray might work. Thanks @Pintodeluxe for the great recommendation. I don’t wish to repaint the whole machine, do you think it’s possible if I just send the rusted and peeled paint part and spray over it works? Tony

Hi, I’m looking for the front foil take up spool for model M50/M60. Anyone has one to spare pls leave me a message or dm me at choeur.co@hotmail.com. Thank you Regards, Tony

Hi, I’m looking for a Kingsley hot foil stamping machine front take up spool with foil clip for model M50/M60. Anyone has one to spare pls leave a message or dm me @ Choeur.co@hotmail.com. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Tony

Hi Bill, I totally respect the idea of supporting local made products, especially with situation like now, that many products are made in third world countries or country like China and India - the giant in manufacturing and mass production. The growing of China economy and the quality products they are producing now, is like seeing light from the end of the tunnel for me. In the past I have to compete with locals or European to bid on eBay.com/UK, but now I feel I’m lucky to be in Asia, and I see many people from the west are trying to source for things in Asia now, it’s like what I was doing in the past. I can see the improvement of China made products now, and I’m very sure it will get better and better. It’s just like all the crafters/artisans here on LW, the more we do, our skill will only get better and better:) Tony

Hi guys, This is an interesting topic to discuss about. I’m probably one of the few Asian members here in LW, and I’m from Singapore(definitely not a part of China). I used to be asked,” Is Singapore a part of China?” or “Which part of China is Singapore located?” whenever I travelled, but that could also be because my race is Chinese:) Anyway, I used to think China made stuffs are crappy like most of you guys, but ever since I visited China 3 years ago, my opinion totally changed. Think of it, China has one of the biggest manufacturing industry now, in the past they have no knowledge or skilled workers, but because of foreign investors that set up factories in China which happened few decades ago... and now these mainland Chinese not only has the knowledge, but also the skilled to produce good quality products. They can produce a similar accessories/hardware of similar quality to the West, but with more variety and choices for consumers to choose from. Of course, like what Hadrada had mentioned about the cheap poor quality ones, they are still producing that kind of stuffs because they are not only catering to one kind of consumers, but many different kind, so different product quality has different price, and of course you pay more for better quality. What I’m trying to say here is, China made products are no longer crappy and poor quality like what we used to think anymore. If you bought some poor quality stuffs that’s made in China, that’s because you haven’t found the real deal and the price you paid also plays an important part in the stuffs quality you are getting. Tony

Hi, is this machine still available? What’s the price? Do you shop overseas?

Hi Yanni, Which machine did you purchase in the end? Does Pfaff 335 and seiko lsc-8bv have the same specs? Meaning do they have the same capabilities? Your info or anyone with any info about this will be appreciated. Tony

Hi Folker, The decal is fantastic and your Singer post bed is so well restored. I’m in need of a post bed machine for my work and looking hard for one. Post bed is very useful and it does not restrict you from sewing something with odd sizes, like shoes or bags. Wonder what Al thinks of my suggestions about replicating the decals with KisSinger, he has to reply. Tony

This is the seiko post bed machine I came upon online. I tried contacting the seller but he has yet to reply. The pic is not clear and I tried to figure out what’s the model no, I guessed it’s LPW-8BL. If anyone has a similar machine, kindly provide me some info, thank you. Tony

Hi, I was looking for a post bed sewing machine and I came upon this Seiko. Anyone has any idea about this sewing machine? What kind of work can it achieve? Whether is it a compound feed machine? Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Tony