CowboyBob

Hello, I'd say the best way to find out what it's worth is to put it on ebay,but then she'd have to be able to ship it,so I would guess something around $1,200.00 should be a fair price.

I'd buy them all day long for that price!! Yes,we have parts for it.

It should sew up to 20 oz(5/16") of leather & use #138 thread easily.Parts,needles & feet are real easy to get.

Try it & let me know what happens. That was biggest problem they wanted $3.00 each!!

I agree w/CD it looks like a 31-15 BUT the model# is on the oval brass tag on the front,if there was alittle more light on it in the pics I could read it.

He's right you have to lower the needlebar down to make the 7x3 needles work & then it will sew only 1/2" do to the end of the needlebar hitting to foot.Which is ok if you don't need to sew very thick but I doubt if it'll work very good that way for most people.

That is the correct needle,so I would say that the hole is elongated & you need to replace the needle holder,we have them in stock.

There is usually a sharp edge accross the back on this plate that you can grind off to give it a taper , it's the back edge right @ the end of the red line in your pic.

Steve is right they are pretty easy to work on & if you need any help let me know as I've worked on alot of them & can help you.

The picture is alittle fuzzy to say for sure but it looks like a Singer 71-30 buttonhole machine.

There has never been many repair manuals around for many sewing machines,Singer always had operator manuals BUT they wanted you to call their repairman out & make some $$ to fix it so they never printed service manuals.

You probably have it threaded wrong look @ the file

The 44 has a 71/2" space to the right of the needle & the 31 has 101/2"

The 44 is a shorter version of a 31-15

Hello Randy,I'm at the show in Wichita Falls,TX. & wanted to let you know we have a new model that we just got in yesterday that sews to 5/8" @ a great price if you want to give me a call next wed when I get back I can let you know more about it.

It would be nice if it could be done but it can't the machine doesn't have the boss's cast into it to mount the shafts needed to make it work.

It would help if you can show us a pic?

Yes,a roller foot has it's place as long as the material is stiff enough that it doesn't lift up w/the needle & your going straight.There a foot w/a teflon bottom available that will help in sticky material.

Andrew with the roller foot on the leftside when you turn to the right the stitches will get shorter & when you turn left they get shorter.The reason is the foot isn't in the center,On a needle feed there's a narrow foot that would work better.

Proleptic (Shop Talk) has them http://www.proleptic.net/products/search

It's a Sutton & it wasn't made for very many years,it was also sold as a bench mount.I don't know if there's parts available for it or not.You can try calling Gateway Shoe in St.Louis,MO.

tnarot2 is right it's a consew 225 clone & yes it would be a great machine for chaps & lighter leather like that.It will use 138 thread but you have to be careful to hold on to the needle thread when you start sewing so it doesn't jam up.We stock the parts & needles for it along with most other dealers on this board.What's nice about this is the feet are inexpensive since they interchange with a lot of other brands.

Someone ask for specs on this motor we sell here's what I have. Family-Sew Servo.rtf

Ok,what you need to look for is to make sure the bobbin goes in underneath from the left side instead of from the top like the 201 .

Those are great machines,but they are better when you sew what they were designed for.Clothes with regular thin thread.If you want a heavy duty type of home machine get a Singer 15 class they have a type of hook in them that will allow you to use #69 nylon & sew 1/4" or so of leather w/o any problems.The 201 has a rotary hook that is for lightweight only.The 201 is a very smooth & sought after machine here in the states for quilters,it seems like there wasn't as many made as the 15 class.