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Bob, I was told some time ago but can't remember who told me that Isaac Singer donated machines to the North's cause and uniforms were sewn on them. glenn

hackish, Might just be me but the tension spring in the shuttle looks to be a little bent in the picture, . i.e. look at the clearance opening of the spring to the shuttle. It looks large in the photo but in the illustration in the Singer manual, the opening is much smaller between the spring and the shuttle where the bobbin goes. Again, it might just be the way the picture was taken. glenn

CherieKingsley, Sound s like when the stitch regulator was unscrewed, the eccentric that it screwed to might have slipped. It needs to be put back in the proper sequence to stitch correctly. Holding it in reverse when you adjust the stitch length to me means the eccentric was rotated by the reverse lever to make any stitch length changes. Without having the machine in front of me, could be tough. take a few pics of the underside of the machine mostly towards the wheel side so we can see more of it. glenn

the deacon, C is correct. Singer feet will work on that machine so finding them should be no problem. Good luck with the machine. glenn

MattG, Only one Durkopp/Adler is made in China at this time. It is the low end bottom feed apparel machine . All others including the M class machines such as the 867 are assembled in the old Minvera plant in the Czech Republic or in Germany where the high dollar station machines are made. Thea are all very good machines with very good prices! I do not know who sells new Durkopp/Adlers in Australia. hope that helps. glenn

Nuttish, Dixie Sewing has the parts list and service manual for your machine. I am still looking for an operations manual for you. glenn

You might try calling Ralph's sewing in Denver. They bought out a lot of parts from Singer some tome ago. Phone # 1-303-455-6831. glenn

MattG, I talked with Matt at MJ Foley in Detroit. They are the largest Juki dealer in the US. You can run #207 thru a 2810. It will sew it. glenn

Get a hold of Camatron in New York. They are the converting specialists on bar tack machines. glenn

guys, I think this is a "Politype" sewing machine. I have one in storage but have not been able to get to it to see what is different on if any glenn

SEND US A FEW PICS OF THE MACHINE. if YOU CANNOT FIND THEM, SISKA, INC IN NEW JERSEY CAN MAKE DIES FOR YOU. GLENN

C, IS THERE A PART NUMBER UNDER THE RUST AND PAINT? GLENN

Contact Campbell/Bosworth in Texas. They have all the feet, guides , etc. glenn

Alexitbe, That Claes should use the same feet as today's machine. The Claes of today is built in Germany. There has to be a distributor in Germany for those machines. You may have to contact a company that sells shoe repair equipment in Germany. Send us pics of the shoepatcher! glenn

Alexitbe, Where are you located? I can tell you where to get feet for the machine. Need pics of the machine. glenn

What is the exact model number, i.e. like a 204-370, 204-64, etc. ? Knowing that we can get you a better price depending on the model. glenn

Anybody got a manual for a Chandler C-562? This is a double needle bottom and needle feed machine, NOT a copy of a Juki LU-562. glenn

To answer the question, Seiko made Consew machines for over 50 years in Japan. They had an agreement that they would not sell Seiko machines in the US. Consew went bankrupt in the early to late 90's. A new Consew company was started but Seiko was not going to make their machines. Seiko was going to market their machines in the US under the Seiko name. Consew machines were taken to China for production. The Chinese made Consew machines were made off the original Seiko designs as well as updated. Todays Consew machines are a good quality machine. They may not be quite as good as the original Seiko built ones but they are still good because they are built on proven designs. As long as they are built in a "A" grade manufacturing plant in China, they are good and dependable machine . The 206 is a proven design no mater what the subclass. The 441 is cloned by a number of Companies in China today. Some are very good, some are boat anchors. I think the view of new comers to the sewing machine market is that China machines today are inferior. That is being proven to be less and less true each year. The quality is only going up. Remember, Japan made junk in the late 50's and early 60's and look at where they are today. Consew is a good name in sewing machines. It may not be Adler, but look at the cost difference. Just so you now, most all of Adler sewing machines are no made in the Czech republic and the parts company is in Romania. Only one machine is made in China and that is a entry level apparel machine. All others are made in Europe and stocked in Germany. The Cowboy and the Cobra machines are both made in China and they are a very good machines and very good value for the money. Bob can tell you better than anyone that the quality has only gone up in the last 10 years. Pfaff 335, 1245 and 1295 machines are all made in China. That plant was set up by the Germans with German production machinery, German taught Chinese workers using the German production techniques. They make a hell of the machine for the money. In essence, China does make so good machines. You just have to know what and where to buy. glenn

Late post to you. The Pfaff 145H3 is a great old machine with reverse but small "G" size bobbin. But because you are sewing bags and purses, a cylinder arm may be better. The Nakijima 380 L was a cylinder arm. Is the 280L a flatbed? Juki bought Nakijima and either renamed the machines or kept the same name. You can get parts for them. for Nakijima. I hope you got one that worked. glenn

Call Bill's Sewing in Hildebrand, NC. Ask for Jones Decker. I dealt with this company for many years. They build table tops as well as selling sewing machine and parts. Their telephone number is 1800-4455657. They have a web site. good company. They may need a template of the base of the machine for a cutout. glenn

Aluminum Bobbins are used when you have a thread trimming device on your machine. Some but not all machines use a magnet to run the knife so that is why aluminum bobbins are used instead of steel. glenn

Check the eye of the needle for sharpness. Once in a while, needles do come with a sharpness on one of the edges sharper than it should be. I have buffed a few of the eyes in my day. I had one of my operators have problems with a pack of 134-35 titanium G-B needles in size #23, round point last week. Turns out all the eyes were sharp and fraying or breaking thread. Tried another pack and no problems. It does happen. glenn

try New England Needle. Ask for Tom. 18002433158. glenn

The S stands for sewing cloth. The N usually means 6mm maximum stitch length. The Pfaff part # for the presser bar you are looking for is #91-011718-92 . If it is generic, that part # is 11718. Henderson Sewing here in the US has generic ones that were selling for $8.15US in their old catalogue and that included the screw for the foot. I would check with them even though you are in Finland. They have a web site. PM me if you need their telephone number. Hope that helps. glenn

The Singer 168W or G101 uses the needle system 135 x17. I have seen needles up to #24 used. Maximum thread size is #138. Machine has no reverse. Basically, a post version of a 111W155. glenn