shoepatcher

The Singer is a long arm. The stand is for a short arm. The model will be on the plate in front on the right side of the balance wheel. I would say it is either a 29K72 or 29K73. 72 is big bobbin, 73 is small bobbin. It will be a hard pressed to sew 8-10 s sole leather. the other model is an early shoe patcher. Looks like an early Patent Elastique or early Claes & Fenje. Great machines but now parts. glenn

One thing to look for also if the pointed end of DD si worn off. I have seen that happen before as well. glenn

graywolf, I used to live in Waynesville, NC which is not to far from you. Give Jones Decker a call at Bills Sewing in Hildebrand, NC. 1-800-4455657. They are a very large Juki dealer and they were at one time one of the largest Consew and Pfaff dealers in the US. Great people to deal with. I bought machines from them and they have a lot of used and reconditioned machines. Excellent service. Not on our list of dealers on the board here but they are close to you and certainly worth a call and maybe a visit to their showroom. Tell them what you are looking for. glenn

Blackiy, Two other things. The DA669 has a 2.5" longer arm than the Adler 69 and the Pfaff 335. Weaver Leather has them in stock. I think the price complete for the Eco on a stand with servo motor is about $3,800.00US. Do not contact Allen at Weaver this week because their annual auction starts tomorrow and goes thru Thursday. One of the biggest suctions for machinery and supplies in the US and it si held every year about this time. You will never get a hold of Allen in the next 2 days. glenn

The 669 is an updated version of the Adler 69 class. Horizontal hook vs. the vertical hook on the 869. We have an 869 here at the our plant with all the toys. Fabulous machine. The 669 is sold by Weaver Leather. It has the smaller arm, 20mm lift and you can get it with a maximum stich length of 9mm I believe. I will be buying one in about a year. You could email Allen at Weaver and he can tell you more about the machine. I am surprised no one on the board here that lives in Europe doesn't order Adler machines from a German dealer. I would think they could get you some decent prices and since they are made in Europe, is there a Value added tax on the machines? Durkopp/Adler M-series machine in general are great machines. Not cheap by any means but great machines! glenn

Can we get a pic or two from the front? glenn

Before removing the cam roller on the end of the drive rack on top. remove the drive rack from the casting. That big tapered pin drives from back to front. Remove the drive rack. I pour a little Kroil oil into the hole that is the access hole used to remove the cam roller. Turn it upside down so roller is at the bottom and let it set for a few days. Oil will seep around the pin at the end of the roller and loosen any corrosion holding the pin in. I thin take a center punch out and begin tapping the roller out. You may have to heat the end of the drive rack where the roller goes in up a little bit break the bond on the pin. Be careful no to get it too hot! If and when you get it out, make sure you taper the end pin on the new roller a little bit with a file to make it easier to go back into the old hole. Good luck. glenn

I think Uwe meant the $8K price was for the -7 machines which are the ones that have all the toys. A plain Jane machine should be in the $5,500.00 or less category. glenn

I would look to see if any HighTex dealers are in Europe. The are made in the same plant as Cowboy. I would also check the Highlead machines in England. This gives you some options in Europe. glenn

Are we talking about a timing belt inside of the head or a belt connected from the balance wheel to the pulley on the motor or treadle wheel? glenn

There are other places in the US you can try. Out west, try Alberoni's in LA, Bogle-Greenwell in Texas, Miami Sewing in Florida. These are all big sewing machine dealers. Since you are probably going to only be getting head only, shipping would not be a huge expense. The key is finding one and in good shape. glenn

Contact MJ Foley in Detroit. They are the Master Juki Dealer in the US. Their number is 586-948-6070. Ask for Luke. Tell them I sent you. glenn

Everyone, This is a Singer 67-1. A very rare machine. Singer only about made 40 of them total of which I think about 21 or 22 still survive. It was used for doing carriage fenders and the like. I have seen 2 of these machines in Ohio. They rarely come up for sale and when they do it is for big MONEY only because they are so rare and will sew things other machines will not. They have a 4 ft. throat on them and a post that comes up about 12". In the class of a Singer 7 class machine as to sewing ability and certain parts. Quite the machine and this one is on the original cast iron stand. If you need one of these, buy it. A may be a long time before you to find another one. glenn

C, That large bobbin is correctly threaded on the patcher. glenn

Great pictures JIMI. I have seen most of these years ago. They come from a Singer Catalogue from around late 1800's or early 1900s'. The 29 machine is a U.F.A. if it was before 1896. After that it would either be a 29 or 29-1. The 29-2 has the conventional drive rack on top. vs. the arm.

As far as I know, there are no generic bell cranks for Adler 30 class shoe patchers. I think the bell crank for a 29-4 will work better since Adler copied the early 29 class machine when they created the 30 class shoepatchers. I believe there is a minor difference in the bell cranks for the 29-4 machines and the 29K machines. I know the Adler bell cranks or screwed and pinned where as the Singer's are only screwed on. glenn

wcook,, Because you can't sew on the machines to test them, I suggest you send a few samples to Ron at Techsew and have them sew the samples for you. Just make sure you let them know the weight of thread you are going to be sewing with. glenn

That looks like a bed slide pin for holding the right slide plate from coming completely off. I bet someone before you took it off and dropped it in the oil hole. I would keep it but not use it and put it in the drawer. glenn

Steve, When you talk to Weaver, ask for Ext. 223 which is Allen Burkholder. He is the 205 guy and will know about #1000 needles. glenn

Definitely call Ron. The outside presser foot that you received does not fit the inner presser foot. You should have got a different inner presser foot as well.. These are normally but not always sold in pairs. glenn

Replace the clutch motor with a servo motor. You can set the speed and it is so much easier to control. glenn

Navadabob, That is a model 35-1 hand held sewing machine for rugs by Singer. Nice but not worth $875.00 by any means. Hope that helps. glenn

Chopinzee, I have a friend who has one of these and we had a heck of a time finding a manual and parts list for this. When Juki bought Nakajima about 15 plus years ago, they changed some of the model numbers. Most people may not know that Nakajima developed the 441. Juki engineers went thru it and changed a few things for the better and kept the same model number. In the case of the 381L, the changed the number to Juki 245 which you got info on. They also kept the number on the DSU 1541 the same. Hope that helps. glenn

Eric, check your model number. A Singer 211G 155 and 211G156 are compound feed machines. I thought the 211G157 was compound feed as well with reverse? I could be wrong. glenn

Al, It is cork You can get cork where they sell gasket material. Contact cement will hold it on to the round metal clutch plate. Glue both sides and let dry before installing and make sure you have it lined up when you put it on. Only get one chance to get it right! glenn