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Thx for your sharing @cdthayer The juki lzh 1290 i mentioned before apparently is in such a bad shape, had some sloppy feel while turining the wheel by hand and weird clicking sound from the inside But i just found a "little" zig-zag sewing machine that looks like doesn't through many miles on the right wing section, its a brother tz1 b652, through further googling this particular brother much known as a sailrite sailmaker model My wife wants it to learn to make patchworks cushion covers, but i think she wants it mainly because she think its a cute little sewing machine unlike my previous juki bartacker that she counts it as a bahemoth that occupies our tiny livingroom Upon brief initial trial the machine have no trouble making good stitches on 2 plies of 2mm garment leather straight or zig-zag She will use this brother tz1 b652 a while, and i will keep an eye to see if its up to the task for making more straight stitches than a zig-zag I will post tje pict as soon as the machine cleaned and installed to the table

I think its a real bargain for the iron stand alone @dikman , great find I am myself try to find 1 or 2 old iron stands just like yours, i just think it just looks much cooler on the livingroom And just how many machines you have currently if i may ask? Patria Indonesia

Another newb questions Is there any consequences (function/mechanical) short term or on the long run if we use zig zag or double needle sewing machine to primarily sewing straight single stitch on a daily basis ? I was eye ing on juki lzh-1290 on my father's warehouse yesterday Its not that i dont have a single needle machine to do the work but Im just curious if anybody here have the experience before on this particular matter Patria Indonesia

I would like to chime in on the similar matter My newly restored seiko lsc 8bv lost the hook cover too, i was ready to have it made on my friend's metal workshop. But this morning one of the shop in jakarta called me that parts i needed were found on their stacks, so i picked the hook cover for about US $10 equivalent. Apparently she told me that it was a hook cover for typical brand cylinder bed gc-2605, and it fits right in with no plays whatsoever, moreover it also fits right in on my juki dsc-245 too For the price, the quality i think on the low side, the stainless plate is thinner and its lighter than the original juki hook cover

@gottaknow pretty cool machine i think, unfortunately i cant think of application on my project ahead that will utilize this lewis machine so i decided to give this seiko lsc 8bv a second chance got it cleaned, oiled, timing adjusted, foot reinstalled, but still missing the hook cover I will try to remake the hook cover on the nearby metal workshop next week Dug more last week, i found these interesting - rare machines / or at least to me and other indonesian Merrow serger 70-abb Right wing, top right corner i believe its adler chainstitch bobbinless machine, too lazy to crawl up there just to find out more Maybe next week i'll take i down for better view Juki dlu 490, definetly not a regular walking foot, what is this "variable top feed" kind of thing? There are 3 or 4 of this machines laying around, wondering what kind of specialized application it could do, this one doesn't look appealing though. i think i saw this machine in better condition somewhere near the entance door Union special 37500, blindstitch feed of the arm? As a bonus, i also found these 2 arbor presses at some corner on the left wing, written "fehlmann ag made in switzerland" Looks good with no major dents, no plays whatsoever on the ram I will try to modify these presses to become embossing machine with heat panel in it

@dikman Currently i resides on jakarta to sort some errands, while my father's warehouse is on Bandung city, 2 hours drive from Jakarta, so i cant take any more finer photos of the old servos But, i decided not to pull trigger on them servos. I think its best to use the newer servo that suit my knowledge and skill right now next week i'll be on my way to bandung again, i believe so much more to dig down there

Dug deeper earlier this morning, tried to sort old servos, and found this on the deepest rack

I am a total newb at this, so pardon the stupid question I found this kind of servo on particular corner of my dad's warehouse, as far as i could see, we have several units of juki servos Some are still intact with the machine , like this ho hshing that currently installed to jack lockstitch machine, i can pull it out the servo only if needed to The question is, do these servos can actually work on my sewing machines ?(seiko cw8b, seiko sth 8bl, toyota ls2 ad331l, juki dsc 245, juki lh 515, brother db2 b797, mitsubishi ls2 1130) The servos looks like have many programmable options in it, and i think i dont need / understand all of them programs / features? I just need the servo to make the machine go slow I've installed cheap chinese made servo labeled takatori sm550 (about US $70) to the seiko sth 8bl earlier, no major problem so far i think, other than to hone my skills at sewing big time

Great find man Just installed cheap chinese made servo on my seiko STH 8BL, initial thoughts that this machine are built for life, with my current workload i cant see it will break down in my lifetime

@shoepatcher Haha.. i know, the humid room made a mess big time, just got it lubricated today, it turns well, but still trying to figure out some parts that are missing If it turns out working properly and can take my requirements, i will be thinking giving the machine a new paintjob

i remember that i have couple of bags that need some repair, so i decided to pull the PFAFF out of my father's warehouse The model is PFAFF 9593 single needle post bed with roller foot Can anyone share the specifications, manual, parts list, videos or even some review on this sewing machine Do this model have a clone ? Any info on some newer machines that can share parts with this pfaff 9593 ? I have tried to google it, but couldn't find what i needed Thx before

@dikman I asked every family member regarding of the count, apparently they also has lost track on the number of the machines stored there, and honestly my curiousity about sewing machines just started couple of months ago. I used to have no interests on what my father was doing or made using what, how, and why.

@gottaknow Thanks for the warm welcome Yes..! Thats the word i am looking for, feed off the arm chainstitch. Pardon for my lack of knowledge in sewing machine sir, here in Indonesia people have name for themself as "mesin lilit" , roughly translated as "go round machine" i guess Some machines got even weirder names like cylinder bed often called "mesin cangklong" or "pipe machine" the word pipe came from the arm that resembles vintage pipe smoking device The feed off the arm are jukis and jacks btw

@Constabulary Of course not sir, right now i still try to figure out my needs and wants But my preferences now are towards cylinder beds, flat bed walking foot, post beds, and bartack machines

halo,, thank you so much for the responds guys, really appreciate it @constabulary i will try to have the PFAFF 9593 got out of the room today while i gather information on where to buy parts for it. Unfortunately we Indonesians have a very limited access on such estabilished brands let alone PFAFF or Adler, Even Seiko has lost its sole distributor here. i tried to call friends and family regarding PFAFF, seiko, Adler, Union Special for information on specs or parts, they even surprised how my dad got it on the first place. Here in Indonesia chinese brands like Typical, Shunfa, Simaru, Jack is the major player. And i learned from my uncle that because of the attractive prices, many factories here buy them in significant numbers for 1 or 2 contracts. After it got troubled mechanically they will sell all of it cheaply or just pile them anywhere. Ongoing to the next contract they will buy another machine to do the job expecting flawless 24-7 performance from a new machines. Brother and Mitsubishi still has considerable market here, but they dont do very much help on the older models, @ dikman due to my limitation on sewing machine, i only can recognize very few of them, most notably i will look for the shaft that indicates it has a walking foot mechanism i think i see 2 flat bed walking foot marked mitsubishi in here, but not sure of the model, the smell of the place and having to dig deep to get the machine up held me back, my guess are towards they were mitsubishi DY350 and mitsubishi LY2 3300 plethora of overdecks, grommet machines, cutting machines for fabric, and whatever it is i dont know about, there is juki with large arm (bobbin) on the back, but the model badge is gone, so no clue on the number, On the left side i think it was a seiko double needle, looks cool but some parts are missing couple of overlock machines i think lying on the way, flat bed walking foot shunfa on the right, pile of post beds at the back (you can see the PFAFF 9593 from this view), on the left under the table i found 2 brother bartack machines that looked too much of a work to bring them operational again. @ ferg hi ferg,, actually we have 3 seiko cw8b lying around on the outer parts of the warehouse that work smoothly i just took one that i think has less scratches and dents i found this recently, Union Special single needle chainsticth machine that i interested for the sake of the badge alone, here in Indonesia Union Special is rare as hens tooth according to some dealers i talked on the phone earlier. It seems all parts is complete and will work just fine, but i never reckon any bag will benefit from a chaintich machine? or somebody can shed some more lights on it?

Greetings from Indonesia, have been lurking for couple of months now, so very much infos to soak up here, what a great forum Sometimes ago i inherited these sewing machines from my father, i reckoned most of them are from the 80s when our family got contracts for making tents, bags, and other carry goods. Now he retired from all that kind of leather / canvas stuffs and decided to focus on making t-shirts. I've been a fan for leathergoods myself since like forever, but never had a chance to learn seriously about the manufacturing process. But now i have quit my job and i think im ready to dive headfirst on this matter. Most of his old machines stored in a warehouse on our backyard, it was farcry to be called a proper place for these machines. When i dug up the warehouse the initial conditions of these machines were bad cosmetically, some parts are missing also. Based on information i gathered from this forum i decided to select some that i think will be suitable for my work ahead. I plan to do a leather bags and accesories using leather and canvas plied onto 5 milimeters thick on crosses and binding. So far i have cleaned, rebuilt and restored 7 machines to a good condition. However these 7 machines have no parts missing when found, so the restoring process dont take much of an effort by our family sewing machine mechanic. While 1 unit Juki LK 1850 bartacking machine is still undergoing some thorough cleaning and servicing. the machines restored are Seiko STH 8BL, Juki DSC 245, Toyota LS2 AD 331L, Seiko CW8B, Juki LH 515, Brother DB2 B797, Mitsubishi LS2 1130 I've read many good review on the seikos and jukis particular model, but i have difficulties finding informations and review on the toyota, brother, and the mitsubishi I know from this forum also that the brother is double feed, but that is all i know for now other than it sews great on my leather, based on test prior to this post if anyone can chime in on their thoughts and experiences will be most appreciated I also found piles of post bed sewing machines, Juki PLH 981, PFAFF 9593, golden wheel CS 810, and other taiwanese / chinese made machines that had unfamiliar brand like I Siang and Kings by the label, it was also debossed a 810 model (the juki's clone?) What do you guys think, which machines worth restoring ? I leaned towards the PFAFF at first, but many parts are missing and judging by the paint and corrosions i think it will be long and hard process to emulate. The Juki PLH 981 is complete, but wont turn and stuck, the better condition is the golden wheel cs810 but being taiwanese brand and chinese made machine held me back a little bit, does anyone have any experiences and more infos with the golden wheel brand? in the outer part of the warehouse i also found Seiko LSC 8BV cylinder bed, but it is missing the back foot presser and a hook cover, if anyone can point me where to buy those parts online ? genuine or a good quality aftermarket parts will do, i have tried to contact the dealers and distributors in Indonesia but unfortunately they dont carry Seiko brand anymore since the 90s