Billroy1

CD, I appreciate your sense of humor! Yeah, I have noticed that not as many folks on LW.net live in my neck of the woods, but this site is international, so what did I have to lose, right? Seems like a nice crowd, even you! Radical activist isn't what I was after in my post above, just sewing machine talk, same as everyone else on this forum. I can't lay claim to being an eastern liberal nor a radical feminist either. I will leave that to others to pursue. While I have mentioned my interests in a prior post, you're right about also including that in my profile, which I can address. But I do thank you for your great pix and info, and will post some in-process pix of my machine rebuild. Cheers!

Hi folks, enjoying this somewhat recent thread and the info on oiling and operating these, since it applies directly to my 1924 16-141 machine. I plan to put it onto my domestic treadle stand at some point. CD did you change the pitman arm length for more leverage or slower motion (or both)? My 16 also came with an original knee lift but I will need to remove the wooden drip tray on the treadle stand to access the machine underside. Sounds worthwhile. Now, a bunch of questions, so any feedback is appreciated. One thing I noticed was that the tension disc release lever 4378 actuated by the knee lifter is incomplete on my machine. Looks like the hook extension on the "knee lifter bracket end" is broken off. The machine also has a damaged tension disc assembly spring 2124. Based on illustrations for the -141 variant here. http://parts.singerco.com/IPpartCharts/16-137_141.pdf CD, any images of these on your machine would be helpful. I am having skipped stitches which may be caused by poor adjustment of this spring. I assume these parts are hard to find new. I did find a decent used Simanco PN 3126 guide on the auction site. The original one has failed rivets on one of the bosses so the outer foot would twist "pigeon toe" during travel. We'll see how that replacement goes. Also, are the small flat outer feet I see on the 16-41 and the 42-5 labeled with a simanco #? Mine has a jagged welting foot which is unforgiving to smooth leather, but instead of modifying it I wanted to replace it and then have a few options for material feeding. That welting foot may work well for canvas and webbing. Are the outer feet universal "low shank" or unique to this model (i.e. Singer 16,17,18,consew 18) like the inner foot is? Finally, when the bobbin holder is removed, there is some wiggle in the hook. It moves up/down about 1/8 in. The race looked ok when I removed it and examined, but not sure how much slack there should be between the oscillating shuttle driver (or lever) and hook. Cheers Bill

Hi Glenn Thanks a lot, exactly what I was looking for! Bill

Sure, here are some pics

Hi folks, As a new member to the forum, I need to send out a big thanks to the people who post here, members and sponsors alike. It is an info-packed resource, unique on the web for the breadth of knowledge. Any used machine I was curious about could be googled and something from this site would come up. Without the budget to pick up a 441 or 205 style, I recently came across a Singer 16-141 for a price I could afford, and I am pretty excited to get it working. But I could not find any posts specifically on this walking foot machine. Most are for the 16-188, which seems a little different in the walking mechanicals. So I figured I would start a new thread. While I know the L bobbins it takes are pretty common, and parts are generally available, one item I would like to add sooner than later is a roller edge guide. I found the instruction manual and part list, but the roller guide is made up of a dozen individual parts or sold as an assembly. Is there an aftermarket solution that may work better? I had heard good things about the flip-up (rather than bed mounted) style, so am open to recommendations. http://www.download-service-manuals.com/download.php?file=Singer-7331.pdf&SID=s6c7uqiumju8aj9s8t6l0o7f66 http://parts.singerco.com/IPpartCharts/16-137_141.pdf Thanks in advance Bill