Dave9111

Sorry to resurrect a sleeping message thread but I have the same issue, I think. I just bought what appears to be a Consew 339RB clone. Its a double needle machine. The guy I bought it from complained that it had issues and he mentioned issues with the left needle shredding the thread. I re-timed the right hook and that solved most of the issues. However, the outside/left top thread keeps untwisting and after several feet of stitching, the top left thread is not a thread but a number of loose filaments! The left hook is apparently unwinding the left/outside top thread. I ran into this message thread looking for a solution. I tried both V92 and V138 thread and some different versions of bonded poly and the left hook is very effective at unwinding the left top thread no matter what. "Bonded" Poly is not THAT bonded! However, after looking at another Youtube video of a very similar machine, I realized that there is supposed to be a wad of cotton, foam, or felt that holds the threads leading to the needles up against the machine. My machine has the chrome "wad of felt/cotton holder" but the wad is missing. Could the purpose of that wad of cotton also be to keep the thread from unwinding back to the tension mechanism? Look here at 2:25 and you can see the chrome cotton holder and the cotton pressing the thread against the machine. I did find some right twist thread online and I have a pound of White V138 coming but this right twist thread is pretty rare. Trivantage has some, but I'm not a customer, but even then they only have it in black and white. So is this a burden that users of double needle machines must deal with? I thought I would just lube it, load it up with thread, correct the timing and it would work fine with "standard" left hand twist thread. Not so. Thanks, Dave

Ok... say you want a new cutting die? Do you guys have one made or do you make it yourself or ? I have a large hydraulic press that was used to die cut foam board for years. I have some dies for it but they are all circles of different diameters. It has about 6" of open space and is 48" wide or so. Its a two post design. I'd like to use it to cut fabric, leather, heavy vinyl etc? Dave

I have miss-threaded sewing machines in so many different ways..... I tell myself I do that because I am creative.... but that may not be the issue! ;-)

Hi Dave84, What machine is this ? Have you checked your needle plate, feed dog for burrs? Needle strikes on the edge of the needle hole can cut the thread. Another possible issue: If you don't have a sufficient gap around the nib on the bobbin carrier that engages with the needle plate. There is a nib (I don't know its real name) that hold the thread on bobbin carrier to form the loop around the bobbin carrier. (The bobbin carrier is held stationary inside the rotating hook by this nib) That nib engages in a notch in the needle plate and prevents the bobbin carrier from rotating so the thread is pulled out of the bobbin carrier. If the clearance between the nib and the notch is not sufficient, you will break your thread every time. This happens if you run large thread through a machine setup for thin thread. The only way I know how to set this gap is to move the hook away from the needle plate. I've never had to do that. Was the hook replaced in this machine? If so perhaps the gap was not properly set? 69 Cougar... nice car! Dave

If you can't adjust the needle bar and you can't quickly get a shorter needle, you may want to try cutting the long one down to size. An abrasive cutoff wheel would make short work of it.

Ok... looks like I need to compare parts lists. A very good idea! I'll report back on the results of that. Thanks for pointing out your Ebay store as well.

I recently bought an Adler 67 GA 173 and it is a very, very nice machine. However the 67 has the small bobbin and I do a lot of larger projects and having a lot of bobbin thread is a good thing. I bought a Hirose hook for a 167 machine but it is a TR hook for a trimmer. I've read that the 67 is the same machine as the 167 except for the larger hook. Do you think I can make the bigger 167 TR hook work without a trimmer in my 67 machine ? I thought I would ask before I tear into the machine to try and convert it to a big hook. One more question; Where is the best place to buy "low cost" replacement parts for the Adler 67. Things such as feet, feed dogs, etc. Uwe, thanks for the 167 manual. Adler manuals seem to be fairly rare. I know where Garden City is, as I grew up in Livonia! Thanks, Dave