Rooster35236

Can anyone give me any info on this machine. Consew 325, their website only has a parts manual and I called Consew and they did not have any info either. Is there a Singer clone that I could find a manual for? The machine is chaining, can adjust stitch length but the thread keeps falling out of the needle (Yes, it is the right size needle and thread) I have eyeballed the relation of the needle eye to the looper and they look within range front and back to me. What is the foam pad on the top tensioner for?

@GymnastRunning a 220 line to the sewing studio would not be feasible way too far from the breaker panel, lol I would have to keep the clutch motor a servo and the controller would be a nightmare to try and wire up correctly. This place is really old and it does not have the best feed, we get quite a few surges which cause slight brownouts, (I really should put a power conditioner in) I would hate to blow a capacitor that big just from dirty power. @480volt Funny story, our seamstress never used an industrial machine before she started here, 2 weeks after she started she bought a Sail-Rite lockstitch. Then she messages over Christmas break that she is taking a trip to Georgia to pick up a Pfaff 5483 chainstitch (same as we have here) and the lady had some other machines she was selling (Rimoldi 627 overlock, Singer300w long arm (5 needle tuck and roll), Consew 325 chainstitch and this Singer 591) We talked her way down because we said we would take all of them. She told us she got them from an auction and they were in a running factory, the Pfaff and the Rimoldi run great the 300W runs but have not tested totally, have to order a whole lot of thread for that one. So I really do not see any issues at this point. Hopefully @gottaknow will be able to shed a little more light onto this for me. Check out the pics for some of the wiring on this. (The 8G black wire is an extension cord somebody ran from the fuse box)

The motor that is on there is very similar to most of my other clutch motors - 550w/1/2 hp just that it is 3 phase. The controller I am still researching but there is a voltage selector 190/208/220/240. From what I have gathered so far is the motor draws power and then feeds to the controller. I have not totally poured over the schematics for the controller yet. I will get pics and full details shortly though. Thread trimming and backtacking would be huge for us and programmable stitches would make applying clothing labels run so much faster. http://hensewfiles.com/PDFs/SINGER 491UTT.pdf

Recently acquired a Singer 591 with the computer/controller (491UTT), would really like to have the controller be usable. I should be able to get the unit running with a vfd like this one. Has anyone done this successfully and what/if any are the drawbacks of running a machine through an inverter? Thanks for all the help! edit: The VFD would be sending power to the clutch motor and the controller.

Hi guys! This is my 1st post here have been reading for a while though. Where is there a cheap place to buy #46 thread? I get most of my thread from threadexchange.com and the 1lb spools for the #46 are about $31. I have 3 machines here running 9 spools of #46 and was trying to cut some costs.