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Yes Glenn. Thank you. I got it into service with a set of Weaver Harness feet on it in April 2019, and then we closed the shop in May 2019 when we found out my wife had lost function in both kidneys and needed dialysis three times a week in a town 40 miles away. I never actually got to do a repair project with it, but it’s ready to go. My son will be setting up a hobby sewing shop at his home in SW Colorado, so he’ll be taking it along with one of my Singer 29K70 patchers and a couple of other machines. I’ll keep my Adler 205-64 jumpfoot machine and my other 29K70 in case my wife needs to do some heavy duty sewing. She can operate any machine we have. She got a kidney transplant in July 2022, and is doing fine so far, but we never reopened our shop. We just stayed retired. CD in Oklahoma

I preferred a flatbed machine for most work on leather coats other than sleeve patches (Singer 29K70 then). I agree that zipper work is best done on a flatbed (I used a Singer 16-41 jumpfoot treadle or a Consew 225 w/speed reducer). When using a cylinder arm machine (Singer 29K70 or Adler 205-64), I used an old “across-the-bed” adjustable-height hospital table to support the heavier items. My eyes have gotten so bad that I no longer sew. CD in Oklahoma

FWIW: Use a 9-spoke balance wheel for your conversion. In my experience, most (if not all) 6-spoke balance wheels don’t work on the 99 because the hub is longer. CD in Oklahoma

Make sure you have enough presser foot pressure to hold down all of that dense leather so that it doesn’t rise with the needle on the upward stroke. If the work even rises just a smidgen, the top thread loop that the hook needs can collapse and the hook won’t catch it. CD in Oklahoma

I really like it! I’m still on grid, but I've got a couple of foot-powered stone machines too. CD in Oklahoma

I converted an older (1960s) Singer 20U (no submodel number known) to treadle for use on Sunbrella, canvas, and vinyl. I used the machine for repairs when I needed a wide zigzag, and doubt that I ever sewed through 6 layers. I’ve never done any production work with it. There’s a photo and discussion of it here at Leatherworker: https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/86841-singer-20u-and-premier-chainstitch-machine-question/?do=findComment&comment=591646 CD in Oklahoma

You might want to take another look at it, Wiz. CD in Oklahoma

I think you’re correct on the 78-series. It looks like the 78-2 with the bobbed-off deck for sewing mattresses. Good repair machine for tight areas. I’d love to have one of them. Here’s a photo of the back side of my 78-3 if it will help any with identification. CD in Oklahoma

Thank you all for your help. I appreciate it. CD in Oklahoma

Ok, thanks. I'll give it a try when/if I get the machine back on the bench to fiddle with it. CD in Oklahoma

Nope. Never heard another word. CD in Oklahoma

Use a boot top with a butter bowl stuffed in it and lashed to the pillar. Feed the thread up around the existing spool pin. Turn the boot top inside out to keep the pull straps from catching the thread. CD in Oklahoma

Try to get into contact with someone in the Quilting Community (as in, "quilting ladies"). The Singer 78-3 makes an excellent machine for "stitch in the ditch" quilting fabric and batting sandwiches together (Tex30 thread) without ending up with puckers. CD in Oklahoma

Nice machine Lee. I think you’ll like it if you haven’t tried a 16 before. Get it onto a treadle as soon as you can. I’m still working my 16-41 on a treadle with 16x63-18 needles and Tex90 thread. It’s a workhorse. I’m not too interested in the wood part of a machine, so have no advice there. All I’ve ever done is put a light coat of sewing machine oil on the butcher block tops to help with the dryness of the wood, and then used them as they came to me. CD in Oklahoma

Hello??? Test, one, two, three.... Is anyone out there? CD in Oklahoma

Nice looking machine Ferg. I wish you good luck with your sale. Speaking of Singer 29-4 machines, would you please move my listing of my Singer 29-4 in the “Used” forum (“FS - 1915 Singer 29-4 & Treadle Stand”) (https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/86404-fs-1915-singer-29-4-treadle-stand/ ) into the “Old/Sold” forum as I requested back on August 19th? I’ve heard that the old Singer 29-4 machines aren’t very much good anymore. It seems like I heard that here on this forum. I guess they just aren’t as good as the new machines. Thanks. CD in Oklahoma

"Posted 21 hours ago I watched them cd ( "research" to see what you were talking about* when you mentioned his "release the tension"..But definitely did not endorse them..nor did I "discredit JLSleather" You weren't making a referral there when you mentioned Harry, were you ? :)" Mike, leave off the smiley faces when you talk to me, and no, I was definitely NOT MAKING A REFERRAL. You must not have watched enough of Harry's videos. People can pull videos out of their patute to make money with Ya-patute, and Ya-patute doesn’t care as long as the views are there. You’re really saying that you don’t see anything wrong with Harry’s videos? Really? Your quote: Advertise: verb (used with object), ad•ver•tised, ad•ver•tis•ing. to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it. So...If the advertisement is false, or the video that they’re selling is false, you’re still good with it? CD in Oklahoma

What???? Oh Mike, say it isn't so!!!! You're endorsing Harry and his "release the tension during the sewing cycle" to get discredit JLSleather??? Really???? Are you feeling poorly today? Maybe you should take a while off and go watch some videos. Tisk, tisk, tisk CD in Oklahoma

That's my kind of machine. A great winter project. Lots of diesel and lots of Sewing Machine Oil. It could probably sew again and be a good machine if limbered back up. "Boat anchor"? Pffft. CD in Oklahoma

You have a Consew 225 with Singer gold and black gothic script? You sure it's not a Singer? Or is it a re-paint? (My Consew 225 is gray, with no Singer on it.) CD in Oklahoma

I haven’t ever figured out what the sub-model number on my older 20U is either. I think I may have it narrowed down to either a 20U11 or a 20U13, but that’s only a guess. It has the horizontal spool pin on top and came to me with only the zigzag foot and needle plate. It was operated electric in a K-leg power stand with a white Singer top and gray base, and powered by a 110VAC Alphasew clutch motor that I put a 1.5” pulley on (round leather belting) and am using it to power a 1936 Singer 95-40 dedicated to denim jeans hemming and some zipper work on woven fabrics. I converted the 20U to treadle operation by setting it in an early Singer Industrial Convertible Stand (both small clutch motor power and 16” flywheel. The pitman rod is 2-piece with a coupling nut to switch between electric and flywheel.), an old butcher block top, and swapping a spoked balance wheel onto it from a Singer 66-4, then connecting the pulleys with round leather belting. CD in Oklahoma

My 1990s Singer 20U33 has the knee lift function to change the bight on the fly (two little flappers underneath the base and you set your knee lift to activate one or the other), but my older 1960s Singer 20U treadle machine doesn't have that feature. It only has the one flapper to raise the presser foot. CD in Oklahoma

Moderators - Please retire this listing to the “Old Sold” thread. It is no longer available. I doubt that I can ever get $450 for it. I’m thinking seriously about turning it into a yard ornament. I think I can maybe even mount a bird feeder on it without much trouble. CD in Oklahoma

Moderators - Please retire this listing to the “Old Sold” thread. It is no longer available. It doesn’t release the tension discs during a stitch like Harry says it should, so I think I’ll just part it out. CD in Oklahoma

Thanks Glenn. I appreciate you trying to help. Allen was out-of-pocket, but Joe at Weaver hit the parts books and he didn’t find any listing for the eyelet in the take-up lever as a separate part. It must be included with the take-up lever or not at all. That leaves me on my own. I’ve already went with “plan B”, to remove the eyelet, and I still have thread trashing problems, so my problem must not have been with the take-up lever eyelet. Wish I had known that before I trashed the eyelet. I’m surprised that there aren’t any Adler 205-370 owners that had time to click a photo for me of their machine. Oh well, like I said, I’m on my own. And I’m out of here. CD in Oklahoma