Carlosveiga

jimi your machine is missing part 84113 on the tension disks on your 29k12, i got some with me i sell cheap.

look, not trying to discourage you or anything but those wheels have a tendency to lock themselves to work, pull that out and you will find it veeery hard to re mount them properly, if you do id mark the teeth where they align now or you'll be in a lot of pain sanding down teeth to get it working again and good luck not wrecking them. and from previous posts you don't seem to have many parts for that model unlike the k7 models Did you try first changing the needle like someone said before? did you try pulling out foot presser clean it proper? how did you remove all the old oil? how long was the machine sitting idle before you picked it up? you say you cant produce stitch, you dont pick up bottom thread? are you breaking needles is the material not dragging at all? it looks like a timing issue like a user said true,can you not regulate the timing on a k3? He pointed out how your pressure foot is grinding on something and not going down right. it could be bent to hell by now, and not a wrong assembly. id focus on getting that motion (pressure foot going down to needle plate) smooth and making sure its the RIGHT NEEDLE before starting to open it up. took me 4 days to get the foot pressure just right on that machine, and its pretty much set up to press the material so hard imma scratch the leather to hell and it still has crappy feed. perhaps there is a reason machines these days got triple feed? if you do want tips on getting those pins out well, get something with the same size width of said pin, and make sure you wack it the right way!!! he comes out 1 way NOT the other.

i spent 1h trying to remove said pin out a machine i own, spent another 2h trying to take out a pin from an inner piece of the machine. was the hardest part of stripping the machine apart. i also did a pre first pre assembly to check for fittings after a re polish and i ended up installing some of said pulleys the wrong way putting a lot stress on some parts and getting a really awkward timing. at first it felt it was just lack of oil but i had to assemble it again to get it right. not looking at the machine id say user constabulary might be right, since the same exact thing happened to me. machine "worked" but you could feel a lot of stress on some parts even after oiled up. not smooth at all and it was usually when the shuttle turned around to the original resting position 1i did not open my 29k but there should be a single shaft on the bottom arm correct? and what connects said shaft to the top shaft is the piece on the photo, check if its in this position to see if it wasnt assembled the wrong way. sry for the quality and all the oil.

lol thats a harsh colour, daaaammm that must stand out in sight. cheaper then a welding job could be a laser cut piece, a small piece like that would cost you 20 bucks and 5 min of work time from the machine. if you d like pm me i can draw you a dxf for you to send to the laser cutting machine shop.

Ty, any tips on getting Nice straight folded edges? Was looking around, guy who helps me out with tips tells me they use machinery to get perfect folds on an industry level, on a more home setup ive seen people use a stiffener. What is this "stiffener"?

hi, had a pretty old scrappy wallet decided to make my own. was a bit harder then i thought o well will get better Dont really like seeing the coin pocket so fat, needs to be a lot slimmer on its edge. better skiving next time on that flap. and don't like seeing it on the left side of the wallet. Another thing is its size, its a front pocket wallet i think ill re make it for a back pocket so i cat fit letters or paper on it. had a pretty hard time getting straight line folded edges, making it harder to sew straight, if anyone has some pointers on how to get those straight stitching lines pre marked would love hearing some. I think ill try cutting my pieces on a cutting mat with straight edge marks might make my life a bit more easy next time. Also learned that lambskin gets wacked after skiving, so i feel its better to 1 skive(somehow) and cut later, thus getting better straight lines... anyways watcha think? its my actual first wallet and pretty much 1 times sewing on a machine(old 29k patcher with really stupid tight stitches) and went straight to a bi fold folded edge wallet. turned out to be harder then i thought and a full day of work but i liked it.

Finally found some digits. presser foot matches but needle bar does not... maybe a replaced a part. Bottom bar is needle bar 2nd look at part list i think its an 18-2. If by needle plate you mean the throat plate i got 16095 plate that seems to only come with the 18-2 model :). Finally found it. Just says Shoe work purpose not much info there, and a left drop feed unlike the 18-1 right drop feed. looks like a really nice machine

oh that makes a lot more sense, 1k made sounds like a failed attempt at a model, or a rly low amount of left handed people sewing shoes. i will look into the needle plate serial, still polishing the rods haven't checked the id]s yet. just not at home atm so cant confirm. ty so much for the help jimi. what a life saver, a new bobbin and the tension plate system and ill get it up and running once again. The machine thanks you

.1k made, i Guess it makes sense the low avalability compared to the 29k spam. Any reason for such a low production number. So they both can do the same? 29k and 18 model? Would like to sew with a thicker thread i thought 18 looked like it could deal with a bit more then 29k patcher. Shame, Will look for 17 18 parts then, quick Google search tells me the japanese makers have an identical machine i can use for parts Sorry Jimmy not Spanish. Portuguese. Hardly any 18 but funny enough dude who Gave me this 1 owns 3 of these from her grandmother. She had people check the machines but nobody identified or bought them. They look pretty bad from get go but just a bit of love and they shine through. I cant bear to watch them lay there and die, such nice pieces of machines its a crime what people do to them

18 is left handed version of 17? Thought 17 was just an older pre 1900 machine. Its def a left handed machine altho it ONLY comes with a back end wheel and no side wheel. These are leather machines correct? Industrial type? I own a 29k how do would you compare those 2 models? Think the 29k is far from idustrial

Hello quite new to the forum, friend of mine had an old singer that i suspect is for leatherwork and gave it to me to restore it. been trying to give her some love but could use a bobin to test her out and need to first identify what model it is. Pretty sure its a model 18 no clue wich one or how to tell, and where im from seems like nobody uses this machine. i got a serial id number G7042827. and got me some pics of this poor fellow as well if it helps IDing le john doe.