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Just watch the banner ads for Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines and give him a call. Bob Kovar will know exactly what it is and probably have it in stock. Even if it's a standard thread and even if you know it, you won't know the length.

@Ciscokid noted on his profile page that the machine is sold. Locked/moved to Sold.

Ok, @Shoe repair daughter, thanks for taking care of this. What a great deal for someone. I moved it to the Used Machinery area.

I concur, you could conceivably hit it hard enough to bend something. Also, I don't see enough slot for a screwdriver to bite into. I'd get to drilling.

I wouldn't heat those parts. I don't know what that would do to the hardness. But I would lay it down and build on what looks like a pretty good dimple almost dead center. I'd get a punch and make that bigger and deeper. Then I'd start with an 1/8" drill bit and work up. You'll need to determine how long that screw is so you don't drill through it.

Mine is a more rationally sized, smaller one, but yes. They work especially well on these screws we deal with that haven't moved in a hundred years.

It never occurred to me to try making a lockstitch by hand. I can't remember what this gadget is called but it does a lockstitch.

I remember years ago, someone on a gun forum said he always took high res pics of his new used guns. He said the photos showed way more than the naked eye. I bet these don't show up as well in person as they do in the pics. Also, it seems obvious that one end is a smaller diameter. Should you decide to take the plunge, it should be easy to tell which end to hit. That thing is a monument to industrial manufacturing of a bygone era. Obviously neglected, 122 years old and still quite a viable sewing machine. I'm going to go oil something ...

I see it now, too. Sort of a brown circle, midway of the shaft on the left. It's a tapered pin and I can't tell you which way. I'd also concur with leaving it in...

Plate 467, part# 15152 singer 27-1, 2, 3. 4 parts.pdf

I would have expected something like this, or a tapered pin in the same place.

I'll let people familiar with what you want to sew comment on the Juki. Meanwhile, I'll recommend you to this thread: Welcome to the sewing machine obsession.

200 is a successful request, so that's an odd error. Maybe try again in a few hours. You'll need to make a new response to this thread.

That's going to be a nice wallet. Is it chrome tan interior and veg tan shell? I just can't get a nice wallet. Functional, but nothing special and the pockets are always too tight.

Wow, very nice and impressive work. Tweak the dimensions and this should work for any cartridge.