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Thanks. Yeah reverse seems like more than a nice to have. Those screws on the feed dog plate are pretty awkward. I need to get a flat ratchet for 1/4 bits. That is an insightful comment about the belt. It actually has uneven wear on the surface like it has been gouged in places and it comes really close to the back wall of the machine. When rotating there is a place where the belt flexes and appears like it should touch. I put a piece of masking tape on the belt and ran it a bit and then brought it up to full speed. Tape was not worn, gouged or damaged. I have to see what else I can try to test for this. I might paint something on the belt to monitor. Always worried about things that could degrade a belt (paint/ink solvents). Motor (1725)/pulley(3.5") combo seems too fast for what I would like so I will have to look into addressing that. Those clutch motors spin forever after the power is shut off. Consew motor, Seiko tensioner, gah!

I know! History is such a cool facet of these old machines. I found linkedIn entry for a sewing technician that worked for the company for 9 years in the 90s. He had his own company here for a while but it is nowhere to be found. I have noticed the thread tensioner is branded Seiko but I expect those get swapped out and it appears newer than the machine. I have yet to find a place (beside the underside) that gives me a good indication of the original paint colour. I've cleaned and oiled the machine without major disassembly. I am not able to remove the left part of the needle plate. Around the feed dogs the plate comes off and above the bobbin the plate slides off but the other plate is jammed on there. Only other area of concern I noticed while cleaning is the safety clutch (attached) that looks a bit less pretty than some of the videos I have seen. Looks like a bit of a hack fastening the pin with a bit of bent wire. We've all done it I suspect. I drove away with this machine a bit concerned with not being able to find any info on it. Several people passed it by. For $150 CAD I consider myself pretty fortunate in the end. Cheers

Starting to feel like beating a dead horse. I agree the paint job is atrocious. What is even more surprising is that the paint job is on top of a heavily worn machine. Goldsworthy is a older company folded around 2000. Handstitched: Thanks for looking that up. Those line up pretty well. Did it have a label on the bed similar to the picture? The good news if like DonInReno says the parts are pretty ubiquitous and mostly interchangeable. Something I did noticed when following up my suspicions about it being a Consew - there are a lot of other models listed on these parts - and the parts are so cheap. Anyway I appreciate all your thoughts and help with this.

Those label mount holes are pretty incriminating. The reverse level definitely looks like a Consew/Juki or Seiko style. I have read that Singer did issue serial numbers with WB starting in 1967. Nobody else seems to have those darn serial # plates. Drive belt looks generic. From the state of the paint I would guess that this machine saw heavy use before it was rebranded. There are wear marks/chips that are on the original coat that the top coat was applied over. I think the rebadging was done on well used machines so individual parts might not be reliable indicators. Thanks for the insights.

Seems the Singer 111G156 has reverse just not the style of handle seen on my machine (found on this site). I will keep the quest up for an exact match but I figure enough of the mystery is resolved. Well report back if I find anything definitive.

I would agree everything points to a 111 but the only thing that doesn't fit is the reverse pedal and looking underneath (which is painted Singer black) the reverse mechanism is mounted to two cast pillars that aren't used by anything else. Unless there is a 111 that lists that feature it has to be another model/submodel. Just a mystery at this point I am sure I can use parts/manuals from the other machines. I am going to look at some other indicators like the max presser foot height and the maximum stitch length because those seem to be the things that differentiate these other models. Will resize and post the pictures. The reason I posted links is when I first tried to create a post it was asking for link since I wasn't a member at that point. So I created the links. Will also spend a bit more time investigating. I thought it would be an easier id but this has helped me a lot. Yes it is a piping foot. You can see a reel of piping in the background. That came with the machine as well as a table, clutch motor, needles and half filled bobbins.

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense and yes the model appears quite close. It kind of surprises me. Some speculation on my part but appears Goldsworthy was a local company selling this model and trying to make money selling the parts as well. I have an envelope of needles that has the Goldsworthy brand and recommendation to only use genuine replacement parts. With such a well known brand I would expect customers in the industry to know what was going on. Edit: It doesn't look like any of the 111W variants had reverse. But the serial number pretty solidly makes it look like a Singer.

Hi and thanks for this site. It is a great resource for people navigating the world of industrial sewing machines. Figure I read enough here that I should join up and also I had a question I was having difficulty with. I don't think there is a better place to ask. I have come into an industrial walking foot sewing machine. It has triple material feed (needle feed). Seems to have the oversized U bobbin as well. It had been languishing on marketplace for a long time. The owner just needed to get rid of it. He got it for free from a relative that was going to trash it. Looked like a Pfaff to me from the sales photos but it has been repainted and "rebranded" at some point. Limited test run and seems to run find but haven't had thread in it yet. I have since realized it is in a family of similar machines Juki 563/Consew 226 {others?). I haven't found a brand/example that has the serial number as a brass plate on the lower right. I would like to figure out make / model to find a manual and potentially some parts. How interchangeable are the parts between these various machines? Tom Into camera holsters and sailmaking. https://ibb.co/7Qm5rf8 https://ibb.co/7b818wL https://ibb.co/JqbjSxH https://ibb.co/2dQ6dsB https://ibb.co/hFgtSKj https://ibb.co/BsrsX1V https://ibb.co/VNPm59Pb