HeatherMom6

Unfortunately I agree, and unfortunately the Amish man bought this machine from "a friend" bc of this foot. He thought that he would be able to sew his own leather tack, and help his family generate money. I will probably be straight with him and tell him that this machine is a true Franken-Singer and if he wants it to work, I would need to do what you said.....take it back to original stock parts. At least then it would be a functional machine, and still could sew tack. Other aspects have been altered as well, including parts missing from the bobbin assembly and tension assembly. If only these machines could talk or I could find documentation on this foot---anything on that foot might be able to help with setup. Thank you for your input.

Yes it is one large feed dog. Whatever this foot is, it is bolted with 3 large bolts up into the head of the machine plus a large hex wrench screw into the front. When I first got it, I did get the foot off, but after thinking about order of operation and the set up, I put it back on bc none of the other adjustments to the needle bar, hook timing etc could be done without this foot on. Second picture is the only identifier I can find for this foot. I have 2 other pics that I will try attaching.

I posted about this machine before, but didn't get any help with the first set of issues. I am really in need of someone that has experience with altered industrial leather machines to help me out. I contacted a few "professionals" and got told they had never seen an industrial leather machine with the type of walking foot that this machine has. This walking foot is massive and is preventing me from using all factory settings. The machine was tinkered with before I was asked to try to get it stitching. In my other post, I had indeed gotten it to do a line of stitches, however, once I started trying to fix other issues: upper tension assembly, hook timing, tension release mechanism, it seems that one thing will come into place, and other problem or problems arise. Is there anyone out there willing to help me troubleshoot this machine?

Hello, I am new to the world of Leather Machines and Industrial machines in general. I have repaired and re-furbished many domestic machines and am a member of several Vintage Singer and Vintage sewing machine sites. So, while my husband was out looking for dimensional lumber from the Amish community near us, he was asked if I could try to fix an "old machine" one of the families had. Turns out, it is a Walking foot Singer 211 G 151 industrial leather machine. I have never worked on a leather machine before, but thought I would give it a shot. The Amish man said that he never had gotten it working bc of timing issues. I have re-timed the hook, had to adjust the needle bar height, and have it stitching a bit. The issues that remain are related to the upper tension. I would like some guidance if possible with some pics (visual learner here). The tension mechanism does not seem to be releasing the tension discs on the upper tensioner then you lift the presser foot. Before I take it all apart and start down that road, is there a release pin that should be getting pushed like in domestic machines???? It does not appear that the upper tensioner goes into the head, so I am a bit confused about how the discs are pushed open. If there is a pin, how do I go about getting to it? I have one pic of the machine before I got it home not sure how to upload it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really want to get this machine working for this man.