Singer 7-33 under restoration

[Handstitched]

What a beauty !! I can only wish you and your team the very best of luck on an ambitious project. Hope you get it all up and running in the future  .    

HS

[MariaMS]

2 hours ago, gordond said:

Photos of 7-5 ... Same tensioners as the 7-33 ..

Note photo of my Pfaff 545 ..that looks close to the Trade me listing

 

Beaut pics, thanks!! All of the tension assembly that I have was on the bottom one, with nothing at all on the top except the threaded part...... just remembered I took pics early on before I started even thinking about taking it apart!! Question is, do the knurled nuts, tension discs etc from the Pfaff type tension plate fit onto the Singer tension assembly, would they work as a replacement for the top assembly?  Maybe I should have a look in my 201 parts box....

 

 

[Constabulary]

good lord - to be honest - I´m not sure if it really is worth the time and money (in parts). Maybe leaving it as is is the better option for "just" an exhibition item.

[gordond]

A tension disc assembly (25mm discs,spring, nut) from a Singer 29K fits.

A Pfaff tension assembly doesn't quite work - discs fit and nut threaded on ok..but the spring is too long plus wrongly configured (Pfaff has an extra disc split slotted to fit onto the split post rather than the spring nib ended to lock onto the post)

Auckland Sewing does carry some Singer 29K parts ...but no tension assembly showing on his Trademe store... just ask.

[MariaMS]

12 hours ago, Constabulary said:

good lord - to be honest - I´m not sure if it really is worth the time and money (in parts). Maybe leaving it as is is the better option for "just" an exhibition item.

LOL - my brain gets bored easily and my time is my own so any costs are offset by the entertainment, learning and an incredible sense of achievement...... especially as I am the only woman working with machinery at the Park!!  Here it is after I put the front end back together from memory..... I did it a bit wrong and had the foot lift left over so had to look that part up, but just listening to the mechanism and watching the foot rise and fall  when it had been frozen solid - wahoo!!  I used my finger on top to act as a tension spring as that hadn't been cleaned at that stage.

[MariaMS]

10 hours ago, gordond said:

A tension disc assembly (25mm discs,spring, nut) from a Singer 29K fits.

A Pfaff tension assembly doesn't quite work - discs fit and nut threaded on ok..but the spring is too long plus wrongly configured (Pfaff has an extra disc split slotted to fit onto the split post rather than the spring nib ended to lock onto the post)

Auckland Sewing does carry some Singer 29K parts ...but no tension assembly showing on his Trademe store... just ask.

great, I'll check with Gary, thanks!!  I got some bits from him when I was working on our 29K - again it was fully seized and rusted.  Managed to get her cleaned up and sewing!!

[gordond]

They're fun machines to restore....you certainly had your work cut out for you...hope you got a tetanus shot!

I restored 4 x 29K's (3xK58, 1x13)over the last 18 months..

Built 3x tables for the fun of it . Plus another for my Adler 30-1

 

[gordond]

Adler 30-1 .. servo motorized... These came with motor brackets 

[MariaMS]

4 hours ago, gordond said:

Built 3x tables for the fun of it . Plus another for my Adler 30-1

 

 

I built it a table too.... fun!!

[MariaMS]

This morning's work involved heating....... the result was the rust welds opened up, and WOW I got movement in the main shaft!!  So we heated up the top end and got a dragon LOL - I'm lucky I have helpers for things like using a gas torch.... one of the many things on my list to learn about.