Members gordond Posted April 4, 2022 Members Report Posted April 4, 2022 Ha! ..in the very least...you sterilised it!!! Always gives me the willies punching that much heat into cast iron. But I do like to warm a little to bleed out any oil in cast iron... before finding it later in the painting process. Good to see the plate bed isn't stuffed Quote
Members jrdunn Posted April 4, 2022 Members Report Posted April 4, 2022 Maria, Wow, just wow. I'm amazed at the progress you have made! When I saw the early pictures I thought "boat anchor". Oh, me of little faith. Jim Quote
Members MariaMS Posted April 5, 2022 Author Members Report Posted April 5, 2022 17 hours ago, jrdunn said: Maria, Wow, just wow. I'm amazed at the progress you have made! When I saw the early pictures I thought "boat anchor". Oh, me of little faith. Jim Jim - you are not the only one. The guys at the Heritage Park are glad they didn't lay bets - today I got the last bolt undone that connected the upper and lower sections, and by the end of the day the top end was freely rotating with presser bar hopping along and needle bar moving as it should. The lower mechanism is also rotational, but I have a bit of work to do cleaning up the con rods and the bearing rod is a mess...... but it's only been a week today since we pulled her out of the tank so I'm pretty happy. I forgot my camera but I'll get pics at some point. Quote
Members MariaMS Posted April 6, 2022 Author Members Report Posted April 6, 2022 here it is after a week of work https://vimeo.com/696381119 Quote
Members dikman Posted April 6, 2022 Members Report Posted April 6, 2022 I'm amazed that you got it to turn over. Says a lot for the original design and build quality. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members MariaMS Posted April 6, 2022 Author Members Report Posted April 6, 2022 10 minutes ago, dikman said: I'm amazed that you got it to turn over. Says a lot for the original design and build quality. it does, doesn't it. I think everyone here is amazed - I'm still doubtful I'll manage to get her sewing, that partly depends on whether the thread we wrecked can be rebuilt or not......I don't know the names of the parts but its the bearing shaft that holds the oscillating cam that in turn drives the hook. Looked like it got water inside, so the bearing cap was fused on to the shaft and there was a ton of rust inside where the shaft is machined down for the oil reservoir. We had to wind the whole thing out as one piece. Put a lot of stress on the thread. It is one of the few bits I needed help with, I simply wasn't strong enough. The other end unwound no troubles!! Quote
Members Constabulary Posted April 6, 2022 Members Report Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, dikman said: I'm amazed that you got it to turn over. Says a lot for the original design and build quality. Have to admit - I did not expect this result! Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Members MariaMS Posted April 6, 2022 Author Members Report Posted April 6, 2022 Has anyone got thoughts on how to disassemble the hook? The spring lever that holds the bobbin carrier in place is stuck down. I managed to take the carrier out by removing the tapered pin, to give more room to move, but the pin that holds the sprung part doesn't appear to go right through. I wondered about grinding in from the back to allow me to punch the pin out....... has anyone ever had to do this? Quote
Members MariaMS Posted April 10, 2022 Author Members Report Posted April 10, 2022 I managed to get the lower mechanism working yesterday, although it worked better turning the hand wheel the wrong way ..... I think the issue was there are no feed dog plates so the canvas just walks in a circle with the feed dogs when I turn the hand wheel properly down and away. And today I managed to free up the shuttle retaining spring, so the hook is now complete and in place. Quote
Members jrdunn Posted April 10, 2022 Members Report Posted April 10, 2022 Maria, WOW, just wow. Quote
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