Left Stand Singer 45K Variant → Singer 145K1

[Constabulary]

Saving some old cast iron again...

Just recently I found a Singer cylinder arm machine that appeared to be a left stand 45K. The picture from the classified ad is the one below and no further information were given. So my rusted cast iron heart decided to pic it up. It was located near Cuxhaven up at the north sea. Gas prices hurt but it also hurts to see this thing in it´s current condition and probably end up at a scrap yard or as a "boat anchor" or garden decoration.

So I figured it is a Singer 145K1 (name plate is present). Regarding its serial number the machine was built in 1939 and only 50 (fifty) of them were made at that time. While crawling through the ISMACS serial number lists I figured only 220 of them were made between 1919 and 1949 (regarding their lists). So this really is a rare bird!

I will inspect the machine and I hope not too many parts are bad or missing - we will see....

The stand is a DIY stand obviously, not sure what to do with it.

This thingy will keep me busy and my fingers dirty for a while, I think. 

Note for Jimi: it will be black again - not silver.

Edited April 24, 2022 by Constabulary

[gordond]

aah .. rusty iron.. incurable addiction.. . 

Just chiming in as I'm just about to start on a Fortuna skiver restore ... This I need to actually do some work with.. (who am I kidding ).. the other skiver -a "Forma" needs work on the knife worm gear and a bearing replacement..but not much to do.

Watching on your progress! 

[suzelle]

Constabulary,

Oh you've got a heart for these old machines, hope you get her Singing again & wishing that it will not be in need of too many parts! Can't wait to see her restored! Good luck, have fun!

[Constabulary]

Parts and paint stripped - almost. Electrolysis did a good job again!

Next is cleaning the parts. Most are just dirty and oily, just some rusted but so far not badly I´d say. Fortunately nothing broke! Just some smaller missing parts but I think most can be replaced with regular 45K bits.

 

[Thescandall]

where do you guys find the wonderful old machines. Do you have some kinda Miracle rusty  nut and bolt removal tools.   

[dikman]

You're not wasting any time, I see!

[jrdunn]

Nice work!

[suzelle]

Another old beauty Lovingly restored! What a treat for our eyes to see! Great work so far!

[Constabulary]

I forgot to post pics of the the dirty stuff.

The cleaned parts turned out super nice - seems to be a quite low millage machine. Even some of the old parts bluing is still quite good!

Will post some pictures of the cleaned parts later or tomorrow.

Edited April 27, 2022 by Constabulary

[Constabulary]

I solved a small (no - rather big) problem meanwhile. Since this is a left stand machine and the tension unit is on the opposite side compared to the standard 45K´s (see picture) I needed a left wound check spring. The former owner had the same problem and bubba`ed a too weak spring from plain wire (obviously failed).

Wrapped my thoughts around the spring and an Adler 220 spring set came to my mind which is correctly wound but 2mm too wide. Then a patcher threading wire came to my mind and a YT video about making springs that I watched the other day so I gave it a try. 1st try making a check spring failed - 2nd spring turned out good and is functional

The 2nd spring parts (not really a spring considering its function) I found in a spare parts box which really surprised me to find.

So I replaced some missing and wrong parts on the two tension units and they are now good to go The lower TU was my biggest concern actually - no functional TU -> no sewing!

Edited April 28, 2022 by Constabulary