Singer 211 Restoration

[Hypomelanistic]

Hello all,

Last year I bought a pretty ratty looking Singer 211U166A from a local auction.  Throughout my tinkering I have found a lot of interesting information on this forum.  I am far from finished with the work on my machine, but I figured it would be worth starting a build/progress thread.  Hopefully someone finds these pictures to be helpful on a project of their own. 

So far I've redone the black oxide on a lot of the rusted screws, added a machine mounted small (but still 0.44hp) servo motor that is designed for a CNC machine tool, and replaced about half of the oiling felt.

If anyone has any questions or suggestions I would like to hear them.  I am new to the sewing world so I dont really know what I'm doing.

[Hypomelanistic]

A few more pictures.  Showing the fresh black oxide and servo motor.

Edited June 28, 2022 by Hypomelanistic

[kgg]

1 hour ago, Hypomelanistic said:

A few more pictures.  Showing the fresh black oxide and servo motor.

Nice job, I really like the nice clean servo setup.

kgg

[Handstitched]

Seeing the machine collapsed inside the table is a sad sight to see. Looks unloved  

Good luck with the build   

HS

[trash treasure]

Did you do the machine work on the handwheel?  If so - Very nice work.

[dikman]

Some nice work there. If it was me, though, I would have made the handwheel bigger as it will help give better control and torque. How do you intend controlling the servo?

[Hypomelanistic]

23 hours ago, kgg said:

Nice job, I really like the nice clean servo setup.

kgg

Thanks

[Hypomelanistic]

14 hours ago, trash treasure said:

Did you do the machine work on the handwheel?  If so - Very nice work.

I did.  Thank you.  I am thinking I will anodize it black to match the rest of the machine.

15 hours ago, Handstitched said:

Seeing the machine collapsed inside the table is a sad sight to see. Looks unloved  

Good luck with the build   

HS

Yeah it was a sad sight.  Previously owned by our state government.

[Hypomelanistic]

3 hours ago, dikman said:

Some nice work there. If it was me, though, I would have made the handwheel bigger as it will help give better control and torque. How do you intend controlling the servo?

I was going back and forth on handwheel size.  I ended up at 5" diameter.  I forget the size of the original but the new one is a little bigger.  

I made a pedal with a rotary encoder that talks to the motor.  I dont have an actual picture of the pedal right now but this a screenshot of the model.

[dikman]

 That foot pedal will be one-of-a-kind! Way over-the-top!