Adler 269-373 capacities

[Icho]

I had some tome to tinker with the machine today. I noticed the hook timing looked close but the distance from the hook to the needle was off. The hook would just go right my the needle string unless the string had a big loop. Then out of nowhere the wheel would keep getting stuck. Not binding but a solid stop. Then i would back it up and would stop again but in different spots. I tilted the head to take a look and didn't see anything. When i but it back upright i heard something fall and bounce off of the tiles. It was a small grub screw. I had no idea where it came from and im glad i wasn't on carpet because i would have never noticed it. It solved the problem of the wheel getting stuck. I watched a couple videos to get a feel of what I was going to see in the cylinder. Since I got my youtube degree on cylinder arm sewing machines,  I slowly started taking pieces off. I wish there was a screw kit I can just buy for the machine. All of the screws are burned up from using improper drivers. I ended up noticing that there was a few grub screws on the gear for the bobbin carrier gear and 1 was missing so that mystery is solved. I think I will keep going so I can give it a good deep cleaning because there is a lot of crud in there but everything looks to be in good shape. Just dirty but thankfully oiled.

About the hook being far away from the needle. I did adjust the gap and tried to sew again. I actually got a couple  really bad stitches. It's a start. That is when I just couldn't stand to look at all of the crud and started taking it apart. 

That's it for now. I hope some of you find this interesting. I'm actually having fun with it and excited to get it stitch. Thanks for reading. 

[palvim]

Check if the clutch safety mechanism is not disengaged. This machines safety mechanism kicks in quite easily. 

[Icho]

2 hours ago, palvim said:

Check if the clutch safety mechanism is not disengaged. This machines safety mechanism kicks in quite easily. 

I've been working on the machine itself so far so I haven't gotten to seeing the bells and whistles of the motor and controls yet so this may be a dumb question but where is the clutch safety mechanism. I honestly haven't even noticed where the clutch is. I thought it would be on the front of the motor but I didn't see it. I just realized that I have a dial to set the speed. 

The good news is that it does sew now. I did a couple test stitches and it's looking really good. Tonight is hopefully the night I finish up the final assembly and clean up. Then I can get familiar with the machine and see if anything else needs attention. 

 

Here is my test stitch. 

[palvim]

Here it is circled in red. 

[Icho]

Ah. OK. I was thinking motor clutch. I was able to sort out the machine itself. I have a feeling the previous owner had a pretty serious crash and knocked the timing out then couldn't get it to sew anymore. I had to clean it and set the timing and now it seems to be sewing good. I will possibly have to change the gear under the bobbin in the future but it is expensive. For now it is working nicely. Right now I'm trying to get info on the motor and controller but can't find anything online. 

8 minutes ago, palvim said:

Here it is circled in red. 

 

[caperseven]

this is my adler.

And some jobs that ive done with it, i say that 8mm is the thickest leather it can do without trouble.

I use a 140nm neddle with 138 bonded polythread, works nice.

[caperseven]

Edited November 17, 2022 by caperseven

[Icho]

On 11/15/2022 at 12:10 PM, palvim said:

Check if the clutch safety mechanism is not disengaged. This machines safety mechanism kicks in quite easily. 

Very nice machine and very nice work! I can't wait to finish tuning, cleaning, etc so I can actually get a feel for my machine and start on some projects. I have to wait until Tuesday... if I'm lucky Monday for some set screws and hopefully I will have all of the bugs worked out by then. 

[shoepatcher]

caperseven,

Go to a #160 needle.  The larger need will sew better and you will have less deflection.  The needle mfg's say the smallest needle you can use with #138 thread is a #140.  I always go up one size with the many different things i sew.  I also use titanium coated needles.  They work the best.   You should be able to sew heavier than 8mm of leather with the 267 Adler unless it is hard leather!

glenn

 

[caperseven]

but the fot only lifts about 10mm so..

Never tried it with bigger needle, mostly because the manual says the biggest neddle in this machine is 140.

But you may tried it before and it works?