Members Tingo Posted December 13, 2022 Members Report Posted December 13, 2022 Greetings everyone, I am try to get the dimensions of the screw that locks the stitch size for a Singer 45K92. Attached is a picture of the screw and nut in question. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks much Quote
Members Constabulary Posted December 14, 2022 Members Report Posted December 14, 2022 That screw is a stop screw and the nut locks the screw. The screw has a ball tip. I´ll post measures later... 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 Tingo Posted December 14, 2022 Author Members Report Posted December 14, 2022 Is this one for sale by chance? Quote
Members Constabulary Posted December 14, 2022 Members Report Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) Unfortunately no - it is from the machine in your picture The screw is 34mm long from underside of the knurled head to the rounded tip. The threaded part is 25mm-26mm long. EDIT: Outer diameter is 8.5mm Edited December 14, 2022 by Constabulary 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 billybopp Posted December 14, 2022 Members Report Posted December 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, Constabulary said: Unfortunately no - it is from the machine in your picture The screw is 34mm long from underside of the knurled head to the rounded tip. The threaded part is 25mm-26mm long Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Singer generally use proprietary screw sizes and thread pitches? - Bill Quote
Members Quade Posted December 14, 2022 Members Report Posted December 14, 2022 Quote Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Singer generally use proprietary screw sizes and thread pitches? I actually hate Singer for this. I had a lathe that used oddball threads like this. It was a nightmare. I think it was like "mechanical copy protection" back in the day to try to prevent copying. I wish my machines had simple metric threads. Even standard SAE threading would be fine. I loath flat tip screws too. Was wondering of anyone sold Singer threaded screws and bolts with torx heads. It should be possible to use a thread pitch gauge to determine the thread pitch. Then someone with a lathe could reproduce that bolt. Quote
kgg Posted December 14, 2022 Report Posted December 14, 2022 4 hours ago, billybopp said: Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Singer generally use proprietary screw sizes and thread pitches? Yes, this type of thing can drive you nuts just like the screws which go into the top of the cylinder arm of the Juki's LS-1341 and clones like Techsew 2750 or Kobe Ls-1341. It is a "Juki" thread and right now were costing as high as $4.50 CAD ($3.30 USD) each. It took me forever to track down a Chinese copy at what I would consider a reasonable cost. 4 hours ago, Quade said: Then someone with a lathe could reproduce that bolt. The cost of odd ball dies would probably be prohibitive for small runs. kgg Quote Juki DNU - 1541S, Juki DU - 1181N, Singer 29K - 71(1949), Chinese Patcher (Tinkers Delight), Warlock TSC-441, Techsew 2750 Pro, Consew DCS-S4 Skiver
Members shoepatcher Posted December 14, 2022 Members Report Posted December 14, 2022 Get me a screw part number and i can get the specs and pitch of the screw. glenn Quote
Members Tingo Posted December 14, 2022 Author Members Report Posted December 14, 2022 Can find that screw in the manual at all. Would appreciate the info Quote
Members Quade Posted December 15, 2022 Members Report Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) Quote The cost of odd ball dies would probably be prohibitive for small runs. With a lathe you don't need to use a tap or die. You set the machine to cut the proper thread spacing by either changing the gears or setting the gear box to a specific speed or both. It's one of the more difficult things to do on a lathe. OP if you measure the diameter of the screw, I can try to look up the size based on a chart someone posted here. It's got singer thread sizes by diameter. A thread gauge is pretty cheap too. You could measure the pitch directly. https://www.amazon.com/ChgImposs-Imperial-Whitworth-Industrial-Measurement/dp/B07J9V9JTK Edited December 15, 2022 by Quade Quote
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