Help me! Do I need to know the brand and model?

[Jpmaringa]

Hello, all right, I would like your help to find the brand of this machine to restore it.

[kgg]

50 minutes ago, Jpmaringa said:

I would like your help to find the brand of this machine to restore it.

Looks like a short arm Alder to me.

kgg

[Wizcrafts]

@Jpmaringa, It is definitely an Adler short arm shoe patcher. If you can open the bobbin cover plate and take a picture of the bobbin and shuttle, I can tell you if it has a large or small bobbin. Also, post a picture of a needle, next to a ruler so I can identify whether it is a high or low lift model. These details will define its thickness capabilities and thread capacities.

[Constabulary]

Basically a short Arm version of the Adler 30 - usually the short arm is named 30-15 BUT the 30-17 should have a LARGE shuttle hook but with short needle (no high lift). A rare machine but in case you need parts most parts of the Adler 30-1 and 30-7 should work with your machine. The large hook and bobbins is the same as for the Singer 29K71.

The machine seems to be a quite early one cause it has no quick release for the hand wheel which allows to wind the bobbin w/o running the whole sewing mechanism.

[Constabulary]

2 hours ago, Constabulary said:

The large hook and bobbins is the same as for the Singer 29K71.

I meant 29K72 

But as WIZ said, post a picture of the shuttle to be sure it is a large hook machine. I could be "downgraded" to 30-15 - you never know...

[CowboyBob]

The bobbin winder shaft looks like it's for a large bobbin,the 30-15 I have is a standard lift large bobbin.I've never seen a 30-17 b4.

[Constabulary]

18 hours ago, CowboyBob said:

The bobbin winder shaft looks like it's for a large bobbin,the 30-15 I have is a standard lift large bobbin.I've never seen a 30-17 b4.

my records say the 30-15 is a small bobbin machine and 30-17 is large bobbin.

[chrisash]

Did Singer make the original design and sell the licence to others or was it another company?

[Constabulary]

I think Singers UFA / 29  was the earlier model but I don´t know if a license was sold to Adler but I don´t think so.