Material Guides on Juki 441 and Adler 205?

[Cumberland Highpower]

Probably a dumb question....

I was in an Amish shop yesterday and I noticed he had an older Adler 205 with a fairly long roller guide similar to  one that you'd find on a Union Lockstitch.  Quality looked pretty good, appeared to fully machined.  I'd guess made in the USA from the quality.  When I asked him, he showed me 2 other machines sporting the same guide, and one had a fine point rather than a roller....He had no idea who made them, he bought pretty much everything used.   These guides attached to the cylinder arm directly.

Who makes these guides??   

I woudn't mind having one or 2.

[Burkhardt]

  On 8/9/2023 at 6:38 PM, Cumberland Highpower said:

Probably a dumb question....

I was in an Amish shop yesterday and I noticed he had an older Adler 205 with a fairly long roller guide similar to  one that you'd find on a Union Lockstitch.  Quality looked pretty good, appeared to fully machined.  I'd guess made in the USA from the quality.  When I asked him, he showed me 2 other machines sporting the same guide, and one had a fine point rather than a roller....He had no idea who made them, he bought pretty much everything used.   These guides attached to the cylinder arm directly.

Who makes these guides??   

I woudn't mind having one or 2.

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like this?

[Wizcrafts]

  On 8/10/2023 at 3:31 AM, Burkhardt said:

like this?

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This swing-away edge guide looks like the one mounted to my Cowboy CB4500. It also resembles a Union Lockstitch edge guide. You can buy the Cowboy edge guide from Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines. The ULS edge guide is available from Campbell Randall Company, in Texas.

[Burkhardt]

  On 8/10/2023 at 3:35 PM, Wizcrafts said:

This swing-away edge guide looks like the one mounted to my Cowboy CB4500. It also resembles a Union Lockstitch edge guide. You can buy the Cowboy edge guide from Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines. The ULS edge guide is available from Campbell Randall Company, in Texas.

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Without @Cumberland Highpower showing a pic I still don't know what it looks like. I tried to look at CRC and still can't tell which one it is, you got the link or pic by any chance.

[Cumberland Highpower]

  On 8/11/2023 at 2:07 AM, Burkhardt said:

Without @Cumberland Highpower showing a pic I still don't know what it looks like. I tried to look at CRC and still can't tell which one it is, you got the link or pic by any chance.

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thanks for the input gents.

Yes one of the guides was similar in design to Burkhardt's photo. The other I saw was of the same "Union Lockstitch" style, but longer and had a pointed tip rather than a roller for the guide end.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2023 by Cumberland Highpower

[Wizcrafts]

Weaver probably has some swing-away edge guides for the bigger Adler machines they sell in their industrial division. That includes the Adler 205-374 and probably its successor, the 969 ECO. I would check with @CowboyBob to see if he has one that will fit your machine, or the machine you're thinking about buying. If you buy a Cobra or Cowboy, the swing-away edge guide will be an option that will ship with the machine.

My CB4500 also has a drop-down edge guide that is easier to use, because it flips up out of the way when not needed. The swing edge guide is normally attached to a T-bar mounting bracket, and is always in the way on the right side of the bracket, unless you loosen the bolt and pull it off.