Singer cobbler machines

[fasdude]

Hi

I just bought a singer 29k4, and find it hard to find information about it. 

I would love to know all about that spesifikk machine, but also to help out collecting information. Links, online shops, parts,  history, pages about these singer cobbler machines. 

 

Ill start, with this information i found.

singer29classcomparisonsv02.pdf

[Wizcrafts]

While the Singer industrial sewing machines company is long gone, there are lots of aftermarket parts made in the Orient. The 100 year old machine uses the same tiny shuttle and bobbin as the last ones sold in the 1980s. It is a shoe and boot patcher, meant for short stitching jobs, like darning, re-sewing loose threads in shoe toe boxes, sewing patches over pockets, fixing purse strap tabs, and sewing cylindrical objects. I use T70 bonded thread in my short arm, small bobbin patchers. They can sew up to 1/4 inch of stuff that isn't too dense. Unfortunately, the stitch length suffers badly at this thickness. You get the longest stitches into 6 ounces of leather that isn't too grabby. Think of smooth shoe upper leather.