Members WVCharlie Posted January 18 Members Report Posted January 18 I recently acquired an Adler 169-373 cylinder arm machine. It had many issues ( you get what you pay for, right?!). I have taken care of most of them, however, the one I cannot figure out is, the feed timing issue. The needle and inside foot as well as lower feed dog all start moving back ( toward operator) before the needle has cleared the work. This is completely wrong for a compound feed machine. I have never had this issue and don't know what to adjust. No manual I have found has dealt with this adjustment. Any help out there? Current collection of machines- Adler169-373, Adler 67GK373 (2), Adler 205-64, Consew 225, Consew 225RB-3,Singer 153W103, Singer286G132, Singer111W154, Singer 29K60, Adler 30-70, USMC Model C clicker, Randall NSB Edge Beveler. Quote
Members Michiel Posted January 19 Members Report Posted January 19 Do you have a service manual? In my experience, it's best to do all the settings in the order described if you really want the machine adjusted properly Michiel Quote
Members WVCharlie Posted January 19 Author Members Report Posted January 19 I have not been able to find a service manual that goes into this much detail. Quote
Members Michiel Posted January 19 Members Report Posted January 19 I do have a service manual (it did help me with my 169) maybe a moderator can help me to post it because its bigger than 1.46 mb Quote
Members WVCharlie Posted January 19 Author Members Report Posted January 19 That would be great! Quote
Members Michiel Posted January 20 Members Report Posted January 20 Turns out its an german language only version (I am sorry) But You might be able to translate it online if you sent a pm with your email adres i can sent it by email (i think i do have a service manual for the adler 167 in english, you might be able to use that as well) Quote
Members nejcek74 Posted January 20 Members Report Posted January 20 there are many manuals on internet, but I couldn't fine something exactly for 169. Service instruction 69-343 DE-EN language than you have this post on leather worker forum: A German only service manual for Adler 169 and so on Quote
Members WVCharlie Posted January 20 Author Members Report Posted January 20 Thank you so much Michiel and nejcek74. I will see what I can do with the German version. Quote
Members Cumberland Highpower Posted January 20 Members Report Posted January 20 (edited) On 1/18/2025 at 2:41 PM, WVCharlie said: I recently acquired an Adler 169-373 cylinder arm machine. It had many issues ( you get what you pay for, right?!). I have taken care of most of them, however, the one I cannot figure out is, the feed timing issue. The needle and inside foot as well as lower feed dog all start moving back ( toward operator) before the needle has cleared the work. This is completely wrong for a compound feed machine. I have never had this issue and don't know what to adjust. No manual I have found has dealt with this adjustment. Any help out there? Current collection of machines- Adler169-373, Adler 67GK373 (2), Adler 205-64, Consew 225, Consew 225RB-3,Singer 153W103, Singer286G132, Singer111W154, Singer 29K60, Adler 30-70, USMC Model C clicker, Randall NSB Edge Beveler. Edited January 20 by Cumberland Highpower Quote
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