Members madainkorea Posted May 6 Members Report Posted May 6 Hello, new member here. Acquired this shoe patcher machine today. It looks pretty rough, but seems to be all there. Need to go through it, and see if it needs any new parts. It seems to be similar to a singer 29, but i notice some differences. Have never heard of this company, and google has nothing. Was wondering if anyone who has been around these old shoepatchers might have some insight. Many thanks in advance. cheers, adam Quote
Members Tigweldor Posted May 6 Members Report Posted May 6 (edited) looks like a Singer 29K to me with a very short and stout arm. Does it have the internal foot pressure spring in the head or the steel bar spring on the back of the machine ? Edited May 6 by Tigweldor Quote
Members madainkorea Posted May 6 Author Members Report Posted May 6 looks like it has a spring, not a great photo. going to test it out tomorrow, and see how well it sews. Quote
Members madainkorea Posted May 6 Author Members Report Posted May 6 scoured the web, and haven’t been able to find an example with a similar hand wheel. The arm seems like a different shape than most singers i have seen. haven’t been able to find a serial number, or other identifying numbers on it so far. Quote
Members Tigweldor Posted May 6 Members Report Posted May 6 (edited) Hand wheel can be of any manufacture - just has to have a 9/16" or 14mm bore and it will fit onto the drive shaft stub. Internal foot pressure spring came with the 29K51 / 29K56 series. Arm length came stock in around 12 and 17 inches and they made a narrow arm that takes the 16mm diameter bobbin - a wider arm that takes the 20mm diameter bobbin. Best clue would be a pic of the pinion wheels that drive the hook. Sure like the way they transformed the Singer logo in the treadle frame to Senior - someone sure took all measures to hide the original manufacturer. Could date to the time after the Korean war (1953), when western participation was not liked by many Koreans - could even be that this is a North Korean clone of a 29K - a guy just does not get much info on what they produce over there. Edited May 6 by Tigweldor Quote
Members madainkorea Posted May 7 Author Members Report Posted May 7 Thank you for the info! definitely will be a fun project to research. alot of weird stuff over here that is mix and match. some of the older cars were rebadged and slightly tweaked japanese stuff, but with more recent manufacturing dates. Quote
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