Members susanjeanscott Posted 13 hours ago Members Report Posted 13 hours ago Hi all, I recently acquired an early Claes bootpatcher, badged “Hugo Wertheim Melbourne”. Its in great condition for such an old machine, filthy but no broken or missing parts, and I have managed to get it stitching with the help of an old manual in German, and the manual for the newer machines, in English. It came with some needles that are too short, I had to slide one needle down in the needle bar till it worked. I am interested if anyone has a manual for these old machines that’s in English. Also and more importantly, I would like to find a source for the proper needles, which I suspect is system 88, or even just the length of this type of needle.. If anyone can help I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance!! Quote
Members Constabulary Posted 4 hours ago Members Report Posted 4 hours ago Needles should be system 88. Not sure which manual you have but this one (German Language) should be fairly close: Claes+Elastik+I+u+III_cleaned.pdf Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
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