Got my patcher

[Dwight]

I got my patcher . . . set up . . . and working . . . am very happy with it.

May God bless,

Dwight

 

[DocReaper]

Who makes that one? I see the Singer table but where do you stand to use it???

[chuck123wapati]

Nice !!!! 

[DoogMeister]

Nice re-use of the old Singer base.  Keep us posted on how it works.  I've been considering one of these myself.

[TomE]

That's a beauty!  I am still making friends with my patcher but find it is very handy for repairs.  It seems reasonably forgiving of my lack of experience with it.  Have fun.

Here's the manual for the Cobra 29-18 patcher.  https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/4000/3933/files/29-18_Manual.pdf?v=1747672941

Edited 20 hours ago by TomE

[Dwight]

6 hours ago, DocReaper said:

Who makes that one? I see the Singer table but where do you stand to use it???

I have severe peripheral neuropathy in my feet and legs . . .  (starting in my hands as well . . . ugh) . . . so I have to sit while using it.

Coincidentally . . . saw a Singer frame for sale . . . had to laugh when I thought of it . . . 

Wound up buying two frames . . . will make a table for our church out of the other one.

I sit on a folding stool when using it . . . and it is really comfortable.

It is a Chinese copy of a Singer 29 something . . . it is one of the two with the smaller spool . . . about the size of a quarter.

I was somewhat concerned about the thread . . . turns out that good old carpet thread works great in it . . . 

I'm also going to remodel it some day down the road . . . in the arms (solid 2 x 4's right now) . . . I'm going to make some long drawers . . . keep all the thread, bobbins, needles, etc. in them.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Dwight]

21 minutes ago, TomE said:

That's a beauty!  I am still making friends with my patcher but find it is very handy for repairs.  It seems reasonably forgiving of my lack of experience with it.  Have fun.

Here's the manual for the Cobra 29-18 patcher.  https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0631/4000/3933/files/29-18_Manual.pdf?v=1747672941

Excuse me for laughing TomE . . . but just for the heck of it . . . I went to the page on threading . . . the Chinese actually coppied the same images and everything in my book that came with it.

I could not afford even a used Singer here . . . and this one was only 335 bucks.

May God bless,

Dwight

[TomE]

3 hours ago, Dwight said:

Excuse me for laughing TomE . . . but just for the heck of it . . . I went to the page on threading . . . the Chinese actually coppied the same images and everything in my book that came with it.

I could not afford even a used Singer here . . . and this one was only 335 bucks.

May God bless,

Dwight

They might have come by the manual honestly from their Chinese friends who make the Cobra machines.  Glad we're all on the same page.  You got a bargain.

[dikman]

Looks good. I often think isn't it a good thing Singer made those frames to last forever! They can be very useful indeed - and they look cool! My Pfaff 335 is on one.

[Dwight]

2 hours ago, dikman said:

Looks good. I often think isn't it a good thing Singer made those frames to last forever! They can be very useful indeed - and they look cool! My Pfaff 335 is on one.

I bought 2 of em . . . asked the lady if it was a Singer . . . she said yes . . . loaded it up . . . got it home . . . then saw that it didn't have the "Singer" across the middle like the one in the picture.  Had to go buy another one . . . checked it this time.

Yep . . . they are one solid platform for sure.

May God bless,

Dwight