Singer 45K25 Advice Sought

[SAiNTWiLD]

Hello everyone

 

I have recently purchased a Singer 45K25 as I wanted to complete a leather upholstery project for my car.

 

The machine came with a wheel instead of a foot and the alignment of the wheel was weird where it came down onto the leather. I couldn't sew the upholstery as the wheel grips further away from where I need the pressure to be. I am topstitching if that helps to clarify?

 

So I purchased a foot for the machine and it arrived and I installed it, but now my issue is that even with the presser foot bar wound down to its lowest setting, I still have close to 1cm gap between the foot. and the feed dogs.

 

I sat in the slough of despond for a while thinking I had bought a machine too fierce and uncouth for what I wanted to sew, when I thought perhaps I can have a foot made with a longer shank?

 

My thinking is that it would not just be a matter of having a longer shank, but the needle hole opening would need to be calculated correctly as the foot angles out from the bar it is attached to. So if I commissioned a foot it might need a little engineering knowhow to ensure the needle hole aligned correctly.

 

Does anyone here understand what I am talking about? better still, does anyone know someone who knows how to fabricate what I am talking about?

 

I think a shank approximately 10mm longer would allow me to unwind some of the presser bar and give a bit of allowance back for adjusting the pressure and would allow me to sew materials thinner than 1cm thick. Attached is a photo of the machine with the foot all the way down.

Am I under thinking this? Am I nuts? I really like my beastie machine a lot and am reluctant to rid myself of it.

[friquant]

1 hour ago, SAiNTWiLD said:

with the presser foot bar wound down to its lowest setting, I still have close to 1cm gap between the foot. and the feed dogs.

Can you show a picture of what you adjusted to put the presser foot bar at its lowest setting?

[SAiNTWiLD]

50 minutes ago, friquant said:

Can you show a picture of what you adjusted to put the presser foot bar at its lowest setting?

I wound this down as far as it can go (where my hand is). I took the plat off and included the entire mechanism in case there is another trick you can show me.

[friquant]

The knob that you turned increases the spring pressure. You can loosen that back up.

To bring the presser foot down to a usable position, loosen the screw near the bottom of the spring.