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.

 

[SAiNTWiLD]

3 hours ago, friquant said:

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.

 

3 hours 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.

You led me to the light, thank you so much!

 

Everything is working perfectly now woohoo!