Just got a Consew 255RB. It needs an oil pan.

[Stagesmith]

I just got a Consew 255RB and I'm trying to get it set up, but it uses an internal oil system that requires an oil pan to catch the run off.

I can't find one for this machine, but since everything is a copy of a Singer I'm wondering if there is another pan that would work.

I'm seeing lots of Juki pans on eBay.

I have a metal fab shop and could make one from scratch, but it's going to take a while to fabricate that shape. Also the real ones have the pass thru for the knee lifter.

Any help would be appreciated

[Constabulary]

I think it uses just a "plain" drip pan and a a drip can with oil reservoir, right? I guess the one for the Singer 211 should work but I´d check with a consew dealer they may have one or can order the correct one. See pictures here:

https://consew.com/products/consew-model-255rb-3

Or check the parts list and google the parts number and machine model

Edited September 30 by Constabulary

[Stagesmith]

The Consew part number is #15080. I can find a few listings for it but nobody seems to actually have one.

it is a full pan not a drip tray.

The 206RB is just a tray, but the 255RB is more like a gas engine oil pan.

 

Edited September 30 by Stagesmith

[Constabulary]

is there an oil pump on the underside or are there hanging wicks into the pan that suck up oil (I don´t think so)? So if not it is a manual oiling machine (basically). I think the hooks run in an oil bath but is is a closed system. I think you can use random oil drip pans. But maybe you can post pictures from the underside of the machine.

[Stagesmith]

There is an oil reservoir in the top of the machine. Running the machine feeds oil through multiple internal lines until it drips off the bottom of the machine. It really is an industrial machine.

[Constabulary]

I´m aware of that, I have several, incl a 212 Singer (2 needle version of 211) which is basically the mother of your 255. Mine also has a reservoir under the top lid. But sometimes clone machines come with upgrades. So if you need just a drip pan with no oil reservoir you have to look for one with enough depth. I´d still contact a Consew dealer and order one. Maybe these folks in Seattle:

https://www.chholderby.com/

[Stagesmith]

I decided I'm going to use the table as a form and vacu-form a plastic drip pan into the opening.

I already have an industrial vacuum pump in the leather area for vacu-forming leather into 3D shapes.

I'll block off the underside of the opening, make a plywood frame around the opening to restrain the sheet and just heat the plastic in place with heat guns.

Hit the vacuum pump and suck the hot plastic into the opening.

Should work great, and I already have everything I need to do it.