Singer 45k37

[tresurrection]

Anyone know anything about this balance wheel clutch setup and what it was used for?  Machine is 1916 and it seems like an original part. Thanks

[AlZilla]

"Singer Driving Device" comes to mind. I really don't know any more than that. I've seen pictures. Maybe this is something different.

[kgg]

39 minutes ago, tresurrection said:

Anyone know anything about this balance wheel clutch setup and what it was used for?

Interesting I have never seen a Singer 45k or 46k that was a flatbed before. The machine mounted clutch system was probably setup so the machine could be driven from a ceiling or wall mounted main drive system that powered more then one machine in a factory setting.

kgg

 

[AlZilla]

24 minutes ago, kgg said:

ceiling or wall mounted main drive system that powered more then one machine in a factory setting.

Yes! That's almost certainly it. I've seen pictures with the overhead shaft.  That pulley being a clutch is the part I wasn't registering.

Well, color me envious.

[Constabulary]

Definitely a clutch system. The machine it self is a jump foot machine. The jump foot system is similar to what you find on Adler 4 or Adler 5 machines (and later models).

Edited 2 hours ago by Constabulary

[AlZilla]

Here's the overhead shaft in the upper right hand corner.