Singer 111W103 - I am a nooby and just got my first sewing machine.

[Guest Rob R]

Just decided to dive in deep - got a working Singer 111W103 with table for $250. Don’t want to pay someone for work I could enjoy doing myself and have a machine for other jobs essentially paying for most of itself on the first small tent canvas job. I am DIY replaced the timing belt and new servo motor - almost made the mistake of getting a reversible one and found out can’t do that…ok. I am looking for a copy/pdf of instructions/parts diagrams - I have found the same copied 100 times 15 page parts list - got that - any other documentation would be most welcome. Can’t post pictures? So Serial number is W760987 Type 111W103

[AlZilla]

Ok, hopefully Guest Rob finds this post. I flipped it to the sewing machine sub forum where it should get some action. 

Later today I'll have time to come tell you a little unless someone else gets to it first. 

Let me strongly encourage you to join the forum as a regular member so you can get notices of things like this reply.

Basically, you have a solid machine, assuming it's working well. The W series serial numbers are all 1940's production.

[Rob R]

7 hours ago, AlZilla said:

Ok, hopefully Guest Rob finds this post. I flipped it to the sewing machine sub forum where it should get some action. 

Later today I'll have time to come tell you a little unless someone else gets to it first. 

Let me strongly encourage you to join the forum as a regular member so you can get notices of things like this reply.

Basically, you have a solid machine, assuming it's working well. The W series serial numbers are all 1940's production.

Thanks appreciate the reply - I hope to find documentation to help me order parts etc. I managed to cut and paste this together for parts I may need. Sure isn’t easy ordering parts from my local “experts” needed a 41 tooth timing belt - not happy not getting the work to install it…gives me a 55 tooth belly as the replacement…not in a month of Sundays will that go in so I returned it and ordered the OG belt from a guy on eBay it has steel teeth/staples on a cloth belt - will be here Saturday. Hope I don’t have to do the job again soon as the new belts are vinyl.

 

7 hours ago, AlZilla said:

Ok, hopefully Guest Rob finds this post. I flipped it to the sewing machine sub forum where it should get some action. 

Later today I'll have time to come tell you a little unless someone else gets to it first. 

Let me strongly encourage you to join the forum as a regular member so you can get notices of things like this reply.

Basically, you have a solid machine, assuming it's working well. The W series serial numbers are all 1940's production.

[Constabulary]

the needle plate and feed dog seem to be raised so the machine once was used for edge binging operations. Timing belt 224195 works for all 111w IIRC.

Edited 6 hours ago by Constabulary

[Rob R]

8 hours ago, AlZilla said:

Ok, hopefully Guest Rob finds this post. I flipped it to the sewing machine sub forum where it should get some action. 

Later today I'll have time to come tell you a little unless someone else gets to it first. 

Let me strongly encourage you to join the forum as a regular member so you can get notices of things like this reply.

Basically, you have a solid machine, assuming it's working well. The W series serial numbers are all 1940's production.

I have actually signed up and been approved but I see my post shows me as a “guest” hope that is a temp. thing and I can post pictures too.

[friquant]

Congrats on machine ownership!

I've you've got a vinyl/rubber belt with correct sized teeth but just too many of them, I've read you can shorten the belt:

https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/59855-singer-307g2-problem/page/2/

 

[friquant]

Did you find a manual? https://www.lrcrafts.it/manuals-vintage-singer-sewing-machines/ has manuals for similar machines, though I'm not seeing one for the 111W103 specifically. You can even read the manuals for the 111W144, 111W155, 111W156 they'll be similar.