Anybody Know This Machine?

[sandyt]

Those where my first thoughts. But I realy don't want to drill holes in the original parts.

When I get my next pay ( ) I will go to a machineshop to ask what it will cost me. Don't have a clue.

I will let you know.

Sandy.

[amuckart]

Those where my first thoughts. But I realy don't want to drill holes in the original parts.

If you remove the two screws from the needle clamp completely, the front plate comes off. My plan was to make a part that replaced that front plate and was held on by the original screws so it didn't require any permanent modification of the machine at all.

[sandyt]

That was my second thought I guess but I skipped that one for some reason. I will give that a try tomorrow for sure.

Sandy.

[Les No6]

Hi Sandy my mistake I can see the parts I referred to in the second picture as to the little spring in the shuttle it's not essential, you could make one using the steel from an old tape measure, or you could buy one from Aaron Martins. A common mistake people make is set up the No6 dosnt have a top thread tension, tension is set by the shuttle, its important to read the setup instructions in the manual and follow to the letter for the machine to work correctly. I would strongly advise you not to run the machine with the needle setup you have in the picture especially with the motor you are likely to bust the machine and, or injure yourself machine needles are hard and brittle if caught up in the shuttle could cause a lot of damage. It's also not a good idea to run the machine on the motor until you are fully familiar with it they do require some skill to use, the No6 isn't well balanced at all and shouldn't be ran at high speed, sit at the machine unthread it and turn it by hand as fast as you can this is about as fast as it should be run, my No6 is run via a counter shaft this also gives higher torque. The No6 is a fantastic machine my personal favourite heavy stitcher, produces a very high quality strong stitch, very easy on the thread, equally adept at fine light work as it is with heavy no adjustment needed just change needle and rethread, sounds amazing too, a true craftsman's tool.

Thats a lot of toy for relatively little money indeed.

I realy would like to see some pictures of the parts I am missing. I don't know what parts you are revering to.

Luckaly the bobbin is flat. But the spring in the shuttle underneath the bobbin is broken of. I have to fix that. It holds the bobin tight.

I have ordered some needles at Strima. I am waiting for some respond from them.

I am sure having my eyes open for these machines in Holland. But I have never seen them before though.

I don't sell this machine. It has to many moving parts that I realy realy like. Just like my Junker & Ruh. I can't stop watching the moving parts.

Thanks for the info.

Am I missing some parts here?

Here is a pick of the back amuckart.

Greetings,

Sandy.

[Wizcrafts]

The last time I spoke with Aaron Martin's shop (~ a half year ago), they were pretty much out of the sewing machine parts business and only concentrating on selling goods they produce in the shop (rebuilt after a very bad fire). They couldn't even supply me with one single part for my Union Lockstitch machine, which they did in the past.

[amuckart]

The last time I spoke with Aaron Martin's shop (~ a half year ago), they were pretty much out of the sewing machine parts business and only concentrating on selling goods they produce in the shop (rebuilt after a very bad fire). They couldn't even supply me with one single part for my Union Lockstitch machine, which they did in the past.

I really hope that's not still the case! There are some parts I desperately need to get my #6 going and I'm about to put a reasonably significant parts order in with them.

I did email John Leighton who said they only manufacture parts for #6s they are rebuilding in-shop, not for resale, and Henry Veenhoven who I believe supplied some parts to Aaron Martin but I haven't heard back from Henry. I'm not aware of any other sources for replacement parts for the #6. At least you can still get Union Lock parts from Campbell-Randall.

[sandyt]

Thanks for your concern and tips Les No.6. But the little motor only runs at 140 rpm and then there is the speedreduction from the pulleys. It only sews at about 45 stitches/minute. I guess I could sew faster by hand? Won't do that though. In fact, I will slow down the motor even more with a frequency converter (VLP or VLD??). I realy don't want to stress the machine. It's only hobby so I will not be hurried stitching.

Aaron Martin still sells needles Wizcraft, but don't know about the litthe shuttle spring. Didn't order the needles yet. Imca/Global Holland told me they had some needles I could try. They will send me a few for free to try!! Love those people already. So I will first try those needles.

Just curious Amuckart. How far are you witch your no.6 restauration? Are there some pics on the net I could look at?

Sandy.

[amuckart]

I haven't gotten that far with my machine yet; I've also been distracted by other projects (moving house, twice, and now trying to fix other machines to make space) so it's been sitting in the corner doing nothing for ages waiting for me to order parts for it. I will eventually put some information about it up on my website.

What's really frustrating is that I can't even sew with it because the needle clamp screws are damaged so it won't hold a needle when stitching through more than about 4mm of leather, and it's missing the spring that holds the tension on the foot lifting toggle, so the foot doesn't lift properly. Once I have the parts, I will get it running properly, then strip it completely and start a cosmetic restoration. I haven't been able to get the idea of fully restoring it out of my head since seeing pictures of Peter Main's amazingly restored machine (and the wife acceptance factor goes up quite a bit if it looks less like a rusted hulk in the corner )

When it came to me the machine had been sitting in a shed for about 20 years, it was dry, but very dirty.

Nothing you won't have seen with your one though. I have most of an original bobbin winder for it too, acquired separately, and am working on patterns to get the missing wax pot cast up. Frustratingly my machine has the remnants of a hot waxing apparatus - of a different model to yours - which is something I really want to get and restore, but I doubt I'll ever find at a price I can afford. I now have a top wax pot for it too, but that is missing a bunch of the internal parts which I'll need to get made.

[Brtz]

Hi,

Trox wrote: "

Singer is not alone copying popular sewing machine models, but here I find a strange model from Singer, The 45A 92 http://parts.singerco.com/IPpartCharts/45A92.pdf It is a copy of the Adler 204 -64. In addition, Singer 45A 93 http://parts.singerco.com/IPpartCharts/45A93.pdf who is a copy of the Adler 205-64. If you look at the part lists and compare them with the Adler part list, you will see it has Adler part numbers. It is photocopies of the Adler part list. I wonder if Sewmun or anybody else has seen any of this Singer models in the US before.

Trox"

By searching the net I found much more readable copy of the part list of Singer 45A93 than a singerco copy linked above.

Try this: http://www.supsew.com/catalogs-reference-materials/ and look for Singer 45A93

There is also very good copy of part list for Adler 205-6 (205-64)

Regards, Bert