Singer 145 W1

[gary jackson]

Kia Ora, I have just aquired a Singer 145 W1 it was previously used on a yacht in the Meditteranean and is a head only ,apparently it was powered by battery powered hand drill. The machine has a kinky setup for changing stitch length and also the reverse via a lever, the other thing I had not come across before is a dial on the front of the body which you turn to alter from a straight stitch to a variable zigzag stitch. It came with large bobbins and a very strong thin cotton thread I assume that it had been used on sails. I have it sewing by hand ( have yet to source a table and motor ) I can not get it to sew with #69 thread which is annoying. Has any one out there had expience with this machine , it is not the walking foot longarm model that is on the web. Any comments or info much appreciated. Sorry I don`t have the savvy to upload photo.

[CowboyBob]

It's to bad you can't post a pic cuz I'd sure like to see it.I know what a 145w101 is a double needle & heve seen alot of them but I've never seen a 145w with zig-zag.

Bob

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

It's to bad you can't post a pic cuz I'd sure like to see it.I know what a 145w101 is a double needle & heve seen alot of them but I've never seen a 145w with zig-zag.

Bob

Bob, your not seeing the whole picture; this machine is on a yacht in the Meditteranean, and if you lift the foot while sewing, and the boat rocks back and forth, vola, zig zag!

[Trox]

Hi Gary,

Are you sure about the model number?

Trox

[CowboyBob]

Greg,esp if the sail is still on the boat?

Trox,I questioned that model# too,but the 145's I've seen all have 3)# after the wlike 101,204,305 never seen a single #

Sometimes people also switch the tags too!So w/o a pic it'll be hard to help him.

Bob

[Wizcrafts]

It zigs and zags and does the Sugarfoot Rag!

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

Greg,esp if the sail is still on the boat?

Trox,I questioned that model# too,but the 145's I've seen all have 3)# after the wlike 101,204,305 never seen a single #

Sometimes people also switch the tags too!So w/o a pic it'll be hard to help him.

Bob

Depends on the barametric pressure, of course, and if the day falls on an odd calender month day #.

On a serious note, I have no clue what a Singer 145W1 means. Of couse, like you Bob the only Singer 145W I've seen is a double needle walking foot heavy capicty sewing.

Like you said, we would need to see an image to try to make out what he has there.

[sandyt]

Is it this one?

Don't know anything about the machine though.

Sandy.

[machinehead]

Gary,

My guess was that you have a Singer 143w1; but I don't think that they have reverse. I think that the photo that Sandy just posted may be a 143w1.

[sandyt]

I think your right Machinehead. Must be a 143w1.

The 3 is easily mistaken by a 5 if it's not realy clear.

Sandy.

[gary jackson]

Sandy you are a genius, or as we say in my country ``that`s the bugger``, do you have any knowledge about this model? I have only just read these posts and will now attack Google. Thanks for the humour Guys, I was getting a little green around the gills. Good old Leatherworker.net delivers the goods again. Bravo.

[CowboyBob]

So it's a 143w1 here's a manual for it

http://parts.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/143W1.pdf

Bob

[gary jackson]

So it's a 143w1 here's a manual for it

http://parts.singerc...nuals/143W1.pdf

Bob

Kia Ora Bob, thanks for that I found it on Google yesterday and it is a pretty comprehensive manual. It is so good for `machine ignorant` guys like me to be able to tap into the collective knowledge that is given so freely by the Members of this Community. This machine is quite a little doozy and will be quite handy, it bangs away thru about 9mm without any trouble at all, regards Gary.