A Consew Cp206R Portable Or A Singer 111 Walking Foot

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

Doug;

I wasn't referring to you with my comment about my neck being chopped off.

Wiz,

I appreacite all of your posts, but kindly keep in mind that when you make 'killer statements' about a wildy popular machine that set the standard for nearly every modern walking foot today, well, you can exepct some back lash.

Saying that you would not pay any money for a machine that someone here is likely to have spent decades using, making a living with, is likely to rub some folks the wrong way. We still have quite a few people who woudn't want any other machine, price no object. And, as for the bobbin size, if peole change colors frequently, they may not need a large bobbin. As for a stitch length regulator, yeah, I got it, the dial is a ton easier, but fact is dozens of model of machines from Singer, Seiko, Consew, Juki, and other popular brands use this bed push button stitch length reg.

Just trying to give another point of view, and no offence take by me, and I fully understand your post. No big deal.

[Wizcrafts]

Wiz: Is that machine a descendent of the Singer 111, and therefore similar to the Seiko STH-8 / Consew 206R, or a completely different class of machine?

(I love your bobbin rack, btw)

Cheers.

It is a descendent of a Consew 206 Japanese walking foot design, using a left side mounted M style large bobbin. The Singer 111 is so ancient now, but was the father of walking foot machines as we know them. They had top loading small bobbins. The Juki LU-562 was an improvement on the Singer 111, with reverse. The LU-563 added the Juki large bobbins, which are wider than the M bobbins my machine uses.

My bobbin rack is a piece of cutting board, about 5/16" thick, with holes drilled and long construction nails pressed up from the bottom. I cut it away on the thread stand edge, so it can wrap around the right rear of the table. This is better than having loaded bobbins laying around or in a drawer.