Members Happy Hooligan Posted April 26, 2012 Members Report Posted April 26, 2012 I bought a new servo motor to replace my clutch one for my 111w, and it seems the motor has three bolt holes, while my old GE motor had four. It won't fit on that singer plate the GE was on... Am I missing something? Do I need to drill holes through the table top? I hope not.... What have you guys used to fix this? Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted April 26, 2012 Moderator Report Posted April 26, 2012 Drill new holes and put blind bolts in the old ones as a filler. All modern era motors have three mounting holes. Your Singer must be very old. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members Happy Hooligan Posted April 26, 2012 Author Members Report Posted April 26, 2012 Drill new holes and put blind bolts in the old ones as a filler. All modern era motors have three mounting holes. Your Singer must be very old. All of my machines are very old... The plate is actually held in with screws not bolts... The motor was bolted on the plate. The table top has no holes in it except for the belt and where the machine goes through.... I hate to drill holes in my old wood table top.... Quote
Members dscheidt Posted April 26, 2012 Members Report Posted April 26, 2012 All of my machines are very old... The plate is actually held in with screws not bolts... The motor was bolted on the plate. The table top has no holes in it except for the belt and where the machine goes through.... I hate to drill holes in my old wood table top.... There are brackets that will attach a motor to the back rail of the table. For instance: http://www.southstarsupply.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4894 There are other styles. If you have a good mechanic or industrial machine shop around, they may have other styles. And a metal worker wouldn't have much trouble attaching a mounting plate to a bracke that fits your table. Quote
Members oldtimer Posted April 26, 2012 Members Report Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) All of my machines are very old... The plate is actually held in with screws not bolts... The motor was bolted on the plate. The table top has no holes in it except for the belt and where the machine goes through.... I hate to drill holes in my old wood table top.... Why not use big screws with bolt heads, if you don´t want to drill holes in the table ? / Knut Edited April 26, 2012 by oldtimer Quote "The gun fight at the O.K. corral was actually started by two saddlemakers sitting around a bottle of whiskey talking about saddle fitting"...
Members Happy Hooligan Posted April 27, 2012 Author Members Report Posted April 27, 2012 thanks for the advice everyone... can some one post a pic of how close the holes are to the head and the placement on the table of what would be a new table since mine is so old? Quote
CowboyBob Posted April 27, 2012 Report Posted April 27, 2012 The best thing to do is take all the stuff off the top of your table,turn it upside down,take the new motor & line it up with the belt slot & mark it & drill from underneath,mount motor & flip table over & re-install the stuff you took off,hookup belt & have fun. Bob Quote Bob Kovar Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine Sales Ltd. 3631 Marine Rd Toledo,Ohio 43609 1-866-362-7397
Members Happy Hooligan Posted May 1, 2012 Author Members Report Posted May 1, 2012 Well I ended up turning it upside down (thanks sewmun) and drilling holes. I also had to cut out the two belt holes as they were off now. Plus I had to cut back a bit into the back belt hole so it wouldn't rub. I replaced the old leather belt with a rubber one and it's so much better to sew with it now. No more crazy speeds with that clutch... I also ended up rewiring the light too... Over all pretty happy so far. Quote
KAYAK45 Posted May 2, 2012 Report Posted May 2, 2012 When all else fails, listen to Bob. He had the Singer stuff down. I have the 111w155 with the Serv-pro and love it ! Do as he says. Also the 31-15 with Serv-pro, and the Cowboy 411 w/Serv-pro. Kevin Quote Once believed in GOD and the DOllAR...... Hello God!
Members Gregg From Keystone Sewing Posted May 4, 2012 Members Report Posted May 4, 2012 Sounds like someone had an OLD J & K cluch motor replaced...and yes, that's old. Quote Industrial sewing and cutting, parts sales and service, family owned since 1977, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, 215/922.6900 info@keysew.com www.keysew.com
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