Adjustable Material Guide Needed

[ramrod]

yup, just like the title says. i need an adjustable material guide for a 211w155. i'm not sure if they are manufacturer specific or not.

can someone help?

thank you

[TwinOaks]

Contact Bob Kovar at Toledo Industrial Sewing. Link in ad banners.

[CustomDoug]

  On 10/23/2012 at 4:03 AM, TwinOaks said:

Contact Bob Kovar at Toledo Industrial Sewing. Link in ad banners.

Oh my god, this should be labeled the "Call Bob Kovar" forum sub-section. Bob's a great guy, extremely helpful and I personally like him very much but come on.. there are better more thoughtful answers. Ramrod, these guides are not manufacturer specific, you can find them many places including ALL of our sewing machine sponsors.. amongst other obvious places. There are the ones that screw into the bed of the machine (see two small holes next to the needle plate?) and magnetic ones too. As a matter of fact any foot that a Singer 111 uses will work on your machine (for future reference), so you can use that term to do searches if so inclined. Of course the sponsors will hook you up quicker with no need for the research. hope that helps.

[Wizcrafts]

I bought an edge guide on eBay a couple of years ago, from one of the regular industrial sewing dealers. It has three different edge guides that you can rotate into position. You secure it with thumb screws that I believe were provided with it. Look at you bobbin case on the right side and see if it has one or more tapped holes. If so, and if they are anywhere near being inline with the needle bar, and within about 2 inches of it, this type of guide may work for you.

If the supplied thumbscrews are loose, you can buy larger ones.

I also bought a sliding roller edge guide, bot it tends to get pushed backward, because my mounting holes are nowhere near the center of the bed.

In reality, every industrial sewing machine shop sells edge guides and will modify one to fit your machine. I do shop at Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines for a lot of my parts and accessories (and my big stitcher) and am very satisfied with Bob Kovar's prices and fast delivery. But, sometimes, when I have a few spare bucks in PayPal, I'll make an impulse buy on eBay, from one of the Russian dealers.

[photoshutter]

Looks same eBay guide, pretty well made:

[gottaknow]

Those are nice guides photoshutter. I use them for mounting guides and swing away folders. Really nice that they swing clear without removing and losing your adjustment. There's also a larger version with a solid square plate for mounting heavier folders and such. The three sided ones Wiz spoke of are nice too. Really solid.

Regards, Eric

[Techsew Ron]

  On 10/23/2012 at 6:56 AM, CustomDoug said:

Oh my god, this should be labeled the "Call Bob Kovar" forum sub-section. Bob's a great guy, extremely helpful and I personally like him very much but come on.. there are better more thoughtful answers. Ramrod, these guides are not manufacturer specific, you can find them many places including ALL of our sewing machine sponsors.. amongst other obvious places. There are the ones that screw into the bed of the machine (see two small holes next to the needle plate?) and magnetic ones too. As a matter of fact any foot that a Singer 111 uses will work on your machine (for future reference), so you can use that term to do searches if so inclined. Of course the sponsors will hook you up quicker with no need for the research. hope that helps.

Helpful post, and good suggestions.

Ron

[Wizcrafts]

I also have the swing-away guide shown in a picture posted by Photoshutter. Unfortunately, the first time I tightened the thumb-nut down hard, the threaded screw twisted loose in the steel bracket. I had to have it brazed back onto the bracket and this caused other problems with it. I still use the brazed, sanded and filed swing-away bracket with both the original flat guide and a roller guide. I am now able to crank the nut down hard enough to keep the roller guide from moving with the material.

Edited October 23, 2012 by Wizcrafts

[Rayban]

  On 10/23/2012 at 6:56 AM, CustomDoug said:

Oh my god, this should be labeled the "Call Bob Kovar" forum sub-section. Bob's a great guy, extremely helpful and I personally like him very much but come on.. there are better more thoughtful answers. Ramrod, these guides are not manufacturer specific, you can find them many places including ALL of our sewing machine sponsors.. amongst other obvious places. There are the ones that screw into the bed of the machine (see two small holes next to the needle plate?) and magnetic ones too. As a matter of fact any foot that a Singer 111 uses will work on your machine (for future reference), so you can use that term to do searches if so inclined. Of course the sponsors will hook you up quicker with no need for the research. hope that helps.

Yeah Ramrod, now that you know all this, call Toledo Bob, he's probably got one.

[CustomDoug]

  On 10/23/2012 at 7:39 PM, Rayban said:

Yeah Ramrod, now that you know all this, call Toledo Bob, he's probably got one.

Yea, better get him to send you some machine oil and needles too... I hear he's the only one that's got any.

[Ferg]

Wrong side of the bed this morning? LOL

ferg

[Wizcrafts]

What's goin on here?

[Trox]

I buy my guides from Kwokhing.com, best technology and unbeatable prices. See suspending guides in their web site, send email and pay with paypal. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=37299&st=0 See how I did it in my Pfaff machine, that guide will fit many other Industrial machines too.

good luck

Trox

[ramrod]

lol.....

i couldn't reply until now. i'm glad i returned to see all of the excitement. thanks to all for the replies.

photoshutter - your's is what got me to post this thread. i'm really in need of one.

i wonder if toledo bob has one?