29K Singer, Can In Work In Some Way?

[billymac814]

That's an older one without the removeable horn piece or whatever its called. I had a 29k-51 like that, the only problems with those is if the lower gears go out there are no parts for them. I now have a total of 4 patchers, the best being the Claes, second best is a Adler long arm and a singer 29k-58(for sale) and a 29-4 as decoration.

I talked with bob about motorizing my Adler and the cheaper option was the 1 amp motor but he said it lacks power to punch through a lot of stuff so you need to get it started with the handwheel, after that it should go just fine. I ended up going with a table and servo and speed reducer, it was about 400 bucks all together. About half of my business is repair work so I spend a lot of time at a patcher, I would never be without one. I did switch my Claes over to the powered stand and put the Adler back on its treadle. I have a European gear reduction motor that I got with my Claes, I'm going to try it out on one of them at some point, I was told they are very good motors but I haven't messed with it yet.

You probably did ok with the price, I sold my 51 for around 350.00 with the treadle and all, it had just been serviced by a local guy so it was sound. The treadle alone is probably 100-150 so you're right in that range if it works good. There are manuals online as well, I think Shoe systems plus has them on their site for download.