Adding Reverse To A Machine

[TomG]

I'm sure the answer to this is a resounding NO, but figured I'd ask to eliminate that 1% of doubt I have left.

Can the older Singers, like the 111W models, have feed reverse added to them via a mod?

Thanks

[CowboyBob]

It would be nice if it could be done but it can't the machine doesn't have the boss's cast into it to mount the shafts needed to make it work.

[TomG]

Yea... Figured it was something like that.

If I start using the W155 more, I'll probably trade it in for a Consew or something.

Thanks.

[Wizcrafts]

You still have Poor Man's Reverse. Just turn the work around and stitch backwards. Or, lift the foot to release the tension, pull the work forward two stitches, then lower the needle into a hole two stitches back and stitch forward two stitches. I do this all the time on my Singer 139-101. Sometimes I just go back and forth between two stitches, lifting and pulling the leather forward one stitch.

[TomG]

Hahah That's what I've been doing both at times. I seem to have better results with stitching a couple in the reverse direction and then spinning the piece around. If I stitch 2 or 3, pull forward and stitch, I seem to miss the first holes about 50% of the time. Need to improve my lighting, I think!

[Singermania]

With a little practice you can lift the foot, pull back a stitch and lock one thru, lift and pull back another stitch and lock one thru and so on, then to lock the whole lot in you could go forward again. If you weren't sewing leather, you could do what the motor trimmers and sailmakers do and simply lift the foot and run the machine as a darner and run the cloth back and forward as many times as you like.