Larger Handwheel With Smaller Pulley, For Juki Lu-563 / Consew 226

[Ken B]

Is it possible to swap the handwheel out for one with a larger diameter, and a smaller pulley? I've tried searching for such an item with no luck, which really surprises me.

I have upgraded to the Enduro Pro with a 50mm pulley, but it's still pretty fast for the small webbing items that I sew.

[SARK9]

I have a 563 and use it for similar tasks, and yeah, going across 3/4" webbing doesn't take long LOL. Using a speed reducer is one way to really slow things down.... I make my own, but there are several folks who sell them here if you check around.

Mine looks like:

-DC

[Cascabel]

_{I found one of the huge heavy hand wheels from a Singer 29 at an industrial sewing machine dealer here in Atlanta for a friend to put on his 42-5 because somebody had changed it to a small wheel for some reason. No 42-5 wheels were available, so I did a bit of lathe work, and adapted the 29 wheel. Check with the dealers in your area. Some of them have a pretty good "junk pile" of old parts. The larger wheels were common on some of the more popular older machines. A friend with a lathe can make almost anything fit !!}

[Ken B]

Thanks, I will look for a speed reducer. I knew there had to be a practical solution.

[Constabulary]

I know a guy who custom makes motor pulleys. I think he can make hand wheels too. I was also thinking about a larger one for my Singer 111. I will contact him and ask if he is able to do that. It may take a while to get a response. But we live on the other side of the pond...

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

We used to put these on 111W, LU-563 machines all the time; the heavier hand wheel really helps with starting torque, with that first needle penetration while the machine gets up to speed. Really shines with heavier work. Singer used to make these for similar models that will bolt on directly with no modifications.

I'll see if I have any, and report back here ASAP. I'll know by Monday either way.

[truenorth]

Greg do you have a larger hand wheel than the factory installed on the PFAFF 1245?

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

Greg do you have a larger hand wheel than the factory installed on the PFAFF 1245?

The answer is yes, but I don't know what aftermarket handwheels, if any, will be compatable. I do know Pfaff has and sells them, but at what price from Pfaff. I'll be able to poke around and she what works. I can look into it, and I have some 1245s laying around here I can test this on and report back,

Again, at running speed, the handwheel, does not do a lot, but the heavier handwheel really shines when you start sewing without a running head start into heavy work. Night and day with heavier applications on these machines.

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

This is the one you want, if you can find it;

Singer part #237589, machine pulley is 4LBS, and the handwheel belt pully size is 4-1/4, making it also slower, with a tad more torque than a small pulley.

This works great on LU-563, 111W155, Consew 225, 226, 227, and many, many others.

[Metalhorseman]

On 2/11/2014 at 1:46 PM, Gregg From Keystone Sewing said:

This is the one you want, if you can find it;

Singer part #237589, machine pulley is 4LBS, and the handwheel belt pully size is 4-1/4, making it also slower, with a tad more torque than a small pulley.

This works great on LU-563, 111W155, Consew 225, 226, 227, and many, many others.

Really curious about this ... Has anyone done this ?