jar944 Report post Posted July 17, 2014 I rolled the dice on a $50 ebay 111g156. Seller had it listed as being locked up. Surprisingly when it showed up today everything was free and turned over w/o any issues. Other than some surface rust to clean up it seems like it should be a easy rebuild. Now I need to decide if its worth keeping my juki 563-3 just for the large bobbin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted July 17, 2014 Nice shot! The only reason I could imagine to sell the Juki is that it probably has no reverse. Otherwise I see no advantage for the 111G156. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jar944 Report post Posted July 17, 2014 Nice shot! The only reason I could imagine to sell the Juki is that it probably has no reverse. Otherwise I see no advantage for the 111G156. Thanks. You are correct my Juki does not have reverse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jar944 Report post Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) Pics from the original auction listing. After wiping it down, blowing out the accumulated dust, fuzz, spiderwebs and dirt. So far Ive checked the timing, moved the saddle, corrected the feed dog height, centered the feed, and adjusted the reverse stitch length to match. I'm still overlooking something as I can only get 5.6-6 SPI with the Forward and reverse matched up. Edited July 21, 2014 by jar944 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shoepatcher Report post Posted July 21, 2014 That is all you are going to get on a Singer 111W156 or 111W157. Both have reverse and the maximum stitch length on these machines with reverse is about 5.5 SPI.. No reverse like a Singer 111W152-111W155, the stitch length is about 8.5 SPI. Sorry. shoepatcher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SARK9 Report post Posted July 21, 2014 FWIW the manuals list the max stitch length as 5 to the inch. -DC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jar944 Report post Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) That is all you are going to get on a Singer 111W156 or 111W157. Both have reverse and the maximum stitch length on these machines with reverse is about 5.5 SPI.. No reverse like a Singer 111W152-111W155, the stitch length is about 8.5 SPI. Sorry. shoepatcher Right, however I *assumed* I could get 5 (not 5.5-6) if everything was set correctly. Also I assume you meant the 152-55 can get 3.5? I'm happy with 5.5, I can stop searching for the missed/incorrect adjustment. FWIW the manuals list the max stitch length as 5 to the inch. -DC Which should be the max matched, unmatched F and R can offset the linkage to achieve 3.5-4 SPI on F and 25+ on R I was taking the 5 a bit too literally Thanks everyone for the info. Edited July 21, 2014 by jar944 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shoepatcher Report post Posted July 21, 2014 Yes. the 152-155 should get about a maximum 7.5mm not 8.5 as I stated earlier. I checked the specs in the manual. That is a stitch length of 3.5spi. Singer always quoted spi, not the length of the stitch. Adler and Pfaff always had it in mm as to stitch length. the 156-157 was 5spi. As Sark9 stated, you can get a longer forward stitch but it will mean a lot smaller back stitch length. shoepatcher. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
