Singer 45K68 Question.

[daveydude]

I'm looking at a Singer 45K68 which I understand is a sole stitching machine with an angled foot. Does anyone know what the feed mechanism is, and can I replace it with a different foot for general work on veg tan leather?

If this machine won't do what I need it to do, which variant of the 45K should I be looking for? Ideally I think I want a walking foot machine.

I'm attaching a photo of the actual machine in question.

[pcox]

the needle plate and feed dog are also angled. It will take a lot of parts and work to convert it. It's a 4 motion feed dog and it will mark up the bottom side.

[daveydude]

OK, thank you! The guy selling it has extra feet & needle plates, but you're saying it's a lot more involved than that?

[pcox]

If you have all the right parts and know how to install and readjust the feed and presser bar it's not too bad

[Darren Brosowski]

That is assuming the body even has the drillings for the feed assembly and it probably won't as I think the bottom casting is specific to this machine.

If you were in Australia I would love this for my collection!

45k25 or 45k21 are the machine you are looking for. They are identical except the 25 left the factory with a roller foot and the 21 with a standard foot.

Edited August 2, 2014 by Darren Brosowski

[daveydude]

Thanks people - very useful info.

[jimi]

Hi Dave, i think the feeding dog for this needle plate is a two toothed one, there is also another plate for this machine that has the normal two rows of teeth and a small blade in the middle which cuts a channel in the sole. the plate is slanted like the foot in the picture. iam shure you could use this for normal sewing but you may have to make up a few parts. if you are still interested i can upload a few pictures of my 45k and its parts as i tried to do the opposite, i tried to make that plate for my 45k21 and it works (more or less)