Members JustGregL Posted August 15, 2014 Members Report Posted August 15, 2014 Hi All, This is my first post so forgive if I'm covering old ground again. I recently got a Singer 29K51, that was a barn find. The price was great, even with the shipping I still came our under $125. This machine definitely needs some restoration and while a few parts are missing it is relatively complete. My first question: There seem to be a few suppliers of parts old and new on line. Does anyone have a recommendation or a warning of who to do or not to do business with? Next Question: I have down loaded a lot of parts lists and catalog reproductions, but an actual repair manual or guide doesn't seem to exist. Does anyone know of such a guide, or have one they want to sell? Thank you in advance, GregL Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted August 15, 2014 Moderator Report Posted August 15, 2014 You can contact our member-dealers for parts and copies of adjusters manuals. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members Constabulary Posted August 15, 2014 Members Report Posted August 15, 2014 Don´t know where you are from but I had good experience with College Sewing in the UK. I bought all parts for the restoration of my 29K71 from them and all work fine and the prices are reasonable compared with Ebay. Especially the needle bar has a very good price. https://www.college-sewing.co.uk/Singer29K,29USewingMachineParts Most parts for the 29K71 will work for the 29K51 as well but you have to compare the parts numbers. this was my restoration project: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=56079#entry360060 Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Members Constabulary Posted August 15, 2014 Members Report Posted August 15, 2014 BTW - this is a quite simple machine. I have never touched one before I got mine and I have stripped it down and reassembled it w/o problems. The only thing you really have to adjust is the hook timing but thats explained in most of the manuals you can download somewhere. Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Members JustGregL Posted August 15, 2014 Author Members Report Posted August 15, 2014 Hi Guys, Thanks for the advice! Constabulary I'm in California, I saw your photos of the restoration on your machine, Nice Work!!! Quote
CowboyBob Posted August 15, 2014 Report Posted August 15, 2014 I don't want to burst your bubble BUT the gears that run the shuttle are not available for this machine & haven't been for at least 34 yrs that I know of,alot of the other parts will interchange, I just thought I'd mention this before you dump much $$ into this machine. These gears are similar to the ones in the 29K53,55 & 56 which you might want to buy for parts if you see any. They have real fine teeth on them & break pretty easy.We do have most other parts in stock. Quote Bob Kovar Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine Sales Ltd. 3631 Marine Rd Toledo,Ohio 43609 1-866-362-7397
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