Clarify Feed Dog And Needle Plate Options For Singer 153W Cylinder Arm ?

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

Got any Singer 1911s laying around

[Frankqv]

That was the 153w SV 1911

[GerryR]

Good one, Frank!

[silverbullet]

Yupp I'll take a singer 1911m1a1 too.

[Darren Brosowski]

LOL, during the war it is a certainty that Singer would have been making weapons or parts for them!

I'll have one too - a matched pair would be better

Got any Singer 1911s laying around

[Darren Brosowski]

Just to confuse the issue........

Consew was (or maybe is) a marketing name for Seiko machines in the west. Most Consew machines were rebadged Seikos which were derived from older Singer models.

Most of the Cylinder bed machines were the top half of a 211 but Seiko had this new fandangled idea of putting reverse on everything!

Hello folks, I've been using my Consew 287R cylinder arm machine [which is apparently based on the Singer 153W cylinder arm machines] with a worn out looking feed dog as well as a well worn ( heavily rounded off edges) needle plate. Both were on the machine when i received it used. The feed dog is pn# 240663 and the needle plate is pn# 240664 (singer part numbers). If I'm not mistaken these seem to be a set designed for a binding attachment. Can someone confirm?

I plan to eventually use binder attachments on some items but in the mean time, which set is best designed for basic leather sewing with a smooth bottom presser foot? Is there a set that's better for veg-tan and/or chrome individually? Canvas?

Thanks!

~Doug

[Frankqv]

Quote from Wikipedia

World War II

During World War II, the company suspended sewing machine production to take on government contracts for weapons manufacturing. Factories in the US supplied the American forces with Norden bomb sights and M1 Garand rifle receivers, while factories in Germany provided their armed forces with weapons.^[7]

In 1939, the company was given a production study by the government to draw plans and develop standard raw material sizes for building M1911A1 pistols. The following April 17, Singer was given an educational order of 500 units with serial numbers S800001 - S800500. The educational order was a program set up by the US Ordnance Board to teach companies without gun-making experience to manufacture weapons.

After the 500 units were delivered to the government, the management decided to produce artillery and bomb sights. The pistol tooling and manufacturing machines were transferred to Remington Rand whilst some went to the Ithaca Gun Company. Original Singer pistols are collectable, and in excellent condition sell for $25,000 to $60,000 with the highest paid $80,000 at auction in 2002.^[8]