shoepatcher Report post Posted January 7, 2015 Alexitbe, I found the best lubricate for those areas was STP. It is thicker than oil and thinner than grease. Really works well. The problem with grease is that it will hold dirt and other things that you do not want in the gears and roller cam tracks like metal shavings or broken needles in the gears. glenn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 7, 2015 I´m using grease only in capsuled gear boxes f.i. my 307G2 has one and the 133K3 has two. My 111G156 and the 29K71 get my favorite S-761 oil. As Shoepatcher said, grease holds dirt, lint and so on. Oil in best case and when used frequently will wash out some of the dirt. I still oil my 133K3 about twice a month no matter if I used or not (stupid hum?) as some of the bushings still "spit out" some old dirt bound in the oil that is dripping from the machine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alexitbe Report post Posted January 22, 2015 Ok, I took everyone advice and used no grease... It is now working and 'I made my first repair last night, on my son's shoes which were about to be thrown out. In retrospect, I could simply have replaced the spring in the shuttle which had a groove in from the thread. This made a huge difference and I can really get tension on the thread... Without any real refinement I have 3mm stitches with balanced upp and lower tension. I replaced the spring on the needle bar, which also had a groove in it. I imagine this also helped. I got to learn how to maximise the lift of the foot. So now its a little below maximum, on the high setting. I have not checked the low setting yet. I have only cleaned the head. I will attempt the rest at another date.I I only managed to remove one hinge, that I mentioned above and I still cannot remove the screws to look at the gearing. I hope eventual, after much oil, they will move. C heersAle x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Brosowski Report post Posted January 25, 2015 A good friend of mine gave me this link as part of a thread on Wittenberg built domestic machines. It appears that the German factory may have been responsible for the 15-88 and possibly the 201 domestic machines. http://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/wittenberge/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Well - Singer in Wittenberge made A LOT of industrial sewing machines as is seems - they even made a 111W type called 111WD. Here you can find a list of German made / assembled "Wittenberge" Singers: http://home.arcor.de/veritasklub/naehmaschinenwerk_produktionsprofil/seite01_singer.htm http://home.arcor.de/veritasklub/naehmaschinenwerk_produktionsprofil/seite02_singer.htm Yet I unfortunately have not seen many of the German made machines (meaning pre 1945 made). I would love to see (and own) one of the 111WD model machines. I guess a lot of factory used industrial machines where destroyed during the allied air raids during the war. I was fortunate to acquire a wooden box of an traveling shoemaker (or cobbler) + leather worker. And that box contained a nice bunch of NOS singer spare parts (tension springs and tiny screws mainly) Singer needles and a huge lot of harness and Sys 328 needles, awls, thread and so forth. The most interesting part (though not very spectacular) was and accessory box of the 111WD machine so I know they really exited! I asked the seller if he still has the machine but seems it is long gone - too bad. Edited January 25, 2015 by Constabulary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
