AEH Report post Posted January 21, 2015 Gentlemen, some time ago I got some good advice on selecting a motor for my Claes 214-1, an Adler 108-5 clone. (This thread: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=59603&hl= ) . For anyone interested, I ended up buying a Jack KJ561A , and a speed reducer from Sieck . The speed reducer came to a very good price with European shipping, but unfortunately with a very long delivery time, still waiting. In the meantime I am trying to learn a bit more about the machine, as I know very little about sewing machines. This machine came with six different feet. The foot on the left in the picture was attached when I got it, and it was used by a sail maker. I would be very grateful for advise about the intended use of the different feet, and also for the different guides. Thanks, Arvid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 21, 2015 Your machine is rather a "clone" of the Adler 5 (not 105). I can make a lot of words but instead I will post here or send you an extract from the original Adler 4 /5 manual where a lot of the attachments are pictured and described (in German language). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 21, 2015 There you go - I hope you can deal with it Attachments Adler 4, 5, 104, 104, Singer45K, Claes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gregg From Keystone Sewing Report post Posted January 21, 2015 Stop, I can't deal with it!! Thanks, nice information. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 21, 2015 You can´t? You have to! Sorry Gregg but I don´t have the patience to translate it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AEH Report post Posted January 21, 2015 There you go - I hope you can deal with it Attachments Adler 4, 5, 104, 104, Singer45K, Claes Thanks again, Costabulary! great help, and I do read German well enough to understand most of this text. And I'm sure this will be helpful to a lot of members. Arvid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 21, 2015 I always wondered why these attachments are no longer made. @ Darren Brosowsky f you read this - how about reproducing these attachments in India? I guess you have contacts there, right? I think most are quite useful for leather workers. Aren´t they? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Brosowski Report post Posted January 21, 2015 I would want them made right so I would make them here. At the moment I have the roller guide and roller foot. I always wondered why these attachments are no longer made. @ Darren Brosowsky f you read this - how about reproducing these attachments in India? I guess you have contacts there, right? I think most are quite useful for leather workers. Aren´t they? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evo160K Report post Posted January 22, 2015 So how can a person copy the text from the document Constabulary posted in response #3 and paste it into Google Translate? I've tried, but for some reason can't copy it. Would one of the computer savvy people on LW please tell us computer challenged people how to do it? I will certainly appreciate it, and I suspect others will also. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted January 22, 2015 So how can a person copy the text from the document Constabulary posted in response #3 and paste it into Google Translate? I've tried, but for some reason can't copy it. Would one of the computer savvy people on LW please tell us computer challenged people how to do it? I will certainly appreciate it, and I suspect others will also. Basically, it is a picture, not text. (Scanned and saved as a PDF document.) It would have to be run through OCR (optical character recognition) software first to convert it to text. Then you can copy and past to google.Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evo160K Report post Posted January 22, 2015 Northmount, Well that makes perfect sense, thank you. Is getting and running it through the OCR software a big deal or expensive? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted January 22, 2015 Northmount, Well that makes perfect sense, thank you. Is getting and running it through the OCR software a big deal or expensive? I'll see if it will work for me tonight. If I can find German settings in my software. I bought PDF Pro a while back. Around $100. Has worked ok for me so far. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evo160K Report post Posted January 22, 2015 That would be great. I'm anxious to learn the results. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted January 23, 2015 Well the converter didn't care about the language. I haven't proof read the files so there could be characters that didn't come through correctly. The PDF includes the graphics and text. You should be able to copy the text out now. In case you have problems, the text file is only text so will definitely be able to copy the text from it. You will be able to compare the text visually so you can match up with the illustrations. Attachments.pdf Attachments.txt Have fun! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evo160K Report post Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) Tom, That's awesome! Thank you. It copied easily and pasted into Google Translate no problem. That particular text was difficult for google to translate, however you do get the sense of what's being explained. I suspect a more technical translator would do better. So what does a person need for their computer to be able to do a conversion from .pdf to text? My Dell is running Windows 7 Thanks Tom. Edited January 23, 2015 by Evo160K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted January 23, 2015 Tom, That's awesome! Thank you. It copied easily and pasted into Google Translate no problem. That particular text was difficult for google to translate, however you do get the sense of what's being explained. I suspect a more technical translator would do better. So what does a person need for their computer to be able to do a conversion from .pdf to text? My Dell is running Windows 7 Thanks Tom. Do a Google search for "ocr abbyy finereader free download". I used it several years ago. It was being supplied with some scanners too. There are others too, search "ocr software". There is open source, etc. Most should run in Windows 7. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evo160K Report post Posted January 23, 2015 Fantastic!! Thank you Tom, thank you very much. Now maybe I'll be able to read those old sewing machine manuals. That's exciting. Thanks again Tom. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted January 23, 2015 I never was thinking of an OCR and also never tried it... Good idea! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
