Parts For A Singer 45K69

[jimi]

Hi Simran, nice machine you got there. looks like someone filled up your needle plate with solder or something?? it should be slanted like your feed dog teeth, and the foot should also be slanted. it dosent look like the original foot, or maybe it has been modified?? they twisted from the left side to the right side and they were slanted and had a small lip on the side probably acting as a guide to maintain the distance from the edge the same. you can see them in the parts book for your machine.

http://dixiesewingmachine.tzo.com/MANUALS/SINGERPARTS2/45K68,K69,K71.pdf

seems like there were two plate options, one is the slanted one you have and the other a flat plate with a two toothed feed dog for the. i made up a plate like this for my 45k21 and it works very well, if you adjust the stitch length to the same distance as the space between the two teeth on your feed dog then on straight runs you dont see any marks on the bottom side of the leather. the needle plate you have, had a small knife which fitted in the channel leading up to the needle hole, this was to cut a channel on the sole and bury the thread. part nº 95111. i would imagine that you could make a flat single plate no problem, but remember that the teeth on the 45k21 feed dog are shorter in height, maybe the 45k89 similar feed dog has taller teeth?? this is something you will have to try and measure or compare before buying the feed dog. if you need any measurements for the 45k21 teeth just ask. the length of the teeth on the feed dog 95101 are a lot longer as it has to pass through 2 plates, but if you use 1 then it would possibly work fine. all the best,jimi.

[jimi]

Hi There Simran, this is what your plate and foot should look like on your machine. as you see the foot bends right over to the right side and has a slight slant and lip on the right side

and this is the other plate i was talking about with the two teeth.

[jimi]

By the way, the two last photos which you see sewing the leather are the same machine. it sold on ebay and was cleaned up, then again up for selling. unfortunately the guy who fixed it up eliminated the first set of tension disks and replaced the second one with a nasty looking new one!!!. there should be three in total: 1 on the bobbin spool: 2 just before the thread enters the oil box (the one the guy chucked): 3 after the oil box.

[jimi]

Sorry,wrong pictures,

first two pctures before it was sold, then the others are after it was sold and fixed up. you can see the long scar besides the singer name is still there.