Do I Have A "complete" Busm / Pearson #6 - Or What?

[gordond]

Aah..water reservoir. ..that makes sense now- thanks Al

[Constabulary]

Thanks Al! The heating system is for sewing with pitched thread or for very sticky wax, right? So this is a part I don`t need.

[amuckart]

Constabulary, on 07 Apr 2015 - 5:06 PM, said:

Thanks Al! The heating system is for sewing with pitched thread or for very sticky wax, right? So this is a part I don`t need.

Yes. The heating system had a hot wax bath that sat under the shuttle race which the needle dipped into at the bottom of its stroke.

The hot wax was similar to shoemaker's pitch, but I don't know the exact details of it. Similar wax is still used in some needle & awl machines for sewing soles onto shoes.

[Constabulary]

IT´S ALIVE... HA HA HA HA.... ALLLLIIIIIIIIVE

The former owner cut metric threads into the shuttle tension spring an insert some odd screws. Bottom thread always hung up and broke because of the oversizes and odd shaped heads. I replaced them with some shop made screws with reduced head diameter and flattened heads. I cut deeper slits into the screws and polished the heads... shuttle is ready to go! Thank God for the Dremel tool.

I have to play with the tension + foot pressure a little bit but the 1st attempt was not too bad.

Seems I have a working BUSMC #6 now

Thanks a lot to Al Muckart & Gordond !!!

I´m sure I will have some more questions later

Edited April 8, 2015 by Constabulary

[Singermania]

HI, no its not the BUSMC machine, the Pearson was made in three countries, Britian, France and Germany. Yours is the Deutchland VSG manufacturer, you don't see many about, I also have one, only one in Australia.

[Singermania]

Yes the stitch length adjuster was moved to the far end on later model machines, also the French and German machines usually had them at the far end. Of our 16 machines here, I think about 6 of them have this configuration.

[Constabulary]

HI, no its not the BUSMC machine, the Pearson was made in three countries, Britian, France and Germany. Yours is the Deutchland VSG manufacturer, you don't see many about, I also have one, only one in Australia.

A lot of parts on my machine have the IVI factory marking and the 6HM (Model 6 Harmes Maker) marking. IVI Metallics in the UK produced parts and needles for BUSMC so I would assume the machine (or at least the parts) come from BUSMC. The handwheel is "relabeled" for DVSG Germany. Thats at least what I think. Or DVSG bought parts from BUSMC and assambled the machine in Germany.

What do you think when has this machine been made? I would assume either in the 1930´s prior Sept. 1939 or after the war in th mid 1940´s to mid 1950´s.

Edited April 15, 2015 by Constabulary

[Constabulary]

Nice weather this evening to I decided to soak some parts in an electrolysis bath - worked well! Some light surface rust came back quickly but the old paint and all the gunk are gone! Only the motor mount has some tough paint left.

The hand wheel also has an IVI marking so I would say IVI Metallics in the UK made it for DVSG.

Some pictures

[Constabulary]

Yet not much progress I only have painted the cleaned parts...

I know it´s an unusual color but on the picture it appears more green but its actually more olive. It looks live much better.

Mine originally had a motor with separated clutch but no way to find the missing clutch parts for this special clutch system.

So I wonder if someone has motorized his Pearson / BUSMC #6 with either a regular clutch motor or even a servo motor.

If so - where have you put the motor? I wonder if the motor brake on a servo motor / clutch motor is strong enough to stop the rotation of the massive wheel on the backside of the stand. I of course could leave this out and go directly to the pulley on the main shaft but the huge wheel would give the needle much more punch.

Motorizing the machine is just an idea. Most likely I will hand crank or treadle it but I´d like to know if others have motors on their machines.

Edited May 28, 2015 by Constabulary

[Singermania]

HI, sorry don't have much time lately to get on here. I have several complete clutch systems if anybody needs them, they are rather heavy though. British machines rarely had the clutch motor setup, they mostly were used in France. Originally the motor would have four bolts that went thru the leg of the treadle stand. The pitman arm was disconnected from the flywheel and attached the the clutch arm that used to hand down to reach the top of the pitman. You didn't need to worry about stopping the flywheel, the clutch would disconnect it from driving the machine.

Yes I have motorised many Pearsons over the years, some with clutch motors and some with servos, you need to gear them down though.