United Think It's A Consew 226

[Wizcrafts]

Been reading several things on the servo motors, Wiz had mentioned 1 in a write up about a built in gear reduction of 3/1 built in. I have found a video or 2 but no pricing information as of yet. That one seems like it may be the way to go even more so if you can control the speed with the drive.

That gear driven motor was the SewPro 500GR. The company that built them made nothing else. One day they decided that making the cases out of aluminum and reducing the top speed would save money and shipping costs to the dealers, allowing them to compete with the lighter weight push button servo motors that were the rage. What they didn't know, since they were builders, not users, was that the heat from the spinning motor and coils was going to warp the aluminum casings. The complaints and returns increased suddenly and rather than returning to the old cast iron case (and higher top speed), they decided to close the factory and go home, for good. Poof! No motor for you! This is how things are sometimes done in China.

[Mildbill]

I'll look some more then, Wonder if the fs 550 servo motor Toledo Industrial sells or the Consew would be the better buy.

[Colt W Knight]

I'll look some more then, Wonder if the fs 550 servo motor Toledo Industrial sells or the Consew would be the better buy.

I have this on my consew 206. great addition to my machine

[Mildbill]

After looking and doing more cleaning I don't have a wheel under the place indicated. It appears that i can adjust the stitch length by loosening a set screw on the pulley wheel and moving it backwards or forward. Do any other of the clones adjust this way? I have a call into United (waiting on a return call) maybe they can give me a little information. I have looked at some threads about the safety clutch and appears that mine has either been modified or rigged I think this is causing thread to wind around my bobbin basket. And it seems to be out of time slightly.

Thanks, William.

[Uwe]

Make sure you spend some quality time with the manual for your machine: http://www.consew.com/Files/112347/InstructionManuals/225.pdf

Your United is the same as the Consew 226R-1, as far as I can tell. You should not need to loosen any set screws to adjust the stitch length, just depress a button in the bed (page 5 in the manual.)

That set screw is there to allow calibrating the numbered wheel to match to actual stitch lengths.

Make sure you buy some new needles of the correct system 135x17 and size you plan to use. Check hook timing against specs (probably close to Consew 225 hook timing specs, but verify).

Edited October 26, 2015 by Uwe