Contemplating A Puritan Stitcher: Vamping, Staying, Fairstitch ?

[jimi]

On 11/27/2017 at 12:37 AM, Uwe said:

so I'm good for basic testing

Hi Uwe, was wondering....in the end was your machine a 1,2 or 3 needle?? and did you manage to get it going??

[Uwe]

Mine is a three needle machine and I gave up on getting it going. It sits patiently in a 40’ storage container full of vintage sewing machines and parts. The key to that storage container is for sale.

[jimi]

 

12 hours ago, Uwe said:

Mine is a three needle machine and I gave up on getting it going. It sits patiently in a 40’ storage container full of vintage sewing machines and parts. The key to that storage container is for sale.

OOOh! sorry to hear that Uwe, I am sure someone will need parts for one sooner or later or vise a versa, you might still find the parts you need for yours?? Are the Puritan parts interchangeable with the Protos stitchers?? 

[Charles1]

Sorry to hear that your efforts ended up with you offering to sell not just the machine but also the key to what I take must be a storehouse that offers a lifetime of excitement and joy.

I have one of the same model three-thread Puritans in my basement. I bought it many years ago from the person who once owned a shoe/boot factory in Montreal Canada and who kept it as one of the machines that he did not sell when the factory closed.

He had another Puritan that was custom made for his factory and that he did not want to sell. It did not look like any of the normal Puritans in that it had a cylinder arm. Sadly, when I spoke with him some years later, he had disposed of it and a lot of other machinery and parts either as scrap metal or as rubbish sent to rust away in a dump.

At the time of that later visit he still had a few machines - including a bell skiver that he would sell. The Bell skiver was bought and it has been put to productive use in my son's shop ever since.

I took the Puritan that I have apart, cleaned and oiled it, freshened up the outside paint, polished that wonderful Puritan badge and then other priorities took control of my life.

All of the working parts were in good shape but two things were missing - one screw for attaching the wax pot (an odd thread pitch as I recall) - and one of the parts at the bottom of the wax pot where I believe the threads come out. The machine came with needles and awls installed and while they might work for a test, they should be replaced.

At the time when I put the machine away I had not gone the next step of ensuring that everything is properly timed, and I had not tried to get it to sew.

So the machine head now sits on a shelf where I store some older machines - waiting for a time when I (or someone else) will hopefully do the rest of the job that must be done to get the machine doing what it was designed to do.

At the present time I am not ready to sell the machine - let alone the key to my basement.

Edited March 24, 2022 by Charles1

[bnpisut]

On 11/26/2017 at 3:23 PM, leathersmyth said:

I have "thousands" of hooks and awls kicking around....   Okay, maybe not quite that many.....but prob couple hundred or so...  But will pull them out and see if they will work on your machine/ 

I also have the manual for the machines that tell you how/what you need as well as parts lists for machine...  Not sure how to send you a copy...   Most of machines are from 1870-1925 which suits me Just well.....  computers, i do what i need on themmmmmmmmm

Can you send me an email with the manual by chance I just got one and I don't know much about it it would help me tremendously.

 

On 11/26/2017 at 3:23 PM, leathersmyth said:

I have "thousands" of hooks and awls kicking around....   Okay, maybe not quite that many.....but prob couple hundred or so...  But will pull them out and see if they will work on your machine/ 

I also have the manual for the machines that tell you how/what you need as well as parts lists for machine...  Not sure how to send you a copy...   Most of machines are from 1870-1925 which suits me Just well.....  computers, i do what i need on themmmmmmmmm

 

[CowboyBob]

On 9/11/2022 at 5:30 AM, bnpisut said:

Can you send me an email with the manual by chance I just got one and I don't know much about it it would help me tremendously.

Go up 7 posts to Nov 27,2017 there's a manual you can download.

[Dekunle]

Hi Everyone,

I recently acquired a Puritan Machine : sky blue color, three needle, cylinder arm with a wax pot. It looked like it has been in storage for a looooooooong time. There is no indication of the model or serial number.

It is missing some parts which I will love to get:

• 2 thread lead-out nuts on the bottom of the wax pot
• Presser foot Linkage arm
• 2 pairs of awl-holding brackets
• 4 setscrews that hold the awls, awl-holding brackets and needles
• Manual

I shall be glad if anyone has these to sell. I clicked on the Puritan website and the manual link here but had no luck. I wish I could send the pictures of the machine here but I do not know how.  I make belts and shoes and I want to add boots to the list. Thank you.