Unexpected Gift

[Castineira]

The last monday I had a unexpected gift. A friend of mine has a Singer 29K1 which not work at all and he called me to try solve it. The only problem was that the machine hadn't been oiled properly.

when the job was done my friend came with another 29k (rusty and disassembled) it was a gift to me.

Now i´m thinking in the restoration job. Suggestions are accepted.

I must restore to her factory colors or change it (electric blue for example)

More pics of the procces will be posted in this thread.

[Art]

Parts Missing?

Art

[Castineira]

Yes, some parts are missing. At least the bobbin, part of the walking foot mechanism (you can see on photo number 3), tension bar and the bar who moves the pinions. This weekend I will to dissasemble it completly and then I could see how many parts are really missed.

[sandyt]

Is it loose or is the machine seized?

Are the internals and moving parts also that rusty?

It would be WOW if you got that machine running good and with fresh paint. Lot of work

Sandy.

[electrathon]

I would place that as being about a $300 machine if it was all there (including the missing treadle base), it is not worn out and it sews well. It will cost you far more money for the parts to restore it that it will sell for done. Worse if you count your labor. I recommend you keep it as a parts machine. I recently sold my 29K4 for $400 and it was far from a mad dash for it when I listed it. It was in nice shape.

[electrathon]

I just realized you are not in the US, I suspect they are easier to find over there than here, but not sure how that would relate to the dollar value/conversion to here.

[Colt W Knight]

ELECTRIC BLUE!

[Constabulary]

Holy lord - wost machine I ever have seen - good luck with it - you may need 200€ - 300€ or more to restore it - if it is possible at all. A LOT of missing AND broken parts and rust has already eaten the metal. I would not touch it - its Junk. My opinion.

Edited December 4, 2015 by Constabulary

[shoepatcher]

That machine is definitely in need of some TLC. If you decide to restore it, the original color was black of course. Singer's machines made in that time period were dipped in black lacquer. I think it might be fun to restore but it will not be cheap. The only place I know of carrying parts for the 29-4 which were also used in the 29K1 is Pligrim Shoe here in the states. The 29K1 uses some different parts than later machines starting with the 29K51. Constabulary can tell you remove the rust should you decide to restore the machine. I would de-rust it just to get it down to see what the casting looks like. that way, you know what you have as to it being a parts machine. It is missing a lot of parts however.

glenn

[TinkerTailor]

Put it in a drum of kerosene for a month, pull it out, pressure wash it, wax it and sell it to some hipster store as a display piece. Use the money to buy a machine that is at least complete. You can easily spend double or triple the time looking for parts as you do actually working on the machine, sometimes tenfold if you are a constable....