Ferdco Pro 2000

[brmax]

Hey thanks for the photos, Its appreciated for sure.

I see one dog  with looks to be a std. hole and quite possibly large enough. (considered plain ole progress)

Uwe on that thread, anybody say you shoulda been a ball player too, Good eye!!

good day everyone

Floyd

[JerseyFirefighter]

I noticed it as well when reviewing the photos. Those pics were at Keystone when I purchased the machine. I took a few pics as a reminder how to thread the thing once I got it back. If I have time today or tomorrow, I will try to get a better pic of the needle guide. 

[Trox]

Thank you JerseyFirefighter, for those excellent pictures. I've seen all I need to. Nice looking machine, first US sold clone I've  seen with belt cover. (That's obligatory here) And like the sharp eyed Mr. Uwe pointed out, the now patent pending famous lower needle guide is installed in the (that, because this is not yours?) machine. It's not a modified feed dog, that's the real thing. I'm waiting on used one from a old stock Ferdco machine now. The rest of the machine (cannot speak for the hidden parts) looks exactly like mine or any other 441 clone machine, the accessories too. Difference from a Cowboy would be the handwheel and a couple of other bits and screws. Most serrated feed dogs cannot be altered in to this lower needle guide, take a look at my picture. Most are hollow underneath, I've seen them even with bigger cut outs than mine (I looked at that possibility before of course). A lower needle guide is much more simpler to produce new. The upper needle guide is of course a closed toe inside harness foot. They aren't patented either, and it's a long time since it was. That is if they managed to get it patended at all, I have some doubts about that. They was not the first who made such presser´s, I have old Pfaff foot that looks like that. Perhaps they patended the name   Anyway, looks like a well put together machine, good proven solutions. Nice price too. Of course it's twice the price of buying similar in China (that goes for all of the brands), but everybody have to make a living here of course.  By the way, somebody should make up some of these needle guide before a new patent. Patent means more money from us customers, we do not want that     

Tor

Edited March 31, 2016 by Wizcrafts
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[Trox]

Sorry for the double picture entry, I'm not able to delete it without deleting the hole post.

Thanks

Tor

[Uwe]

Neither one of two pictures you posted show up Tor. Please try again.

[Trox]

I'll try again

[Trox]

There you go Uwe, a beautiful high key portrait of a material eating dog

[Trox]

I got the Ferdco lower needle guide in the post today. Bought it second hand for 50 $ and it looks pretty good. No hits by a needle, pretty much as new (some cosmetic signs of use of course). A new one is 100 $ from the Hoffman Bros. Haven't got the time to try it yet. Here is some pics of it compared to my serrated feed dog. It's not possible to modify my type of blanket feed dog in to one. However, the might be others out there with more "meat" That can be modified. By the way, I think it will fit the Adler 205-370 too. It certainly fit a 105-64 and a class 5, not that it would be of much use there  II use it for comparison only.

Tor