Members gottaknow Posted March 13, 2016 Members Report Posted March 13, 2016 I came across this Consew 18 a few weeks ago in my storage area at work. I haven't seen it before as it has no table. (In my defense, I have 300 machines in storage) I brought it into the shop and I'm hoping next week to start going through it. I find the hole in the bed fascinating. I wish I knew the story behind it. I dropped a Singer 211 head 4' off a loading dock and the bed broke in half. Anyway, here's a few pictures, more to follow time permitting. Regards,Eric Quote
Hockeymender Posted March 13, 2016 Report Posted March 13, 2016 I would really like to spend a day with you on the job....I'm sure what I could learn would be very helpful, both in mechanics and about different machine types. It would appear your job never gets stale. Quote Regards, Joe Esposito www.hockeymenders.com instragram: @hockeymenders.com
Members gottaknow Posted March 13, 2016 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2016 Never a dull moment, and I'm in teaching mode a lot with my apprentice. I wrote a curriculum for new mechanics. If you survive a week of theory lecture, I let you touch the machines. There's an open invitation for anyone who gets out this way to stop in for a visit. Regards, Eric Quote
Members dikman Posted March 13, 2016 Members Report Posted March 13, 2016 Sounds like a visit there could be as fascinating as the firearms museum in Cody! I smiled when I saw Seiko on the shaft in the second photo. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members gottaknow Posted March 13, 2016 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2016 Sounds like a visit there could be as fascinating as the firearms museum in Cody! I smiled when I saw Seiko on the shaft in the second photo. I was a bit surprised myself. My mom has a near mint Morse home machine from the 50's. It's all metal, and on the casting is stamped Toyota! Regards,Eric Quote
Members Darren Brosowski Posted March 13, 2016 Members Report Posted March 13, 2016 Badge engineering started about 3 days after production of sewing machines started Eric!!! Your Consew 18 is a Seiko 18 which was previously badged a Singer 18U188 until Singer went belly up. Those Morse - and hundreds of other brands - of domestic machines from the 50's and 60's were built in Japan and are some of the best domestic machines ever built. Quote
Kohlrausch Posted March 13, 2016 Report Posted March 13, 2016 I wrote a curriculum for new mechanics. Hi, you couldn't be talked into putting that tutorial online, could you? I always love to learn from the pros. Greets Ralf C. Quote
Members gottaknow Posted March 13, 2016 Author Members Report Posted March 13, 2016 Hi, you couldn't be talked into putting that tutorial online, could you? I always love to learn from the pros. Greets Ralf C. I would if it could stand on it's own, but I wrote it to coincide with my lecture and dry erase board. Looking back, I should have recorded it the last time I presented it, (last summer for our Seattle factory). It is so much easier to present the theory away from any machine, so I could actually do it at home. I used to do it with a machine, but it was kind of like the elephant in the room. Regards, Eric Quote
Members gottaknow Posted March 14, 2016 Author Members Report Posted March 14, 2016 Downloaded the parts and instruction manual from Consew this morning. So far it looks like the only parts I'll be needing are different presser feet once I decide what I'm going to use this for. Regards, Eric Quote
Members Ole South Posted March 14, 2016 Members Report Posted March 14, 2016 Ya think that hole was punched to make sure the drip pan could be adequately oiled? Quote
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