Members horselady21 Posted April 27, 2016 Author Members Report Posted April 27, 2016 Oh. Duh. Ok. Now I feel really, really stupid. Omg. Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted April 27, 2016 Moderator Report Posted April 27, 2016 HorseLady21; This machine has what I call Poor Man's Reverse. You either spin the work 180 degrees, or lift the foot with the needle up and pull the work back a couple stitches and sew over them, or sew all the way around and stitch over the starting stitches. Since you are using a Singer 27, you may not have a tension release with the foot lifted (mine doesn't). In this case, if you lift the foot and want to pull the material towards you to over-tack, pull some thread out of the top tension disks by hand. You can pull it anywhere between the tension disks and the take-up lever. Otherwise, you may bend or break the needle. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members horselady21 Posted April 28, 2016 Author Members Report Posted April 28, 2016 How about renaming it Dumb Lady's Reverse. Geez. I guess when you spend 50 years on a modern machine flipping a reverse switch, you never imagine that such a thing never existed! Thanks for the info. I will just turn it 180. I did something interesting with the belt on it that I will start a new post on. Quote
Northmount Posted April 28, 2016 Report Posted April 28, 2016 On 2016-04-27 at 9:23 AM, horselady21 said: Oh. Duh. Ok. Now I feel really, really stupid. Omg. We all get caught on the wrong tack sooner or later. Depends on where our thoughts are at the time. Tom Quote
Members horselady21 Posted April 29, 2016 Author Members Report Posted April 29, 2016 On 4/25/2016 at 11:12 AM, Wizcrafts said: The 31-15 is a garment and tailoring machine, capable of sewing leather chaps and vests. It will need a roller foot conversion to feed properly. The conversion kit includes a 1" roller, a heavy duty single row feed dog and matching throat plate. The machine should be able to sew with #69 and possibly #92 thread, depending on its age and type of shuttle. I recommend titanium coated needles if you use double sided basting tape. You'll want to get #18, 19 and 20 needles, in system DBx1 / 16x257 / 1738 Any idea where I can get this conversion kit and/or the part #? Thanks! Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted April 29, 2016 Moderator Report Posted April 29, 2016 6 hours ago, horselady21 said: Any idea where I can get this conversion kit and/or the part #? Thanks! Here's one source for a roller foot conversion kit. Most industrial sewing machine dealers I know carry these. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
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