New Servo Motor Dropped in Easy - Singer 111W155

[leecopp]

Replaced the dying clutch motor (gray smoke, burning wood smell) with a FESM 550s from Keystone Sewing Machine (Hi Greg). Being flexibility impaired (stout and a bit squishy about the middle), I rolled the machine out to the driveway and tilted it up on the left edge, propped up against my pickup truck. The hardest part of the effort was removing the old motor which was a bit bulky and heavy.  Bolt holes lined up fine on the servo motor and the drive pulley lined up nicely.

The motor came with a 50mm drive pulley in place as well as a drive belt. A few minutes later I had the head dropped in and was test sewing .. no problems.  I used my existing spring loaded lower pitman connection to the treadle peddle. This give a few degrees of movement before the motor arm is engaged.  Low speed control seems very good.

This was definitely my easiest and cleanest sewing machine project to date.

Happy Days

Lee in Sunny Florida.

 

[GPaudler]

Thanks Lee, my experience installing two CSM550 servo motors has been similarly rewarding, even though, in each case, I mounted them in stands that I made so didn't have an old motor's mounting holes to work with. I can't think of any downside to a servo motor retrofit.

[Colt W Knight]

I put one on my Consew 206, and found it to be an easy retrofit aside from wrestling that big ole heavy clutch motor.

 

[Gregg From Keystone Sewing]

Hi Lee, thanks for the motor review.  We sell a lot of the FESM-550S, as well do others around here as well, and we like this one a lot.  Very simular to the Consew CSM-550-1 that we offer as well, both are work really well, very reliable motors.