Singer211U567B

[georgeandgracie]

It may have been a mistake, but I bought a Singer 211U567B. It's supposed to be a needle feed machine and similar to the 211G157 that gottaknow suggested that I buy. Well, I never could get a 211G157 so I bought this instead - the dealer claims it is the same thing except newer and with a big bobbin. I am having no end of trouble with it. At the very least I need to adjust it so that it goes over thick bumps better. It veers around bumps that my Consew 206RB would take in stride (if it weren't out for repairs). The dealer offered some advice involving the button on top that resets the clutch after it has rescued the hook from disaster, but I can't see that pressing the button, turning the wheel, and feeling the button go down has changed anything.

There seems to be no literature about the 211U567B other than parts lists - I have hunted all over Google looking in vain for something to download. YouTube is no help, either. Is there some other machine's manual that would be close enough? That would at least explain how to set the height of the needle bar or change the foot pressure or something?

[SARK9]

http://singer.en-manual.com/d-211u567b.html

 

-DC

[SARK9]

Sorry, that is misidentified as a "user's manual" but its just another parts list.

 

-DC

[georgeandgracie]

Yeah, that's what I've run into as well.

[georgeandgracie]

Would a manual for the 211G157 be relevant? If so, can it be downloaded anywhere?

[Constabulary]

I have a few service manuals and a basic operators guide for 211 type machines but not for your particular model so you have to look for similarities. Some file sizes are too large to attach but I will try to reduce the size.

Operators Guide:

Singer 211 Operators Guide-Small.pdf

Edited September 2, 2016 by Constabulary

[Constabulary]

Here is the Service Manual for 211G567 so it should cover your machine. Difference (I guess is) yours in made in Japan and the 211G567 is made in Germany.

Service Manual Singer 211G146_151_157.pdf

Hope this helps

Edited September 2, 2016 by Constabulary

[mikesc]

This "User Guide Manual" is for the 211U 566( amongst others )..I have the 21U166A ..To set mine up properly I had to use manuals that were not specifically for that model..This may help..

211U157A_165A_166A_566A THE MANUAL.pdf

[georgeandgracie]

To @mikesc and @Constabulary: Thanks so much! With all three of these manuals available, the odds of finding the needed information have improved greatly. Already I know how to change the stitch length!

 

[mikesc]

You are welcome

btw..What is the total thickness that you are trying to sew ? I can get mine to sew through 8mm to 9 mm without a problem, but if I try over 9mm ( which I should not with that machine, but one always tries eh   the presser bar lifts high enough so that the mechanism inside the end of the head pushes on the tension release rod and I lose top tension as the tension discs separate.

It "steps up" or "walks up" from  1mm or 2mm to 3mm or 4 mm and onwards to 8mm or 9mm without any problems, but it will not go ( "step up or walk up" ) directly from 1mm or 2mm ..which isn't really surprising, as the increase in thickness there butts up against the front of the feet..despite them being made with an upward angled edge to help "squash" the incoming thickness increase..

The pressure on the pressure feet is adjustable via a "knurled knob" on the top of the machine directly ( natch' ) over the pressure feet , I keep the pressure light, just enough to hold the leather down when the needle is moving the leather, not enough pressure to leave marks..The "lift" of the pressure feet on mine is controlled by a slot head screw "button" at the top of centre back of the machine..It is on a "boss" that sticks out towards the back ( away from you when you are sat operating the machine ) in the middle of the main machine body casting, just below the top cover plate that runs along the top of the machine..If you adjust it ( rare that you'd need to ) do so in small increments, like a quarter of a turn, make note of where it was set to when you began, easy to get lost and not be able to get back to a "known good setting" )..There is another button near the centre of the top plate..AFAIK this one should be pressed down when adjusting the slotted screw on the lift adjustment, but, when I did so for the first time it made a loud "click"..<= the kind that makes you think "Oh noes , that sounds broken expensive"..But nothing was broken, and it did not seem to have affected anything ( maybe it was just a bit "frozen" or "stuck" from "long time no touch or run" ) ..the machine still runs perfectly..

One day I'm going to feed a little fibre optic camera down the various holes of each of my machines, turn them over by hand and see what they are all doing in there in the darkness..A shame that so many of the machine manufacturers didn't provide better, more coherent and clear "exploded cutaway diagrams" ..or better "exploded parts diagrams"..my very first degree was in art but specialised in scientific and medical illustration ( I did others in the Arts and other actual sciences later )..and even with my background I sometimes look at sewing machine "cutaways" and "parts drawings" thinking "you could have made that a lot more clear guys"..car, truck and bike engine manuals and electro-mechanical  drawings are not great for clarity, but some sewing machine manuals are more like grimoires that try to hide the arcane stuff from the mere owner / operators eyes..some of singers own scans look like they were made by someone drunk and in a hurry with a very old scanner badly set up..

 

Hence I ( and I suspect many others here do the same ) grab any manuals uploaded ( even if I don't have the machine I might one day )  ..one day ( when I get a box of 30 hour days ..and "a round tooit" ) I'm going to redraw the ones I have in a vector program, clean them up and make them coherent..

I just received a Jack 550 servo motor, manual in "Chinglish", drawings that make little sense , not next to the "text' that describes them..the "un mechanically minded" would try to follow "the instructions"..and let the magic smoke out within 5 minutes of attaching the various components to the machine table..I'm re-making a coherent manual with understandable text and clear photos for it in between building the garage and other things, I'll upload it in English when done , there seem to be a few servo motor models which use the same system and control box, maybe useful to some, when you read the "Chinglish" your brain hurts and you get the feeling that someone slipped you a roofie or you got locked in the refrigerator..

 

It has to be said though that the Chinese manufacturers written "Chinglish" is way better than my written Mandarin or Cantonese would be, at least they tried, and it isn't all skewed on the paper like the majority of the .pdf scans are at singer and other sites ( even the sites that sell you manuals that can be found for free and in better quality elsewhere )..Best manuals would be as mini websites ( HTML with .jpgs, gifs, anigifs and mpeg "how to" files )..downloadable and with "follow along" .pdf files atfached..I feel an idea for another business coming on..

 

re "The clutch reset" button on the machine bed..there is a video on youtube for singer walking foot 111..I think maybe  it was made by Eric ( gottaknow) posting there as as "thumpr2good" ( or it may be someone else and not Eric ) that explains how the clutch works and how to reset it and how to replace some parts of it..there is definitely one by Uwe ( also of this parish )..search singer clutch on youtube and you'll find them in the first 4 youtube results..

Edited September 2, 2016 by mikesc