Singer211U567B

[georgeandgracie]

@mikescI do believe I should print out your last response, take it to the sewing machine, and do some studying.

What I am sewing is filter twill waxed canvas - by itself not all that terribly heavy. But sometimes there's a hemmed edge that intersects with another hemmed edge, creating a sudden bump. My Consew 206RB (currently out of state getting a thorough going-over by someone who knows about these things) will traverse these bumps but not Bonkers the Singer.

[mikesc]

Ah..was yours the problem with the "puckering" ?

I remember a very interesting thread with a lot of interesting input, and a few sewn examples from Eric ( gottaknow ) and advice from him to get a needle feed machine..i haven't got any of what you are sewing to hand, but , if I can find some ( I might have some somewhere, or might be able to get a yard or so..or in my case a metre or so ..if I can get a hold of some , I'll try to replicate the thicknesses* that you are working on, and the seam crossings etc, to see what the machine ( I think that mine and yours will be very similar in their settings for leather or textiles or mixes of both etc ) needs setting to to work well..

Can't promise as I have no guarantee that I have some or  can get some , but , I'll try over the next week or so..

 

*my speelchucker thinks that "thicknesses" is not a real word.."uppity software" ..

 

ps..what is the weight..in ozs per sq yard ( I can do the conversion to metric ) of the basic "twill waxed canvas" textile that you are using..and what ( excuse my lack of knowledge ..) is meant by the word filter in "filter twill waxed canvas" so as I'll know what to translate the term to.."filter" translates ( word for word ) to "filtre" which is going to be wrong :)..as is almost all "word for word" translation in any language pair..

Edited September 2, 2016 by mikesc

[Tejas]

While getting your machine setup right is the focus here, there are inexpensive aids for going over humps. To sew over humps such as a flat-felled seam, I've used Jean-a-ma-jig (aka hump-jumper) that can can be gotten from Joann or Amazon, or Presser Foot Spacers http://www.threadstandhero.com/Presser_Foot_Spacers.html

Edited September 2, 2016 by Tejas

[mikesc]

Tejas ..your "link out" is malformed and just redirects to this page..can you edit it and check it ( click on it ) to make sure it works ..I know what you mean ( I make my own , as I suspect do many others here ) but others reading may not know what a "presser foot spacer" looks like ..

http://www.threadstandhero.com/Presser_Foot_Spacers.html

 

Ok belay that ..I read the page source and managed it..got an "alert" that you posted while I was sorting it..cross posting..:)

Edited September 2, 2016 by mikesc

[Tejas]

Fixed apparently while you were posting.

[mikesc]

mods...accident in aisle 5 ..thread clean up..if you get the time

[georgeandgracie]

@mikesc It is this 18-ounce fabric from Fairfield Textiles: http://www.fairfieldfabrics.com/18-oz-Filter-Twill_c_12.html

And yes, that previous discussion about puckering was started by me. Gottaknow (Eric) thought I should get a Singer 211G157 but I couldn't find one. Alberoni, in Anaheim, had this 211U167B that they said was the same except newer and a little fancier. Eric approved it.

Having sent all my needles away with my Consew when I sent it out for repairs, I was stuck with the size 23 needles that came with the Singer. It turns out that finer needles and lighter fabric (such as 8.25 ounce waxed canvas) work MUCH better with the Singer, making it practically a changed personality.

[georgeandgracie]

@mikescWhat causes all this gook to build up? There was a little on the feed dog when the machine first arrived but it has gotten worse. Is it from the thread? Or the fabric? And what is this thread lubrication thing all about? My old machine didn't worry about such matters.

 

 

Edited September 3, 2016 by georgeandgracie
Can't get the video to work.

[mikesc]

That looks like it is made up of fibres coming off the thread you are using , same colour as the thread ( might be from the fabric, what colour is the fabric, but IMO, if it was the fabric then your other machine would show the same thing ) .."thread lubrication" via filling the oil reservoir and letting it "bleed" onto the felt pad in the thread path, personally I don't bother, I tried it, the reservoir "bleed" cannot be set to allow only a tiny amount, the felt pad got saturated, thread got waaay too oily, I didn't get the "gunk" , but it made the leather messy..it looks like something is fraying the thread and breaking off fibres from it as it passes down the thread path to the needle..can you take a photo of the thread path from the tension disc down to the needle ( just in case you are threading it in a way that is abrading the thread ) you might have a burr on a metal edge somewhere between the take up spring and the needle eye..I'm out for a while today, but I'll look in again later..

[dikman]

I had a quick look at that manual you posted, Mike, and the major difference that I could see between the 566 and the 166 is that the 566 is an auto-oiler?