Parts for old Singer Industrial sewing machines - where?

[Alexan]

2 hours ago, Constabulary said:

ebay:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/152425997655

Thanks for the link, is there any chance I would find an original part instead of a chinese clone?

[Wizcrafts]

8 hours ago, Alexan said:

Thanks for the link, is there any chance I would find an original part instead of a chinese clone?

It is very unlikely that there are any dealers with the original parts for a Singer 18-3. That series was made in the 1920s and 30s. Singer's industrial division has been out of business for a long time. They sold off all of the remaining parts to various dealers. Still, the chance that some dealer, somewhere has that part is above zero percent. Parts can also be salvaged from another machine if you can find one.

[Alexan]

5 hours ago, Wizcrafts said:

It is very unlikely that there are any dealers with the original parts for a Singer 18-3. That series was made in the 1920s and 30s. Singer's industrial division has been out of business for a long time. They sold off all of the remaining parts to various dealers. Still, the chance that some dealer, somewhere has that part is above zero percent. Parts can also be salvaged from another machine if you can find one.

Yeah, pretty hard to find parts indeed for these machines. There is a seller close to where I live and I could buy his machine and salvage parts from it but I'll have to pay another 150 euro for it. Also his machine is a Singer 18-2, not exactly the same model but the part I am interested in should be the same. I'll have to think about it.