Singer 29k171 "Another journey to the unknown"

[jimi]

First of all Happy New year to everyone here at the LW. this is another 29k restoration if anyone is interested. iam sure some of us are saying " Oh no ANOTHER 29K!!! "  but they seem to be about the most popular machine on this forum??. this machine was bought for €130 with the stand and is in need of some care. one of the previous owners was more than likely a cobbler who probably used this everyday due to the wear on the parts. unfortunately somewhere along the line the paint brush was taken out and this 29k171 was the victim. so the initial idea is to hopefully be able to get the top coat of paint off without ripping through to the original finish ( if there is anything there?) as this machine is one of the newer ones it should have a lot of original finish left, but who knows???.

so next was to try out a light stripping (just universal solvent) to see if this was enough or maybe i would need a stronger paint stripper?

so as you can see, the solvent was enough and the original finish is BACK! more to come....

[Constabulary]

WOW - how cool is that: A large hook short arm machine - my personal holy grale of patchers . Jimi, can you check if the the gear box has a parts number on it? What a great deal! The original baby blue color is for sure something you have to like but at least its the original paint and it seems to be in good condition!

Edited January 1, 2017 by Constabulary

[Wizcrafts]

Here's my 29k172. It is the same as the 171, but with a long arm. Note that my machine has a darning attachment on top.

 

[jimi]

Nice Machine there Wiz, whats the darning attachment? that sort of tube wrench thing you got there?? wiz how long does your gearbox  measure from end to end??

Folker, you must be thinking of another Holy machine. this is the small bobbin, unless someone has swapped over gearboxes?? but i wouldnt think they would be interchagable. it does have a big looking gap at the back. it seems the gearbox is a little short?? but maybe it was like that? no part number i can see folker, i cant get the 2 screws out! the pin came out but the screws wont budge! the number is inside i bet... more pictures.....

 

[Constabulary]

Really small hook? The 29K171 usually is a large bobbin machine. But your gear box really looks not as "beefy" as the one form a large hook machine. Strange! Maybe wrong badge on the machine?

[Wizcrafts]

Jimi;

I will try to remember to measure the length of the gearbox on my 29k172 when I go to work on Monday. Mine has a large bobbin.

The T-bar on top is called a darning attachment because it causes the foot to stay up over the leather as you sew. The knuckle where the needle bar is mounted to the moving take-up barrel hits the T-bar if the arm is rotated so it faces the knuckle. This lets you move the work for whatever stitch length of pattern you want. I use it to criss-cross over torn seams on leather goods in for repairs. Sewing across to mend a tear in something is/was called "darning." In the old days, during the depression, Moms would darn holes in socks rather than buying new ones. The modern equivalent would be a wide zig-zag stitch.

Note that my darning attachment has two positions. The half cut section just clears the leather, while the full bar lifts the foot all the way up. In fact, it releases the thread tension at the top of the stroke. So, I prefer the half lift position. Rotating it away from the mechanism restores normal operation.

[jimi]

Ok Wiz thanks.Neat gadget! i bet you dont buy a lot of socks then. 

Folker, according to the singer 29k171,172,173 manual the 172 is the large bobbin machine. when it refers to putting the spool in the shuttle the first example says "for 171 and 173 machines and the second example is for the 172 large bobbin. do the gears from college sewing fit well in these newer 29s??

[dikman]

Nice find! Beats me how you guys find these things (easier to find rocking horse teeth here). Jimi, you were pretty lucky with that paint coming off like that. Just curious, what does the "universal solvent" consist of?

[Uwe]

1 hour ago, dikman said:

Just curious, what does the "universal solvent" consist of?

http://www.mpl.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/300795.pdf

 

[Evo160K]

Happy New Year all!

Hi Jimi, nice looking machine.  It's amazing the original paint wasn't damaged by the solvent....well done!

darning video.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfHJ6Fr43Ys