Members Diyer Posted February 9, 2017 Author Members Report Posted February 9, 2017 Glenn, thanks for that. The stand is now at the machinist for strengthening and alteration. After that it will be sent to the epoxy coaters for painting in any other colour than grey. The head is sitting on my living room floor(not carpeted!)- it is not only very oily, but inside the cylinder arm I see lots of cack to clean out. The oiling system has lots of little "feeder wicks" going all over the place. Any comments on how good or irritating they are? I will keep hold of all the air stuff, just in case I change my mind on using it or not. The shuttle looks like it needs replacing- needle marks on the bobbin case, and a blunt point. I will get a Hirose. How do I tell if the race iteself needs replacing?? I reckon there is around 2mm of up and down movement- certainly more than on my 105/64. The bottom shaft that the shuttle and raceway fit onto seems to have only a small amount of side play. Needle bar, and both bars the feet are on appear tight with little play. Quote
Members dikman Posted February 9, 2017 Members Report Posted February 9, 2017 You did well with the moving - nothing like a bit of brute strength! (Sadly lacking in my department). I looked at the first photo again, and while having all those settings to play with would appeal to my technical side, I've realised that for what I'm doing (leatherwork) having a simpler, basic machine is preferable - there's enough to go wrong without added complications. A bit like my motorbikes, having computer-controlled fuel injection was great as it allowed me to hook up a computer and fiddle with the tuning (which I did a lot, and it was fun) but the bike I'm keeping has carby's and no computer! Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Diyer Posted February 9, 2017 Author Members Report Posted February 9, 2017 My motorbike, a Honda Bros (US model is the Hawk) has become more complicated due to fitting a full fairing, which necessitated all sorts of other changes- but yes, essentially simple (until I have a wiring fault............) Quote
Members dikman Posted February 9, 2017 Members Report Posted February 9, 2017 A bike, sewing machines and shooting - life's pretty good at the moment (beats the heck out of working ). I reckon that new machine will be a bit of fun to get sorted. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Diyer Posted February 9, 2017 Author Members Report Posted February 9, 2017 Well at least I saw it doing some sewing................ "Working".Hmmm. I do more of that now than when I was "employed". Quote
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