Jump to content

Recommended Posts

  • Members
Posted

Having finished off the treadle, I had a quick look at the machine itself and noticed there is a lot of backwards/forwards free play when turning the handwheel, so I suspect it may be pretty worn somewhere. I think I'll put this aside for a while as it's not something I need. One interesting (to me) thing I found in the bits that came with it is a heap of bobbins, all made of brass! They measure 15/16" diameter x 0.37" wide and unfortunately don't match any other machine that I have - but they do look nice.

58c12b4200d72_Bobbinsa.jpg.9c1b9d96c43829d7aedd78128e6ca299.jpg

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

  • Replies 30
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Members
Posted

That free play may just mean that she’s broke-in good and already well-trained?  :rolleyes:

The bobbins are interesting.

CD in Oklahoma

 

"I sew, I sew, so it's off to work I go....."
My sewing machines:

Adler 205-370 (Hand Crank), Adler 205-64 (Hand Crank), Consew 226 (Clutch/Speed Reducer), Singer 111G156 (Hand Crank or Clutch), Singer 111W153 (Clutch), Singer 20U33 (Clutch), Singer 78-3 Needlefeed (Treadle), Singer 20U (Treadle), Singer 29K70 (x2) (Both Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 96-40 w/Darning Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 w/Roller Foot (Treadle), Singer 31-15 (Hand Crank), Singer 16-41 (Treadle), Singer 66-1 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 201K4 (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 216G Zigzag (Treadle/Hand Crank), Singer 319W (Treadle)

  • Members
Posted
  On 2/21/2017 at 10:20 PM, dikman said:

Excellent info, guys, now I have a clearer picture of how it should fit together. It won't be hard to make up a replacement connecting piece from steel.

You may be right, cdthayer, about the collection of parts as the wheel still has remnants of what was probably the original black paint, as does the protective guard, whereas the rest has been painted gray. The belt holes line up with the flywheel and judging by the mountings underneath it was motor powered. I figure I'm lucky that I seem to have enough parts to be able to get it working, as people want ridiculous amounts of money here for the old treadle assemblies. And as for spare parts.....:lol:.

I think I'm going to need a lot of paint stripper to get rid of that yukky gray!

Expand  

Hey, you got a 31-20 there, so it will all be worth it, right? Yeah, the iron base is for a home/domestic machine, but I really like the way they have created the "drop down" on the left side of the table. That was a huge space saver! The commercial tables can take up a great deal of space!

  • 3 weeks later...
  • Members
Posted

The biggest problem with this machine (besides the horrible paintwork!) was the lack of a thread tension release. Going through the old parts lists I found what it was supposed to look like but didn't like my chances of being able to buy one - so I figured I'd make one. While obviously not as neat as the "bought" one, it works, which is the main thing. The shape is also slightly different as I'm assuming the genuine part is probably hardened, being so thin, but all I had to work with was plain steel so I put a twist in it to give it more strength where it pushes on the release pin. It took a lot of trial-and-error fitting and grinding to get it so it would just squeeze in without removing too much metal.

58d88a6bc383a_31K209a.jpg.a8628cb3174b2ecb814edc4cfe11e91a.jpg

58d88a830fb84_31K2010a.jpg.3f76a37cd0ce87c9debe3ddeafa5543e.jpg

I was going to paint it but then realised with all the oil in there it would probably dissolve the paint, so I just gave it a good coat of thick wax. It's not pretty, but I can't see it when it's inside!!

58d88b117ba80_31K207a.jpg.5bd288656fb9f4e1480a953a2e375cdd.jpg

58d88b2849348_31K208a.jpg.e056ea21cd0ac443851f8d42d06de8ee.jpg

It was a bit of a pain working in that area!

Now for the paint........

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

  • Members
Posted

I decided to have a go at removing the paint otherwise it could be a while before I get to it (I have to go into hospital tomorrow and the surgeon told me that I won't be doing anything except resting for the next two weeks! Bit of a bummer).

This thing had up to four coats of paint in places! The baseplate had the original black, then a pink primer, in some places a white paint and then the grey. The head varied from black with grey on top to the four coats. It took three coats of stripper to clean the baseplate and I ended up using a wood chisel to scrape off as much paint as I could first, followed by paint stripper and then a wire brush.

Even if I never use it I felt I owed it to the machine to try and make it look nice again ;).

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

  • Members
Posted

Just for anyone who may be interested -

The original paint had a greenish tinge to it, which doesn't really show up in the photo -

58e6f8beca8f2_31K201ba.jpg.9f5050be4f90818be7ed98f911601c75.jpg

Down to bare metal -

58e6fa871dc72_31K2011a.jpg.0ba6811f102ceac9bbe73a965b974611.jpg

Sprayed with automotive acrylic primer. I actually liked this colour and considered just overcoating with a clear sealer but I'd already sprayed some of the other parts black -

58e6faf833386_31K2014a.jpg.0e4b9409c1379ac3e0f1abe59c836bdc.jpg

Black at last. Because I sprayed outside it's not perfect and picked up some dust particles, but I'll leave it for a few days and I might give it a polish once the paint is fully cured.

58e6fb8a44e19_31K2016a.jpg.43181528deeabc3ecb4cde6942737f4a.jpg

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

  • Members
Posted

Hey, nice job so far! :) Hope you are healing well after your surgery! Sewing machines - good therapy!!!

  • Members
Posted

why have you over painted the badge and pins?

  On 4/7/2017 at 4:55 AM, suzelle said:

Hey, nice job so far! :) Hope you are healing well after your surgery! Sewing machines - good therapy!!!

Expand  

I could use a therapy because of sewing machines . More sewing machines make it even worse :lol:

~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~

Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2

  • Members
Posted

Don't panic, the brass model badge is covered with masking tape (I forgot to take the tape off), the brass Singer badge is missing (when I cleaned the paint in that area it actually has a large number 10 (?) stamped into the metal where the badge would be) and the serial number has been painted over so it won't rust (but can still be seen, of course).

Thanks suzelle, I'm healing well, the surgeon is happy with the results although, depending on the biopsy report I may have to go back, but that's no big deal.

As a result of renovating this machine I've re-discovered my interest in airbrushes (I'd forgotten all about them) and bought myself another one :rolleyes: (I have four now, along with a small gravity feed gun) and one of those small compressors for airbrushes, as it will give me some portability that I don't have with my bigger compressors. I want to have a go at airbrushing dye on leather.

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

  • Members
Posted

aaaah - I see... havent noticed the masking tape  ;)

~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~

Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


×
×
  • Create New...