Adler Paint Polling

[LumpenDoodle2]

Me, I would have gone for black, with gold lettering, or that amazing blue.   But the colour you've used is fairly nifty too.

I love to see old machines rising out of the 'soon be heading for the scrap' pile.

Meant to add, there is someone out there ressurecting Singer domestics, and painting them seriously interesting colours (including polka dots).

Edited May 9, 2017 by LumpenDoodle2

[Yetibelle]

I have to get the head-parts clean so I can read the numbers but they look like Simanco parts to me.

 

[VanRhodes]

That looks like an Adler 20-20 with a standard lift. High lift machines has an extra spacer in between where the head is mounted to the base of the machine. I don't know if you disassembled it or if you're just missing a few parts for your thread tension mechanism. 

[Trox]

I agree it's an Adler 20-20, the last picture gave some more details. The highlift machines has in addition to spacers between the head and the base a extra gear wheel beside the hand wheel (a gear reducer) and the one with 40 mm lift a built up top bearing for the presser foot bar (top front). They are easily reconized. I do not understand the talk about the Singer kl 7. This is a original Adler machine, the Singer 7 is a black machine. The Singer 7-31 has a different casting in the head too, the base for the leaf spring fixture and the base for the thread spool is casted on the head. Singer 7-31 has a different hand wheel too. If it has any Singer parts they are often stamped "Simanco" but that does not make it a Singer machine. The only way to achieve that is to change the entire head, I do not understand why you would want too, you should be happy it's an Adler. Singer machines are popular in USA, the UK and by our member Constabulary, the rest of the world will choose the Adler machines ( that's my opinion anyway  ) Most of the mainland European used machine dealer don't  want the Singer machines (unless they are very special and do not have counterparts). I cannot speak for the hole world of course, this is something I use to joke about...and my own opinion.  

Tor 

[Trox]

Here is a couple of highlift Adler 20-8 (or 8A, not sure) I could get for free some four year ago. The have a monster lift of 40 mm and used as garden ornaments. To bad really, these are expensive machines for the ones who need them.

[Trox]

A brand new (never used) Adler 120-8 for sale in Norway, high lift and alternating pressers. 

[Yetibelle]

Sure I know it's an Adler - I was using the Singer 7-31 for comparison since the head parts look identical and when I would look up the Adler 20 it always had that flat plate on the front of the head mine does' have that.  So since I could not find a picture of the Adler 20-20 that looked like mine I was wondering if it may have started out as an Adler but someone rebuilt it with the Singer class 7 head parts?  No big deal now I just have to get it back togeather and working now.  

[Yetibelle]

2 hours ago, Trox said:

Here is a couple of highlift Adler 20-8 (or 8A, not sure) I could get for free some four year ago. The have a monster lift of 40 mm and used as garden ornaments. To bad really, these are expensive machines for the ones who need them.

I would not have been able to turn those down for free, but then I have yet to find a machine I don't want.  

[Constabulary]

5 hours ago, Trox said:

Singer machines are popular in USA, the UK and by our member Constabulary, the rest of the world will choose the Adler machines ( that's my opinion anyway  )

Are you offending me, Tor?  Jimi from Spain is Singer crazy too... I´m sure there is a dark figure of "secret Singer users" in Europe - like the free masons  

Edited May 11, 2017 by Constabulary

[VanRhodes]

Also, the Adler 20 class is longer than the Singer 7 class. The base differs an inch or two in lenght if im not mistaken. Regarding the square faceplate of the Adler 20 I have actually seen a Singer 7 with a similar look for sale here in sweden, unfortunantly I did not save the pictures the seller sent me.