Can anyone identify this machine?

[Yetibelle]

It works great.  Since I sew canvas and leather most of the time it's fine, but they are right with the big foot and being a flatbed it's harder to accomplish detailed work on smaller projects.  It all depends on what your making and how many turns and corners you will have.  I love the look of 346 and 415 thread but it's not really necessary for most projects.  

[bikermutt07]

31 minutes ago, Yetibelle said:

It works great.  Since I sew canvas and leather most of the time it's fine, but they are right with the big foot and being a flatbed it's harder to accomplish detailed work on smaller projects.  It all depends on what your making and how many turns and corners you will have.  I love the look of 346 and 415 thread but it's not really necessary for most projects.  

Thanks I had planned on a big and small machine. So this could fill the ticket.

[bikermutt07]

I think I would put this to belts, sheaths, and cc holsters.

[CowboyBob]

4 hours ago, Matt S said:

I've read your description before on how to increase the sewing thickness, but how did you modify them for reverse? I have a few ideas rattling around in my brain that would involve stitching over 1", and might be able to find houseroom for a 7...

If you want to sew over a 1" you better get a 97-10.The Singer 7 head needs to be cut under where the needle comes out & a longer than standard needle is used.For the reverse we took all the stitch length parts out & had a special bracket made that goes out the back & also had to heat & bend the feed back to make it go back in the same holes,which was hit or miss because the feed dogs might not get a good grip causing the length to vary.That is the advantage of a walking foot needlefeed.

[Yetibelle]

I have a hard enough time getting the 80-100 year old machines to work the way they are meant too.  I suspect most of these machines we restore had been in service for 50 plus years before they end up in the back of a barn or basement for another 20 or 30 years before I find them.  So restoring them is reward enough for me.    

[bikermutt07]

So, it has alternating presser feet and feed dogs, but no needle feed?

[Wizcrafts]

46 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said:

So, it has alternating presser feet and feed dogs, but no needle feed?

Correct. This is the early Singer walking foot system that is actually only single feed. The outer foot has a leaf spring on the back of it that lets the foot move back with the material, then snaps forward as the feed dog drops below the top of the throat plate. The inside foot and needle only move vertically. I have the same feed on my Singer 42-5.

[bikermutt07]

5 hours ago, Wizcrafts said:

Correct. This is the early Singer walking foot system that is actually only single feed. The outer foot has a leaf spring on the back of it that lets the foot move back with the material, then snaps forward as the feed dog drops below the top of the throat plate. The inside foot and needle only move vertically. I have the same feed on my Singer 42-5.

These machines are so confusing. Thanks Wiz.

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

I have seen attempts to sew harness on one of these machines. While they may have the capacity, the results are crude at best. I can't imagine trying to do fine work on one.  Visibility is extremely limited by the large foot.  I would save the $600 and put it toward a machine better suited for your needs. This is a flatbed machine. For heavy leatherwork, generally a cylinder arm is more useful.

[bikermutt07]

Y'all have convinced me. I had thought it was compound feed, but it's not. I will save up.