Members Constabulary Posted July 7, 2017 Members Report Posted July 7, 2017 Not mine but I just found this on Ebay Germany. Seller takes Paypal and accepts offers even free shipping inside Germany - not too bad. http://www.ebay.de/itm/Kugellager-Drehzahlregler-fur-schwere-Industrienahmaschinen-/112456993576?hash=item1a2ef58b28:g:SVAAAOSw9GhYkdIk You barely find them for sale on the continent... Quote ~ 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 Matt S Posted July 7, 2017 Members Report Posted July 7, 2017 Interesting. What advantages does this have over constructing your own with a 40 and 120mm pulley and some pillow block bearings? Quote
Members Darren Brosowski Posted July 8, 2017 Members Report Posted July 8, 2017 3 hours ago, Matt S said: Interesting. What advantages does this have over constructing your own with a 40 and 120mm pulley and some pillow block bearings? Time! Quote
Members Constabulary Posted July 8, 2017 Author Members Report Posted July 8, 2017 Mechanically no advantage but some prefer "out of the box" things and don´t want to bubba something or don´t have the capabilities for making (f.i.) something hight adjustable. I wish I had this source a few years back but I`m pleased with what I have. Quote ~ 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 dikman Posted July 8, 2017 Members Report Posted July 8, 2017 Matt, I've made a few different ones and the one big advantage that one has, in my opinion, is compactness. To make one like that you have to either cast your own pulley stack or figure out how to join different size pulleys plus machine it to take the bearing - not impossible, of course, but a lot of messing around, and time as Darren said. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Matt S Posted July 8, 2017 Members Report Posted July 8, 2017 Thanks for the advice guys, I've got a couple of machines I could do with putting a speed reducer on and this all helps. Think I might stick with the DIY solution myself, you should see some of the functional monstrosities I've fabricobbled to get the job done... Quote
Members Constabulary Posted July 8, 2017 Author Members Report Posted July 8, 2017 nothing wrong with DIY reducers - mine are DIY too (more or less). Just wanted to give a hint since the out of the box reducers are not widely spread on the continent. Quote ~ 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 Darren Brosowski Posted July 8, 2017 Members Report Posted July 8, 2017 I am not knocking the DIY versions as I love creating new things and seeing what others create! As I do this for a living I have to look at the time involved - unfortunately Quote
alexitbe Posted July 9, 2017 Report Posted July 9, 2017 Thanks for the information, when I was looking for a reducer I could only find them in the US so ended up making a homemade one before I had an idea about pulley belts... As a Hobby sewer, 120 euros is too much...Especially as I could make one for free..... However, if it were 80 Euros I would not hesitate to buy one and not waste my time making one... Quote
Kohlrausch Posted July 10, 2017 Report Posted July 10, 2017 Hi, Andreas Sieck in Bayreuth, Germany, sells them commercially for half the price. Mine was about 65 Euros. www.sieck.de Greets Ralf C. Quote
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