Members GPaudler Posted July 10, 2017 Members Report Posted July 10, 2017 I'm pretty excited to have found this Adler 120-2 at a local yard sale! I've been wanting to do some fairly large fabric sculpture and this should be just the right machine for the job. It's a drop-feed with 20mm foot lift and up to 16mm stitch length and it appears to be in good condition. It came on a K-leg table with a clutch motor but I have a servo motor left-over from a project and intend to mount it onto the machine something like this: http://www.sl-spezial.de/sl/index.php/flat-bed-lockstitch-machine-adler-class-120-30-e2.html though I'll add an additional 3-1 reduction and do without the needle positioner. I also found an Adler 30-7 last week - lost my mind and bought it too. A little rougher condition, I'll post images after I clean it up a bit. I'll see how it sews compared to my Singer 29-4 and keep one or the other. How do y'all think they compare, aside from the arm length? Gary Quote
Members Constabulary Posted July 10, 2017 Members Report Posted July 10, 2017 Nice find!!!! Congratulation! 30-7 have larger hooks, higher foot lift and need longer needles (Sys. 332 LONG) other than that it depends on the overall condition. Adler patcher do not sew better or smoother than Singers. I have restored both and there are bad a Adler and bad Singers as well as nice Singers and nice Adlers but the higher foot lift an larger hook on the 30-7 are really a big plus! 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 suzelle Posted July 10, 2017 Members Report Posted July 10, 2017 Yes, Congrats! Looks like a hefty machine. That handwheel is huge! Quote
Members GPaudler Posted July 10, 2017 Author Members Report Posted July 10, 2017 Thanks for the patcher perspective Constabulary. I've got the 29-4 on a tidy little stand so after the Adler is sewing well, space constraints could be a factor deciding which stays or goes. Yes, suzelle of mysterious gender (and why should it matter in this context?), thank you, it's pretty hefty. I turned the hand wheel around on its shaft to get the v-groove closer to where the motor will be (photo shows original position). Gary Quote
Uwe Posted July 10, 2017 Report Posted July 10, 2017 Now I know which machine the guy at the trade show was talking about when he said that the new H-Type 967 fills the void left when the "Adler One Twenty Two" model was discontinued. I'd been searching for "Adler 122". "Adler 120-2" makes more sense. Nice finds, congratulations! Quote Uwe (pronounced "OOH-vuh" ) Links: Videos
Members GPaudler Posted July 10, 2017 Author Members Report Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) Thanks Uwe. I looked-up the 967 and it's a beauty! It will be fun to have some of that capability. Is there a trade show in the US for industrial sewing technology besides Techtextil NA and IFAI? I attended both of those last year and was disappointed. It would be hard to beat the Germans for Messe. A friend attended Techtextil in Germany and said it was incredible. Also Uwe, you are too modest! I just looked at your online shop and it's a beautiful site with great-looking products at very reasonable prices! Edited July 10, 2017 by GPaudler Quote
Members Yetibelle Posted July 10, 2017 Members Report Posted July 10, 2017 WOW - a yard sale. That is a great find. Quote One day I hope to learn how to sew..... Singer 111W155 - Singer 29-4 - Singer 78-1 - Singer 7-31 - Singer 109w100 - Singer 46W-SV-16 - Adler 20-19 - Cowboy CB-4500
Uwe Posted July 10, 2017 Report Posted July 10, 2017 I was in Frankfurt in May for the Techtextil and Texprocess trade fairs. It's the place to be to keep up with modern sewing technology. The Frankfurt show floor was nearly ten times the size of the show in Atlanta last year. I'm working on getting a Singer 7 class motorized and I also plan to mount a servo motor directly to the base frame like they did in the video. The motor in the video is an Efka system, I think. I'll have a go using my 1,100 W SewPro servo motor and see how well it works without a speed reducer pulley. I also have a new Consew 733 class machine still in the crate that will be next up for big boy work. Quote Uwe (pronounced "OOH-vuh" ) Links: Videos
Members GPaudler Posted July 10, 2017 Author Members Report Posted July 10, 2017 Frankfurt is fantastic for Messe (trade fairs). You can get on the train right in the airport and get off at the station right in the Messe. I just looked-up the Consew 733 - if it can't be sewn with that machine, it can't be sewn. The 120 weighs 80kg, the 733 is 105kg! Walking feet and 32mm lift. Very nice! Quote
Members GPaudler Posted July 10, 2017 Author Members Report Posted July 10, 2017 14 minutes ago, Yetibelle said: WOW - a yard sale. That is a great find. Maybe the mother of all yard sales (MOAYS). A family was selling the extreme accumulation of the Dearly Departed and was eager to be done with it, and it was only about 10 miles from here. It looked like he couldn't say no to a tool but wasn't quite sure how to use them. Quote
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