Would it be possible to install a roller foot on this machine?

[Wizcrafts]

9 hours ago, SheltathaLore said:

I did try the other kind of roller foot on my machine, and it sewed with surprisingly little fuss (size 16 needle, 46 thread), but the visibility and control aren't good enough for what I wanted to do.  It would probably be fine for straight stitching, though.

I bought a roller equipped flat foot for my Singer 31-15 and used it to sew Delica seed beads onto a leather strap and a belt. I had backed off the foot pressure screw to avoid breaking beads and this big foot had enough footprint to keep the leather from lifting and was gentle enough to not crush the glass beads.

[SheltathaLore]

Oh cool!  I have a hard time visualizing it, but it's neat that it worked.

There is clearly more to this applique business than having the right gadget, unsurprisingly, but the gadgets help... and it's a fun excuse to track them down.

 

I wasn't terribly successful with rigging up a bracket for the Singer foot, but it occurs to me that a teflon zipper foot might do.  If that doesn't work out, I'll hit up Darren for his foot and see if I can get that to work (I did tinker with the needle bar height and orientation to figure out where the adjustments were, so I can probably make it work).

[Darren Brosowski]

On 1/5/2018 at 8:49 AM, mikesc said:

I'm thinking that Darren is "the source" :-)

And would probably be perfectly happy to sell them to you, and any one else interested.

By no means the first time that he has posted things that no one else has, no one else has heard of, or "hands on" advice that is not available elsewhere..

You hit the nail on the head Mike!!!!!

I am a one man show and so keep my business pretty specialised and am always hunting down product at the "unusual" end of the market.

As for the advice - I might just be making stuff up LOL

On 1/5/2018 at 8:49 AM, mikesc said:

I'm thinking that Darren is "the source" :-)

And would probably be perfectly happy to sell them to you, and any one else interested.

By no means the first time that he has posted things that no one else has, no one else has heard of, or "hands on" advice that is not available elsewhere..

You hit the nail on the head Mike!!!!!

I am a one man show and so keep my business pretty specialised and am always hunting down product at the "unusual" end of the market.

As for the advice - I might just be making stuff up LOL

[Darren Brosowski]

On 1/5/2018 at 8:49 AM, mikesc said:

I'm thinking that Darren is "the source" :-)

And would probably be perfectly happy to sell them to you, and any one else interested.

By no means the first time that he has posted things that no one else has, no one else has heard of, or "hands on" advice that is not available elsewhere..

You hit the nail on the head Mike!!!!!

I am a one man show and so keep my business pretty specialised and am always hunting down product at the "unusual" end of the market.

As for the advice - I might just be making stuff up LOL

[SheltathaLore]

Okay, tried a teflon zipper foot, got surprisingly decent results on a test piece.  I still need more practice, but a reasonable result is clearly achievable, and matching thread will make the occasional wobble a lot less obvious.  I think I'll try to hunt down a triangle point needle in the DBx1 system, or try a round point; the twisty stitches aren't quite the look I'd like.

Darren, at some point in the future I might still hit you up for that roller foot if you still have one, but don't reserve it for me.

 

[Constabulary]

really nice machines for this kind of work and for decorative stitching are machines with continuous wheel feed like Singer 110w and the like but they have a very limited stitch length.

[SheltathaLore]

11 hours ago, Constabulary said:

really nice machines for this kind of work and for decorative stitching are machines with continuous wheel feed like Singer 110w and the like but they have a very limited stitch length.

Ooh.  I'll have to keep an eye out.  A quick google isn't bringing up much, though, so I'm guessing they're less common than the 111 et al.  Are there similar machines I should be watching for?

Edited January 11, 2018 by SheltathaLore

[SheltathaLore]

I do have to admit that I've been eyeing this Pfaff 483 - even with shipping I'd probably break even if I had to part it out - but I'm trying to keep the collection under control, unless something comes up that's just so perfect that it's a once-in-a-decade opportunity.  Like perhaps a used 110W or something.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Industrial-Sewing-Machine-Pfaff-483-Light-Leather-w-roller-foot/132462855868?hash=item1ed766c6bc:g:BGUAAOSw-K9ZHT7B

 

[Uwe]

After 32 replies I was really hoping to see a roller foot on that machine. 

[SheltathaLore]

20 minutes ago, Uwe said:

After 32 replies I was really hoping to see a roller foot on that machine. 

Honestly, I did too.  There's still hope, though; I might hit up Darren eventually for that roller foot.

[SheltathaLore]

Just a followup to this thread - by removing the thread wiper (which I don't use), I did manage to fit a roller foot on this machine.  Not the ideal solution, but works well enough.  I can also use a standard feed dog and plate set, as long as I keep the stitch length relatively short (needle feed), although that's not a problem for decorative work.  And I suppose I can always ream out the needle hole if necessary. 

 

 

Still practicing, but so far so good; I did this inlay on a mini notebook cover.  Not perfect, but I'm improving with practice, as expected.  In the meantime, my friends are going to get a lot of free practice pieces.