Service & Repair manual Singer 29

[shoepatcher]

29K60 really like the 29K72 which replaced it.  A few parts are different but that is all.

glenn

[Ronsruger]

I have a 29-2 singer patcher. I have it functioning but the needle won’t pick up the bobbin bottom thread. Can anyone give me a direction to start? 

[Wizcrafts]

@Ronsruger

Make sure you are using either a System 29x3 or x4, or a System 135x16 or x17 needle and have the rib on the left and small cutout above the eye on the right.

If you are using one of these needle systems and the needle is facing as I described, the shuttle may be out of time. Your machine is probably from the late 1800s or very early 1900s and I'm not sure if the hook timing can be adjusted via an eccentric screw under the base like is is on later models. If so, there will be a hole in the base for a screwdriver. There would be a lock nut on the back of the cranks that needs to be loosened before you can turn the eccentric screw. Lock it back down after adjusting for the best timing. If the rod going to the shuttle isn't adjustable, one of the gears under the shuttle would have to be rotated in the direction needed to bring the tip of the hook inline with the needle, above the eye, after it comes up from bottom dead center and halts momentarily. The machine should preferably be upside down to keep the gears from falling out when the bottom gear cover is removed.

 

I have uploaded the only manual I have that covers the older patchers. It refers to sub-models with the letter K, like 29k2, but also applies to models with a dash, like your 29-2. I hope this helps.

29K1 TO K4,K10 TO K18,K12 TO K23,K30 TO K33.pdf

[Ronsruger]

I rotated the need just a smidge and lowered 1/16”  and it started working. The needle I’m using is a 130/705H and it is a 110/18 maybe that’s my other problem because it doesn’t run consistently 

[shoepatcher]

you need needle system 29x3 or 135x17.

glenn

[Wizcrafts]

3 hours ago, Ronsruger said:

The needle I’m using is a 130/705H and it is a 110/18 maybe that’s my other problem because it doesn’t run consistently 

Those needles are much too short. Get a few packs of the proper needle system; 29x3, 29x4, 135x16, or 135x17. These systems have the correct shank diameter and length from the top to the eye and then to the tip. Insert all the way into the needle clamp. Then align them as I previously described. The entire clamp can be moved sideways to center the needle in the hole in the throat plate.