Michiel Report post Posted September 23, 2018 Last weekend went camping in germany with my oldest son and brought home an (new to me) adler 220 (was watching it for months so it ended as an bargain) its working but i can't wait to clean and service it etc.... all my machines are in good working order and i use them (sometimes) but i am afraid i ended up to be also an vintage industrial sewingmachine adict (the good news is that i donot need to store them at home i know its not an heavy leather stitcher but want to use it also for leather so i think i will change the needle system it now is 7x23 but there are no leather needles for it (as far as i am aware) needle system 328 is just 0,8 mm shorter so i think that would not be a probelm (i changed my adler 166 the other way from 328 to 7x23) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisash Report post Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) Looks good, they did not skimp on the iron on that model, What was it made for heavy canvas ? What does the third pedal do? Edited September 23, 2018 by chrisash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe Report post Posted September 23, 2018 The third pedal is for reverse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Constabulary Report post Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, chrisash said: What does the third pedal do? foot lifter, "gas pedal" and reverse I guess. Nice find! It last lots of similarities with the Singer 144 EDIT: Uwe was faster Edited September 23, 2018 by Constabulary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe Report post Posted September 23, 2018 I have two documents in my archive that may be of interest: Adler 220 Brochure: Leaflet_Adler_class_220 (1).pdf Adler 220 Parts List: Adler 220 parts.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michiel Report post Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) Wen you push the left pedal the machine goes in reverse and wen you push it further it takes the other pedal also so you can sew in reverse with only pushing one pedal Edited September 23, 2018 by Michiel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michiel Report post Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) Its is almost the same as the singer 144w, so yes its dsigned more for canvas than leather but its strong, has triple feed and takes needles 200 so it will do till i find something else Edited September 23, 2018 by Michiel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michiel Report post Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Uwe said: I have two documents in my archive that may be of interest: Adler 220 Brochure: Leaflet_Adler_class_220 (1).pdf Adler 220 Parts List: Adler 220 parts.pdf Thank you! i also found an servicemanual since the last post about this machine on this forum the adler website did put some more manuals on their dowload page Its too big to upload but here is the link https://www.duerkopp-adler.com/export/sites/duerkoppadler/commons/download/public/220/S_220.pdf Edited September 23, 2018 by Michiel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe Report post Posted September 23, 2018 Great find on thee service manual! It's nice to know they still add documentation for vintage machines. Here's the Adler 220 Service Manual PDF file for LW archival purposes (I have a bigger upload limit): Adler-220-Service-Manual.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonInReno Report post Posted September 24, 2018 Very nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
