Nightshade Report post Posted October 12, 2018 I have a Singer 112w140 I bought for light garment and upholstery work. I am going to have the machine gone thru by a professional to make sure everything is good to go. I bought a Consew servo motor to replace the clutch motor. The motor and head both have about 2" pulleys. What else can I do to slow down the machine? What other tips and tricks are there with these machines? Any link and 1st hand experience would be great Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dikman Report post Posted October 12, 2018 Search the site for "speed reducers", basically a pulley system to slow things down (and increases torque). You can build your own if you're mechanically inclined or there are a couple of styles sold by vendors who advertise on this site. There is another option and that is to replace the pulley on the head with a larger one (7" or 8" is probably the optimal). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightshade Report post Posted October 12, 2018 I have a speed reducer on my Cowboy 3200 but for this machine I was looking for simple. The larger pulley sounds like a good idea. I'll ask when I have it serviced. It came from a shop that made collegiate swag like nylon belts with leather ends, keyfobs and such. I know it works double needle with cloth thread, it was set up for nylon keyfobs at the time, through 2 thicknesses of 4oz firm utility leather and single needle through 1 thickness of 9/10oz latigo with the clutch motor. As of now i only have $300, with servo motor, into the Singer. Probably have another $100 for the service. Sounds like a good deal to me, thoughts on that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
