Singer 111W153 & table resto project

[Sugarkryptonite]

Hi guys

I just got this as my first machine from my uncle who had it sitting in his basement for the past few years. He had it for a while and used it to fix horse blankets for people at shows when my cousin was into the horse game. I'm excited to have it and love how it looks! We turned on the motor and it ran well in his basement.

My plan is to just do quick cleanup on the machine (while leaving the original patina), clean up the table with new paint on the legs and a wood treatment for the top (also keeping the patina), and hopefully get it running nicely to sew some stuff!

Some pics attached. So far I've cleaned up the machine, oiled it up, disassembled the whole table, sandblasted the legs, painted them (now letting them dry). Next step is going to be applying the wood treatment for the top which I will hopefully do in the next few days.

Oh and btw, from another thread I made, with the help of some members here, we were able to determine that this machine was built around 1943 in Bridgeport, USA!

Edited December 22, 2018 by Sugarkryptonite

[dikman]

Good fun, isn't it? I think I would have repainted the baseplate, though, as most of the paint is missing.

The head looks fine.

[DonInReno]

Looking good!

[Sugarkryptonite]

Thanks guys!

Would any of you be able to measure the pedals on your tables? I got this machine and the pedal was taken off so I need to make one to replace it but don't know what dimensions to make it... Also if anyone could post some detailed pictures of their pedal it would be greatly appreciated!

[blue duck]

Mine is a 155 but pretty sure it will work. It is 10" x 13 3/8" Be glad to get any other info you need. Just holler.

[Sugarkryptonite]

5 hours ago, blue duck said:

Mine is a 155 but pretty sure it will work. It is 10" x 13 3/8" Be glad to get any other info you need. Just holler.

Thanks! Will give me a starting point at least. 

[Yetibelle]

Looks great! I want a sandblaster! You should get a Servo motor for it.  That giant clutch motor while they look great there is really nothing great about them.  The Rex Servo is about $100 buck on Amazon, I have got a few and they work great.  The best upgrade you can do for the machine, other than a sandblaster.

 

 

[Sugarkryptonite]

3 hours ago, Yetibelle said:

Looks great! I want a sandblaster! You should get a Servo motor for it.  That giant clutch motor while they look great there is really nothing great about them.  The Rex Servo is about $100 buck on Amazon, I have got a few and they work great.  The best upgrade you can do for the machine, other than a sandblaster.

 Thanks! And yeah I would really like to get one, but I'm in Canada so just been trying to find a place that has some in stock for a decent-enough price...unfortunately Canadian prices are normally pretty crazy compared to our southern brethren. 

 

At this point I'm not even sure where to get thread/needles/fabric etc in Canada for my first project lol

Edited December 25, 2018 by Sugarkryptonite

[Sugarkryptonite]

Just another update since I managed to get everything painted, the legs assembled, as well as the top coated with finishing wax. Doesn't look half bad.

Christmas present I got!

And one of my dad's current project...Pullmax custom metal shaper

Some more pictures from the shop

And my dads custom made CNC Plasma table, which I will use to cut out the foot pedal I need to make.

Edited December 30, 2018 by Sugarkryptonite

[Rockoboy]

WOW!! I have serious tool envy! I think you have one of the best equipped workshops I have ever seen.

Ohh yeah, great job on the rebuild.