Members Constabulary Posted September 11, 2019 Members Report Posted September 11, 2019 (edited) On my last road trip (before visiting the former Singer factory) I picked up a Singer 16KSV11 machine. When I bought it I already knew I have no use for it but could not resist -> Vintage Singer industrial machines and in this case another SV machine made me weak So here is is - yet not touched or test sewn. Interesting features are the jump foot, the very heavy fly wheel and a long beak shuttle similar to the Singer 17 shuttles. Table plate is badly worm eaten. Built in 1930 as it seems. Some pictures Edited September 11, 2019 by Constabulary Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
mikesc Posted September 11, 2019 Report Posted September 11, 2019 Will it be grey ? Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Members Constabulary Posted September 11, 2019 Author Members Report Posted September 11, 2019 Honestly - rather not because I don´t know what to do with it. I have no use but it is a nice and rare machine. I will revitalize it and then see what to do with it. Maybe I´ll keep it then and paint it purple with gray flower design - or the other way around No - really no idea... I bought it right out of curiosity. I have 132K6 and 111G156 so there is no gap this machine could fill. So.... ATM I just wanted to share pictures and as much information as I can get just for the case someone else will find a machine like this. I´m already checking for information and similar machines or different machine that could share parts. So far not much success - as usual on SV machines. But I figured the long beak shuttle is a bit different compared with the Class 17 shuttle. Its not the same as it seems. Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
CowboyBob Posted September 11, 2019 Report Posted September 11, 2019 I've never seen a hopping foot one like this. Nice find! Quote Bob Kovar Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine Sales Ltd. 3631 Marine Rd Toledo,Ohio 43609 1-866-362-7397
Members Constabulary Posted September 11, 2019 Author Members Report Posted September 11, 2019 2 hours ago, CowboyBob said: I've never seen a hopping foot one like this. Nice find! I know thats why I bought it (+ the heavy fly wheel). If it was a plain 16K straight stitcher I wouldn't have bought it. Not even for parts. But this one is quite special. Well, it´s a SV machine. Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Members dikman Posted September 12, 2019 Members Report Posted September 12, 2019 You must be a magnet for these machines, they always seem to find you! Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
toxo Posted September 12, 2019 Report Posted September 12, 2019 Good to see you happy Folker. What does SV mean? Quote
Members Constabulary Posted September 12, 2019 Author Members Report Posted September 12, 2019 SV mean Special Variant / Special Version of what we think is a predecessor of later standard machines or machines with special technical features or special accessories that differ form the standard "off the shelf" models or the like. Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
toxo Posted September 12, 2019 Report Posted September 12, 2019 So what's different about this one? Quote
mikesc Posted September 12, 2019 Report Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) See his sentence in the first post beginning with "Interesting features... There may be more... SV machines were sometimes "one offs" .. Often the "special things" got incorporated in other machine made in larger runs, but sometimes they altered a machine , or made a "special" for a customer .and an order for "more of the same" never came..so some SVs are unique..with some parts being "unobtanium" unfortunately, which is where the inventiveness of some ( such as Constabulary ) comes in. Edited September 12, 2019 by mikesc typo Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
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