mikesc Posted September 17, 2019 Report Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) That is now one pretty clean machine there..yep..another vote for the decal on the front.. :) Edited September 18, 2019 by mikesc syntax 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 18, 2019 Author Members Report Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) it for sure will get a decal - who do you think I'am? NB thread guide is back on too - found a couple of NOS guides. Did some testing yesterday - max. material thickness it can handle is 6.5mm - 7mm then the jump foot stops working but it still sews. But you cannot block the jump foot to stay static (as on Adler 4 / 5 machine) so practically this thickness is the max.. Maybe I can tweak it a bit more but I doubt! Edited September 18, 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
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted September 18, 2019 Moderator Report Posted September 18, 2019 12 minutes ago, Constabulary said: it for sure will get a decal - who do you think I'am? NB thread guide is back on too - found a couple of NOS guides. Did some testing yesterday - max. material thickness it can handle is 6.5mm - 7mm then the jump foot stops working but it still sews. But you cannot block the jump foot to stay static (as on Adler 4 / 5 machine) so practically this thickness is the max.. Maybe I can tweak it a bit more but I doubt! I have a 1920s Singer 42-5 and no matter what I do it cannot sew more than 5/16 inch, which is about 8mm. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members shoepatcher Posted September 27, 2019 Members Report Posted September 27, 2019 Great job as usual C! glenn Quote
Members Constabulary Posted January 19, 2020 Author Members Report Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Investigation went on and I figured some interesting details on this old work horse. I´m not into domestic machines but the long beak shuttle hook seems to be the same as for the early Singer Class 15 machines. How do I know? It happens thats I´m studying old manual parts lists and catalogues to find cross use of parts (if you know what I mean) and a while ago I found an old 1940´s parts catalogue from a German aftermarket parts mfg and by the Lord - they have parts of this particular Class 16 jump foot machine in their catalogue Now that really surprised me! Edited January 19, 2020 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
Members Constabulary Posted January 19, 2020 Author Members Report Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) some more. Interesting the hint "Bei Bestellung bitte Muster senden" - thats means: "Send in the original parts when ordering spares". So that makes me think that only a few of these parts (or 16KSV11 machines) were made but have not been mass produced - AND - I guess the company who is seeling these "special parts" probably made these parts for Singer and most likely only for the Singer factory in Witternberge, Germany. Remember - I found this machine approx 30km west of the former Singer factory in Wittenberge! I also guess this particular SV machine COULD have been produced or modified exclusively in the Singer Wittenberge factory. This of course is just my wild guess but it could well be. But I don´t know. Edited January 19, 2020 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
Members Constabulary Posted June 16, 2020 Author Members Report Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) A few month ago I applied one of the original Singer decals I discovered once. LW member EVO160K did this on his Singer 45K too and I tried this the first time. Turned out quite well. The glue (MICROSCLAE MI-8) remains do not look as bad as on the picture, the flash makes it look "not so nice" but in real life it looks better. I could scrape it off but I leave it as is. Edited June 16, 2020 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
Members LumpenDoodle2 Posted June 16, 2020 Members Report Posted June 16, 2020 It’s always a pleasure to read (and reread) your machine building threads. I have some decals for a Singer 221 ( the featherweight/light? model) I have resurrected from an up cycler’s silver paint job, but I haven’t had the nerve to tackle the decals yet. Quote “Equality? Political correctness gone mad, I tell you, gone mad!!!! Next they'll be wanting the vote!!!!! “. Anger and intolerance are the enemy of correct understanding
Members Constabulary Posted June 16, 2020 Author Members Report Posted June 16, 2020 Thank you I wish more members would post pictures of their vintage machines here. 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 LumpenDoodle2 Posted June 16, 2020 Members Report Posted June 16, 2020 I think I’d have to get round to dusting mine before posting any pictures. Quote “Equality? Political correctness gone mad, I tell you, gone mad!!!! Next they'll be wanting the vote!!!!! “. Anger and intolerance are the enemy of correct understanding
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