Members shoepatcher Posted November 1, 2019 Members Report Posted November 1, 2019 Bob at Toledo can get you the items. Trying to think of any dealers in New England area: WS Bessett in Maine, Sanford Sewing in Vermont, New England Needle, Quote
Members Pintodeluxe Posted November 1, 2019 Members Report Posted November 1, 2019 20 hours ago, Tammie said: Good afternoon everyone and Happy Halloween.. I am needing to get ordered some feet and extra bobbins.. does anyone know a good source. looking for Quality as I rather only buy once.. sewing machine is arriving on Saturday. happy dance.. Thanks for the help Excited to start I haven't encountered any quality issues with different brand of feet. Many of the feet for my 563 are fairly high profile (tall) and can limit the thickness you can sew. For this reason I prefer the lower profile feet. Same feet as Consew 206, 226 and others. For some reason the low profile ones tend to be chrome, and the tall ones are black, but not always. I use a 1/4" piping foot most often, but left and right zipper feet are nice to have as well. As far as bobbins, make sure to get the extra large "U" style bobbins. M bobbins fit in the case, but the machine is designed for U style. You will like the machine. For the upholstery weight leather I sew, I haven't found anything I'd rather have. Quote
Members Matt S Posted November 2, 2019 Members Report Posted November 2, 2019 I've found that not all 111 style feet are made equal, but if you buy from actual SM dealers/suppliers (rather than any old randomer) they're usually quite adequate. Biggest issue I've encountered is that some inner feet don't fit on the shaft properly. However within any particular foot type (flat smooth, flat serrated, piping etc.) the inner foot is fairly universal so if I find, as I once did, that the otherwise identical inner feet in a piping set of half a dozen different sizes don't all fit... I simply threw away the ones that don't fit. I like Kungpeng. Decent prices, decent selection and quite good quality. Just wish there were an express shipping option! Proper local SM dealers tend to be more reliable in terms of quality, and are of course much faster, so may be worth the extra cost. Being a style rather than a standard, sometimes particular combinations of feet don't quite get along with each other. That's where the grinder comes into play... Quote
Members dikman Posted November 3, 2019 Members Report Posted November 3, 2019 I've used KungPeng and found them very good to deal with. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Tammie Posted November 8, 2019 Author Members Report Posted November 8, 2019 Thank you so very much for the help. Could I trouble you one more time for a link or web page for the feet Want to make sure I get the right ones. Thanks again and am so Grateful for the help. Have a great day... Quote
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