Members dikman Posted December 14, 2019 Author Members Report Posted December 14, 2019 Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
RockyAussie Posted December 15, 2019 Report Posted December 15, 2019 I remember having some similar issue with mine when I got it and I cant say for sure what I have is right or not but here are a few pics that may help anyway. Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
Members RemingtonSteel Posted December 15, 2019 Members Report Posted December 15, 2019 20 hours ago, RockyAussie said: I had to check out the timing templates.........Thanks to @Uwe I still have one stuck onto my big pulley. I would like to recommend that if you a new owner of one of this breed that you check out Uwe's video that goes with these templates. Made mine work a whole lot better. Couldn’t agree more. I thought I turned my new Ferdco 2000 into an expensive boat anchor. Turns out that the two large allen screws holding the eccentric cam in place on the shaft were loose and the only thing really holding it in place was the small set screw. Timming got thrown off about 180 degrees when I tried to sew 5/8 inch of leather. Uwe’s templates and video got me back up and running in no time. Now the machines runs even better than it did, and I have a deeper understanding of how my machine works. In the future I will not fear expensive boat anchors again. Quote
Members dikman Posted December 15, 2019 Author Members Report Posted December 15, 2019 Thanks Brian, the first photo shows the correct assembly. In the middle the plate with the stud sticking out to the left and on the inside is the wire loop over the screw head. The loop on mine was on the left of the plate, over the stud, which is used to push up the lever to open the tension discs. How mine still worked to open the discs is a miracle, given how short that stud is! I haven't been able to find any information regarding how this part of the mechanism works (and possible problems), there just seems to be an automatic assumption that it will never cause a problem! RS, I figure they used an impact driver to do up the screws on mine!!!!! Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
RockyAussie Posted December 15, 2019 Report Posted December 15, 2019 It would be helpful I think if we could get a couple of other peoples pictures as well to help establish if there are any differences in the set up. It is one part of the machine that I think could have been set up better and as you say it seems there are no good diagrams/pictures that show much in this area. I also took some off of the length of the wedge that opens the tension discs as it opened the discs ridiculously apart and was near impossible to get even a fraction of foot lift without loosening the top thread tension. (Not good when you want to lift a little to get around a corner etc). Works good now but was just another head scratching thing I ran into. I hope I remember to show Jess and Mitchell this the next time they drop in. Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
RockyAussie Posted December 15, 2019 Report Posted December 15, 2019 I just found this video by @Uwe that I referred to earlier in this post - Thanks again Uwe. Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
Members RemingtonSteel Posted December 15, 2019 Members Report Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, RockyAussie said: It would be helpful I think if we could get a couple of other peoples pictures as well to help establish if there are any differences in the set up. FWIW Ferdco Pro 2000: From the outside. From the inside I could see how having the loop hanging on the post on the other side of the bracket might cause binding, as that would make sense. What doesn't make sense is that it only binds when using the foot pedal, not when manipulating it with your hand. So I have to ask, do you have enough slack taken out of the foot pedal chain to allow the full travel of the foot pedal and thereby the full travel of the presser foot assembly? I know when I set mine up, I had to take up more slack on the chain to get the full travel on the presser foot lifter assembly. Have you tried shortening the chain by several links and see if that helps the situation? Edited December 15, 2019 by RemingtonSteel Quote
Members dikman Posted December 15, 2019 Author Members Report Posted December 15, 2019 Interesting idea about the opening wedge Brian, something to keep in mind. RS, I didn't have an issue with binding when using the hand lifter because the travel is less than with the chain lifter. It only became a problem past the range of the hand lifter. I should mention that historically whenever I buy something if there's a faulty unit in a batch I always seem to get it!! It's called Murphy's Law, and I sometimes wonder if my middle name should have been Murphy. If someone assembled mine wrong then there's every chance that they've done the same thing to other machines, I would think. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Bert51 Posted December 15, 2019 Members Report Posted December 15, 2019 I know my machine is not even close to your machines, but I made a new part to allow me to lift the foot enough to turn the work without loosening the thread tension. Anything over 3//8 I had loose stitches in the corners, I made a new part that gave me just over 1/2 inch. The first one I made only works with the foot fully depressed, which I found hard on my leg after s few hours sewing. I think it is a good idea to adjust this to suit you and not put up with the factory setting. Bert. Quote
RockyAussie Posted December 15, 2019 Report Posted December 15, 2019 Thank you for posting those pictures @RemingtonSteel. This can be very helpful when people run into problems like this. Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
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