Members oldfarmboy Posted June 19, 2020 Members Report Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Hello everyone. Haven't been here for quite a spell. Yesterday I purchased a Consew model 229 post sewing machine. Today I hope to test and looking in the manual it mentions a bobbin case. I don't see one. I called the dealer (150 miles away ). Chatting with the service man It seems some use bobbin cases and others don't. Is this correct? Attached is a picture of the bobbin area. Could someone help me out on threading this machine? TIA Edited June 19, 2020 by oldfarmboy Quote
Members oldfarmboy Posted June 19, 2020 Author Members Report Posted June 19, 2020 The parts manual that came with the machine lists a bobbin case number 12124. If it is indeed needed, and by looking closely, it appears to be AOL, where is a good source for another? I've tried trading and the thread always get caught in the hook so I'm almost certain there should be a bobbin case. Quote
Members shoepatcher Posted June 19, 2020 Members Report Posted June 19, 2020 A Consew 229 is a copy of a Singer 168. The bobbin caps should be interchangeable. In the picture shown, your bobbin case tab is not in the slot on the underside of the throat plate. Yours will need the bobbin case cover. Should thread the same as a Singer 168. Hope that helps. I may have a bobbin case cover around here. glenn Quote
Members oldfarmboy Posted June 20, 2020 Author Members Report Posted June 20, 2020 Thanks Shoepatcher. After studying the machine for couple hours and comparing to my Pfaff walking foot I came to the same conclusion it's missing the cover. In fact the cover from the Pfaff almost fits except the hole is too small for the post. :( I'll check locally but hopes are not great. Watch for PM. Quote
Members oldfarmboy Posted June 20, 2020 Author Members Report Posted June 20, 2020 54 minutes ago, shoepatcher said: A Consew 229 is a copy of a Singer 168. The bobbin caps should be interchangeable. In the picture shown, your bobbin case tab is not in the slot on the underside of the throat plate. Yours will need the bobbin case cover. Should thread the same as a Singer 168. Hope that helps. I may have a bobbin case cover around here. glenn Hmmm can't send PM??? Quote
Members Constabulary Posted June 20, 2020 Members Report Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Post-Bett-Slide-Platte-221215-fur-Singer-51W-52W-136W-138W-Nahmaschine-/16378209174 this slide cover should work - it even fitted for my decades old Singer 51w looks like they remained all the same. Edited June 20, 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 oldfarmboy Posted June 20, 2020 Author Members Report Posted June 20, 2020 Link doesn’t seem to work. :( I have the slide cover. Need the bobbin cover Quote
Members Constabulary Posted June 20, 2020 Members Report Posted June 20, 2020 sorry - my bad... link was for a slide cover 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 oldfarmboy Posted June 20, 2020 Author Members Report Posted June 20, 2020 Anyone have this machine that could post a picture with the slide cover removed and the bobbin case in position? Also some closeups of the bobbin case itself? If caliper available as well some measurements? Crazy thought here. I'm going to attempt machining a cover. I have lots of tension springs from Singer bobbins that I can use. It will be from ordinary steel not tool steel to begin with. Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted June 20, 2020 Moderator Report Posted June 20, 2020 Campbell-Randall has a bobbin cap for sale for the Singer 168. It should also fit your Consew 229. I searched for more but nothing much came up, aside from a Koban brand bobbin cap from Japan. It was sold by a dealer in the UK and would cost as much with shipping and taxes. 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.
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