Adler 30-70 advice

[24602]

Likely unrelated but i have no idea. These two paddles were in the boxes of stuff. Any idea what they are and what they do. 

[jimi]

They look like they are for Butter? Butter pats.

Edited June 28, 2020 by jimi

[Old Coach Saddlery]

Glad you got it moving freely. I have a 30-70 I picked up about a year ago. I have it set up with 138 thread. They are such nice machines. You are going to love it.

[24602]

15 minutes ago, Old Coach Saddlery said:

Glad you got it moving freely. I have a 30-70 I picked up about a year ago. I have it set up with 138 thread. They are such nice machines. You are going to love it.

What do you do with it?  I normally would not have chosen it but it was too good of a deal to pass up. 

[Wizcrafts]

5 hours ago, 24602 said:

What do you do with it?  I normally would not have chosen it but it was too good of a deal to pass up. 

I have an Adler 30-7 in my shop. On Saturday I used it to sew a patch onto the front of a customer's ball cap. I also use it to sew patches over pockets. It is busy working on sewing 43 patches onto a biker's vest. It is really just a repairs machine, for fixing things that are in hard to reach locations.

A full bobbin of #138 thread might sew 5 belts or rifle slings. I don't use heavy thread in mine, just #69 or #92 bonded thread. Most of my needles are #18 through #22. I normally have a #19 or #20 needle in it. I do have a few #24 needles in case I need to use it for a short run of #207 thread, but haven't done that yet. I have a Cowboy CB4500 for that thread.

[gordond]

Here's my Adler 30-1 stand ..(bare metal restore)

Servo motorised ..head out in the shop as I'm building a table for it..

Hammer finish paint ..but I can't get a variety of shades in NZ anymore. I had to resort to blending the colour.. a little too green and another issue with blending - it can lose the hammer finish..trick to get that back was to over stipple with a coarse brush..there should be a variety of shades in the US 

[Old Coach Saddlery]

I work mostly on English saddlery. I just happened upon this machine and thought I would replace zippers in tall English riding boots. So I mostly look at it lol. I will oil and run it to keep it moving. I am kind of a sewing machine junky. Can't help it, that's why I have had several Singer patchers come through my shop. I like cleaning them up and get them running again. The Adler was mint and all I did was change the motor to a servo and add a speed reducer.

Edited June 30, 2020 by Old Coach Saddlery
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[24602]

On 6/29/2020 at 5:31 PM, Old Coach Saddlery said:

I work mostly on English saddlery. I just happened upon this machine and thought I would replace zippers in tall English riding boots. So I mostly look at it lol. I will oil and run it to keep it moving. I am kind of a sewing machine junky. Can't help it, that's why I have had several Singer patchers come through my shop. I like cleaning them up and get them running again. The Adler was mint and all I did was change the motor to a servo and add a speed reducer.

That’s a nifty stand!! Is that an Adler original?  Thinking to motorize. Thoughts on the best way to go about it?
 

really getting attached to this machine. Threaded it with some 207ish (might even be a little bigger) and it stitched really nice!!  

[Old Coach Saddlery]

No it was a Sutton stand. It came with the sewing machine. They are used in the shoe industry. I removed the motor and replaced it with a servo and speed reducer. I kept the stand because its compact and put wheels on it so I could tuck it in a corner of the shop and pull it out when needed. I think your Adler is an early model. You should be able to run the motor off the backside of your table. i used a piece of plywood to extend the table out for that purpose.  

[24602]

So the cool little cover is repaired. A little sitching (thanks to a bored mother-in-law) and couple pieces of duct tape on the inside. Love the novelty of the original items. They probably don’t mean alot but I think it’s cool they are still with the machine.