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Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:45:11 EDT

Subaru posted : ordered a replacement belt and new thread holders, total came to like $11.97 shipped

should be the last of it, I already hinted I was going to buy her a new sewing machine for Christmas/birthday since her birthday is so close to Christmas hah.

Only thing I haven't done yet is change the foot controller.. I mean it's not a big deal how it is not but the switch is so stupid small vs the switches that are a whole medal plate vs a tiny 2x2" square.
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Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:23:29 EDT

sk1939 posted : It's a featherlight, but I don't have it, it's a great-aunts. I'll let her know though.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:36:51 EDT

robbin posted : Nice old singer -- is that a full size or a featherlight? Go to the bottom right of this page and you can get a nice printable certificate showing date of manufacture. Not sure how long they will do it as it was to celebrate their 160 anniversary. (Family has a number of old Singers including quite a collection of featherlights. Mom love to quilt on one of hers which was made the same year she was born -- 1932).

»mysingerstory.com/

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:15:28 EDT

sk1939 posted :

said by Subaru:

Here is a picture what I'm talking about

Those? Those are just end crimp caps.

This is what I meant by vintage Singer btw:

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:27:06 EDT

Subaru posted : Here is a picture what I'm talking about

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:17:57 EDT

Subaru posted : Yeah it's not bad pretty basic but I'm going to give my mom a new machine for her birthday, she got spoiled with the new machines.

Speaking of that the belt snapped on me 2 days ago (original belt) but I want to replace the foot controller pedal with something newer, I'm not sure what you call those wire clamps? Are they wire compressors? They are white with a little metal band inside that you crimp.
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Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:51:08 EDT

Gavin posted : I think old is gold. So, you are very lucky that you have an old singer sewing machine.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:40:29 EDT

Subaru posted : nope not vintage

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:38:34 EDT

sk1939 posted : Depends if it's the vintage Singer or not, I'm not super familiar with them however.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:25:04 EDT

Subaru posted : I'm not too sure, one guy got his at goodwill for $7 and this model at the time with Singer's most basic model.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:41:44 EDT

sk1939 posted : Those older Singers are worth a decent amount of change actually. Even if you hadn't fixed it, I wouldn't pitch it with the rubbish.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:43:09 EDT

Subaru posted : Did you watch the video?

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:24:38 EDT

AndrewG2 posted : I've seen a few types, foot and knee switches (those have a bar coming down from the machine itself or fix to the table) There's just switches, there's 3 speed switches which are wiped contacts with 3 big wirewound resistors, and the fully variable, was a huge rheostat, which probably worked out about "15 speed" practically.

I have one somewhere, I picked up for running a drill through.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:56:12 EDT

Subaru posted : Well I had no problems doing patches on my jeans last night the control is still a little crazy because it's a tiny switch vs the larger pads I'm used to.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:42:48 EDT

Subaru posted : Fixed!

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iaHuIiv···youtu.be

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIumDOrg···youtu.be

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:10:49 EDT

Subaru posted : It's Fixed! I have a video for that too :P I'm not sure if I was looking at the carbon discs but I think it uses a carbon rod? Or two of them?

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:57:06 EDT

Subaru posted :

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMod6vvg···ure=plcp

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAmrO4d···ure=plcp

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:55:49 EDT

Subaru posted : I was thinking about that since the only place I know of that had carbon discs were battery load testers.. So I guess in other words it would be impossible for it to work besides changing it out.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:52:50 EDT

shdesigns posted :

said by Subaru:

It should but from what I can see inside the ceramic part are carbon discs which when fully pressing the switch disengages the carbon discs so it can run full speed.

Probably the discs have disintegrated over the years so they no longer work.

They would compress with the pedal giving variable speed, then the switch you see would allow full speed.
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Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:49:43 EDT

Subaru posted : It should but from what I can see inside the ceramic part are carbon discs which when fully pressing the switch disengages the carbon discs so it can run full speed.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:45:14 EDT

robbin posted : That machine should move the needle as slow as you want it to go.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:27:14 EDT

Subaru posted : That's not what happens here.. once my phone is done uploading to youtube I will show you..

It has no in between at all It's just full speed or nothing at all, so the way you are saying does not work here :(

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:19:44 EDT

SparkChaser posted : I think what Robbin showed is what I said.

Keep in mind that typically you has to give it more than you wanted to get it going and then back off to the slower speed. Just a phenomena of the motor control.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:17:17 EDT

Subaru posted :

said by robbin:

I can't see the pics on my iPad but I think this will give you the basic information you need.

»oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/2···bout-it/

Hmm this one does not have that cap like the pictures show.. hmm..

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:12:19 EDT

Subaru posted : The inside of the foot controller was not how I expected but given 1968 I guess it's about right.

I think my above video shows that it has a huge dead space between a half press to fully pressing it down.. that's the part I don't understand hopefully google will have something about that.

It is fully oiled so it no longer slows down when doing zigzag stitches.. I'm going to be getting my mom a Brother SE400 for her birthday so this is just a fun little thing to work on now.
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Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:12:06 EDT

robbin posted : I can't see the pics on my iPad but I think this will give you the basic information you need.

»oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/2···bout-it/

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:06:25 EDT

SparkChaser posted : Given the technology of the time I think it's a variable resistor in series with the motor. I remember the singers working but I don't remember ever taking one apart. :huh:

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:59:21 EDT

Subaru posted : Yes, I must of forgot to say that in the video.. first one came out wrong

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:57:10 EDT

anon posted : I know how to end any debate on the subject. Singer allows you to order product manuals for all of their machines online.

»www.singerco.com/accessories/ins···-manuals

They want your money for it but I wasn't able to find any links to free ones on Google.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:28:24 EDT

SparkChaser posted : Is that white part ceramic?

If it is, it means heat and probably a variable resistor on a universal motor.

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:22:40 EDT

Subaru posted : Manual says so but the switch is not right... Have a look right now I'm piling it now.

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=icDzTBDW···a_player

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:49:24 EDT

SparkChaser posted : Another vote for variable

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:19:19 EDT

robbin posted : I grew up around sewing machines as both my mother and grandmother loved sewing. Every machine I have seen or worked on were variable speed including the really old ones (Singers older than yours included).

Re: Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:55:55 EDT

anon posted : I remember my mom had an old Singer sewing machine back in the 60's and it was indeed variable speed controlled by the pedal. That's not to say that some cheaper models may have simply used a footswitch instead of a pot.

Old Singer sewing machine

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:59:07 EDT

Subaru posted : This thing is older then me about 50 years old.. anyways I got in a discussion about the foot pedal switch, she says it's variable speed I say it's not..

Some people online say it's variable.. but the thing is I opened the pedal up last night and you can clearly see that half the travel it's not doing anything until the switch contacts this metal switch, being this old I've never seen a switch this old.. but maybe something broke on it?

I ended up replacing the cord end last night to see if it ran or not, I will get a video up to help show what I mean

Btw the model of it is 328K
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