IHUK - A day in the life of….

[Giles]

@Kasi

Whoops, look just what happened:

[Kasi]

Looking good…  @Giles
thanks

[GC]

Whoah, that snap is stunning @Kasi ! Are my eyes deceiving me, or is that some sexual knurling effect going on under the rosette? Holy smoke! @Giles I no longer smoke, but think I'd reach for one with the pressure of that job. I hope your bench grinder is bolted and secure btw. Good luck..

[Giles]

Sexual Knurling - 

It is a goosebumps rosette 17mm snap…..So effectively a knurled pattern under the rosette.  I'm talking to Josh about doing us a run.....

Not bolted 

It needs to be mobile, so we can take it outside, so we don't cover the clothing with metal dust.....

[Giles]

[dinobarnesberlin]

@Giles:

Sexual Knurling - 

It is a goosebumps rosette 17mm snap…..So effectively a knurled pattern under the rosette.  I'm talking to Josh about doing us a run.....

Not bolted 

It needs to be mobile, so we can take it outside, so we don't cover the clothing with metal dust…..
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Metal Dust….you mean Man Glitter 

[Kasi]

sexual knurling

[GC]

Thanks for the additional pics @Giles fingers crossed!

Out of interest, what have you had it fitted onto @Kasi ?

A 17mm GAH snap is mighty and sexual, knurled or not.

[Kasi]

It on 25oz vest…

Thanks

[Giles]

The sophisticated walking-foot sewing machine that we use for flat seam hemming us playing up.  We can't currently get an engineer in to take a look at it.

So, it's back to basics…..

[Kasi]

Unlucky  :o

My mother had one of those. It over 40 years old. Still have it

[Giles]

My mother gave that one to me on my 21st birthday…..

[Chris]

Looks like it's in good shape. I love those old Singer machines. If you didn't know this already, you can determine the approximate age by looking up the serial number in this database.  It wouldn't surprise me if that one is pushing a hundred years old.

[Giles]

Thanks Chris, I'll do that next time I'm in the office…

[Simon]

What’s wrong with the walking foot machine then Giles?

[Giles]

I think the bobbin tension is screwed.  It throws a random birds nest on the underside of the fabric every so often.

If I did not have an alternative, I'd spend more time trying to fix it, but I actually prefer the end-result on the old Singer. And, it's very Zen using it….

[Lowlander]

Thank you for that website, @Chris! I just looked up my own Singer, and found out it was built in March 1906. It's still working too! Amazing things…

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[Aetas]

Same here. Thanks a lot @Chris !
Always thought we have a Singer from the late twenties.
Data base says: Model 15K from 1906. Astounded.

[Chris]

Nice! Glad you guys found it useful.

Mine's a relative infant- built in 1930, model 31-15. I have a couple more, but they're still in bins, waiting for me to clean and organize my shop enough to find a place for them.

[Simon]

@Giles:

I think the bobbin tension is screwed.  It throws a random birds nest on the underside of the fabric every so often.

If I did not have an alternative, I'd spend more time trying to fix it, but I actually prefer the end-result on the old Singer. And, it's very Zen using it….

I doubt its the bobbin tension. It will Probably be an issue with the upper tension, either its too low (I suspect not as you will have checked this first!) more likely its the little pin that releases the upper tension to allow thread to run through the tensioner on the downward stroke of the needle, when it gets jammed the take up lever pulls from the spool rather than locking the stitch, leaving a loop under the material, which then bird nests. Can’t hurt to try a few drops of oil on the tension release pin, you could also look for a tread jam in the upper tensioner?