@mickice. I def agree w u on that one, I lost sleep the other night because I was tryna figure out how the sewing machine works underneath lol! Nice vid brother!!
I have a old sewing machine like yours and it was inconceivable to me how a straight needle could bring a thread up from the bottom to complete a stitch. Now seeing how it works, maybe I can figure out why mine is not completing any stitches. Is there a website where I can find out when mine was built? I have all the numbers.
I have a old sewing machine like yours and it was inconceivable to me how a straight needle could bring a thread up from the bottom to complete a stitch. Now seeing how it works, maybe I can figure out why mine is not completing any stitches. Is there a website where I can find out when mine was built? I have all the numbers.
Great in my childhood I used to help my mom to the Bobbin and wonder how it wz working.... now I have a complete idea .... thanks great illustration...
@somnath7466 I love making videos that show how things work. This may not be the best video I ever made but if the viewer has a little patience it shows everything pretty good. Thanks for the comment.
I have a couple of old Singer industrial sewing machines. They have an electric motor under the cabinet, and a belt drive to the machine itself. There is a foot pedal that when pushed, operates mechanical linkage which pushes a rod on the bottom of the machine, and makes things move on the machine itself. Do you know what is happening when I push the foot pedal? I don't know what it is for, of what is supposed to happen when it is pushed. Hope you can help.
@sergeantsailorman That sounds like an industrial machine with a clutch. When you push the pedal it should engage the drive and make the machine run. The motor runs constantly and engages with pressure to the pedal. Be careful those machines have plenty of power and can smash fingers or worse. They can also go at incredible speed so engage the pedal slowly. It is a clutch.
On Singers use the serial number to determine year of manufacture. Singer's web site has a list by serials of manufacture date. We have a shuttle bobbin treadle in it's stand we found was dated 1895 where I thought maybe 1930's. Big surprise when I saw that on their list.
there are two year marked somewhere in all old machines, oldest of those two dates is the year of fabrication... yours looks from last century probably 1940... 1960... ;P great video
Love the Singer 128. They were made up until the 1950's. Yours dates to probably the late 1930's to mid-1940's. It is because of the 'godzilla' finish.
BTW: Is your Pfaff for sale? LQQking 4EVER to add 1 2 my collection.
Have a tan 319W w/ 'godzilla' finish (Bridgeport, CT) & a green 319K made @ Singer's Kilbowie, Scotland plant in 50's. 319W (and K) was a great, heavy-duty machine. 206/306/319/320 class not sold 4 long. They were heavy & had to lift whole machine to replace the bobbin.
@richfincm Actually I probably could let the Pfaff go. I sewed a motorcycle jacket sleve with heavy thread with it and it worked great. I have a few dozen machines now and I want to get my Singer "C" series made in Germany running on the treadle base I have. Thanks for the info on the finish and dates.
@sewingmachineheaven : I'll have to think about how much $ for the Pfaff. Give me some time, man. And you're quite welcome about the finish and date info. Anytime. I approved your friend request, BTW. Have a good one, guy. -Rich :)
That's a Singer 128 from the late 1930's to mid-1940's. They are a good and tough machine. Singer made MILLIONS of them and off of them (all of their machines).
Great demo! Is the Pfaff 352?? you demonstrated for sale? I want one to add to my VAST Singer collection. I am serious. Contact me.
Thank you for this excellent demo explaining the workings of a sewing machine. I too have a machine (a Singer 27) with a missing front plate ;) They are a job to find.
@SillySimplicity This machine makes it a little easier to see than most rotary or oscilatiing hooks but the needles all work the same. Getting the thread and the needdle in so the hook can grab the thread is the important part.
There's a online list that show year of production of Singer machines. You just check the number on the brass plate on your machine. If you have problem's just post the serial number here and you will get some help.
oh my word, you have jsut explained to me what has had me so confused! i have always wanted to know how it works. ALSO, i just got a 1922(?) singer and it has that shuttle bobbin. i couldnt figure it out. thanks so much for taking the time! could you please explain winding the bobbin on that machine?
@irrevocabilis This was the first shuttle bobbin machine I ever had. It was ready to go when I got it. I thought it was so amasing I had to show it. it really does work well. Even after 60 or 70 years
@mickice. I def agree w u on that one, I lost sleep the other night because I was tryna figure out how the sewing machine works underneath lol! Nice vid brother!!
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I have a old sewing machine like yours and it was inconceivable to me how a straight needle could bring a thread up from the bottom to complete a stitch. Now seeing how it works, maybe I can figure out why mine is not completing any stitches. Is there a website where I can find out when mine was built? I have all the numbers.
srp960 5 months ago
I have a old sewing machine like yours and it was inconceivable to me how a straight needle could bring a thread up from the bottom to complete a stitch. Now seeing how it works, maybe I can figure out why mine is not completing any stitches. Is there a website where I can find out when mine was built? I have all the numbers.
srp960 5 months ago
Great in my childhood I used to help my mom to the Bobbin and wonder how it wz working.... now I have a complete idea .... thanks great illustration...
somnath7466 6 months ago
@somnath7466 I love making videos that show how things work. This may not be the best video I ever made but if the viewer has a little patience it shows everything pretty good. Thanks for the comment.
sewingmachineheaven 6 months ago
I never realized Jack Nicholson was such an expert at sewing machines.
mghalichi 1 year ago 8
I have a couple of old Singer industrial sewing machines. They have an electric motor under the cabinet, and a belt drive to the machine itself. There is a foot pedal that when pushed, operates mechanical linkage which pushes a rod on the bottom of the machine, and makes things move on the machine itself. Do you know what is happening when I push the foot pedal? I don't know what it is for, of what is supposed to happen when it is pushed. Hope you can help.
sergeantsailorman 1 year ago
@sergeantsailorman That sounds like an industrial machine with a clutch. When you push the pedal it should engage the drive and make the machine run. The motor runs constantly and engages with pressure to the pedal. Be careful those machines have plenty of power and can smash fingers or worse. They can also go at incredible speed so engage the pedal slowly. It is a clutch.
sewingmachineheaven 1 year ago
Great video. Thanks for putting this on.
Jere616 1 year ago
The things that keep you awake at night,
Mickice 1 year ago
On Singers use the serial number to determine year of manufacture. Singer's web site has a list by serials of manufacture date. We have a shuttle bobbin treadle in it's stand we found was dated 1895 where I thought maybe 1930's. Big surprise when I saw that on their list.
rhblakeman 1 year ago
there are two year marked somewhere in all old machines, oldest of those two dates is the year of fabrication... yours looks from last century probably 1940... 1960... ;P great video
xxxVegetariaNxxx 1 year ago
there are two year marked somewhere in all old machines, oldest of those two dates is the year of fabrication ;P great video
xxxVegetariaNxxx 1 year ago
Thank's!!!! And your voice rock!!!
MsHantea 1 year ago
that video was the best machine description i have ever saw.thanks now i know.
pissballs 1 year ago
Love the Singer 128. They were made up until the 1950's. Yours dates to probably the late 1930's to mid-1940's. It is because of the 'godzilla' finish.
BTW: Is your Pfaff for sale? LQQking 4EVER to add 1 2 my collection.
Have a tan 319W w/ 'godzilla' finish (Bridgeport, CT) & a green 319K made @ Singer's Kilbowie, Scotland plant in 50's. 319W (and K) was a great, heavy-duty machine. 206/306/319/320 class not sold 4 long. They were heavy & had to lift whole machine to replace the bobbin.
richfincm 1 year ago
@richfincm Actually I probably could let the Pfaff go. I sewed a motorcycle jacket sleve with heavy thread with it and it worked great. I have a few dozen machines now and I want to get my Singer "C" series made in Germany running on the treadle base I have. Thanks for the info on the finish and dates.
sewingmachineheaven 1 year ago
@sewingmachineheaven : I'll have to think about how much $ for the Pfaff. Give me some time, man. And you're quite welcome about the finish and date info. Anytime. I approved your friend request, BTW. Have a good one, guy. -Rich :)
richfincm 1 year ago
That's a Singer 128 from the late 1930's to mid-1940's. They are a good and tough machine. Singer made MILLIONS of them and off of them (all of their machines).
Great demo! Is the Pfaff 352?? you demonstrated for sale? I want one to add to my VAST Singer collection. I am serious. Contact me.
richfincm 1 year ago
Magic!
sheasy2002 1 year ago
Thank you for this excellent demo explaining the workings of a sewing machine. I too have a machine (a Singer 27) with a missing front plate ;) They are a job to find.
biscuitnrabbi 1 year ago
you answered it like a pro,
shao19930711 1 year ago
Wonderful explanation! I always wondered how sewing machines worked, and now I know!
SillySimplicity 2 years ago 4
@SillySimplicity This machine makes it a little easier to see than most rotary or oscilatiing hooks but the needles all work the same. Getting the thread and the needdle in so the hook can grab the thread is the important part.
sewingmachineheaven 1 year ago
Thank you for taking the time, Thank you for a simple explanation. Great video.
dukelden 2 years ago
Excellent explanation! It's puzzling how little there is on the net for the sewing machine mechanism. I'm glad I found this vid!
bobbobster1 2 years ago 2
@bobbobster1 Glad I could help. I want to show how to do all the many stitches of a cam machine next.
sewingmachineheaven 1 year ago
thanx man, good tutorial!
numediaweb 2 years ago
There's a online list that show year of production of Singer machines. You just check the number on the brass plate on your machine. If you have problem's just post the serial number here and you will get some help.
turtlefromthenorth 2 years ago
Thanks for demonstrating this shuttle- I always wanted to see it operate.
meerkat798 2 years ago
thank you so much for explaining. i am just so dumbfounded
FMK1984 2 years ago
oh my word, you have jsut explained to me what has had me so confused! i have always wanted to know how it works. ALSO, i just got a 1922(?) singer and it has that shuttle bobbin. i couldnt figure it out. thanks so much for taking the time! could you please explain winding the bobbin on that machine?
FMK1984 2 years ago
You are the first person to actually explain it and have me get it, thank you... :)
irrevocabilis 2 years ago 6
I concur with this poster. Great explanation!
Ishmarl4567 2 years ago
@irrevocabilis This was the first shuttle bobbin machine I ever had. It was ready to go when I got it. I thought it was so amasing I had to show it. it really does work well. Even after 60 or 70 years
sewingmachineheaven 1 year ago