Garage Automation Project – revisited
It’s been a while since I revisited the GAP, I have tried a couple of things since the last post, but none of them were successful. However, since I bought my 3D printer 18 months ago, I have been trying …
Category: Other Technology
Digital Singer 319k part two
In this post below I started the journey towards my dream machine, a vintage Singer 319K with a digital motor controller. I got to a working prototype stage, then stupidly plugged a normal power cable into the machine, not realizing …
Singer 306K – Bobbin Carrier
A few weeks ago it became clear why I was having issues with Bobbin tension, even after fitting a new spring to the bobbin carrier. I lifted the carrier out of the machine to change thread, and a part of …
A little sewing project for my Singer 306K
I was admiring some straps on an umbrella in our local Tighter Men store, designed to keep a large cantilever umbrella from damaging itself in the wind. For a few weeks I used some can straps out of my roof …
Digital Singer 319K
I have never put a post into so many categories as this one. It involves an Arduino microprocessor, programming in C++, lots of 3D printing, and my latest sewing machine, a Singer 319K swing needle from 1957. My three main …
Singer 319K – first few days
Having won the auction with the only bid of $10, I picked up the machine on Monday night, and started a long slow inspection of the machine. This is best done while cleaning and lubricating as most things get touched …
Final Fashion Disc pattern for Singer 306 confirmed
It’s been a labour of love for the last few weeks, redesigning all the Singer Type A Fashion Discs from varying quality stitch samples, pictures from manuals and from the pattern printed on the disc in some cases. One disc …
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More fashion disks for my 306k
Following on from previous posts about Fashion Disks I have been researching into the Elna Supermatic and SU sewing machines and the discs that they use. I have never seen an example of one of these disks, but there is quite …
Singer 306k – needles
When I picked up my Singer 306k from a man who was as retired as me, he told me that he had used it to make sails (for boats), and when I started working on it I found a size …
Fashion Discs – 3D printing and 306K Sewing machine
Following from 3D Printing Singer Type A Fashion Discs below, a whole bunch of stuff has happened. Firstly I have created numerical designs of all 33 Type A Fashion Discs (1 through 32 and 37), basically a stitch position from …
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