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 …
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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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3D Printing Singer Type A Fashion Discs
Back ground I have spent a very happy few days combining my two main hobbies at the moment, namely rescuing/restoring a Singer 306K Automatic Swing-Needle Sewing Machine, and learning as much about 3D design and 3D printing as I …
Singer 306K – crossover into 3d printing!
My Creality Ender 3 V3 SE 3D printer is pretty well used, not so much for decorative knick knacks, but for useful things, repairs to objects,extending the use of thing etc. I have got it sorted out and can print …
306k Some good progress
Getting this 306k running well is going to be a slow and interesting process. The first job is finding out how it is supposed to work. I have the user manual and the service manual, which helps. However, when things …
Singer 306k update
I have not been well for a while, and I promised Lynn that I would not work on the two new machines until the winter. Well for the last two weeks I have been slowly creating a machine base for …
Hermes – more progress
The boat shuttle looked good but had a lot of resistance, so it was deep cleaned, the adjuster screw removed and the spring folded out and 120 years of solidified oil and felt removed. The sliding surfaces of the tension …
Hermes – progress
After successfully identifying the manufacturer, model and approximate year of manufacture (Haid und Nue, Gloriosa or Liberia, 1906) and finishing a basic clean of the mechanicals and reassembling, I have decided to divide and conquer! The machine has been taken …
Hermes – our new sewing machine
Manufacturer Haid und Neu, model Gloriosa or Liberia, built about 1906, handcrank, nature decals, serial number 934620 This machine has been on and off TradeMe a few times during my interest in sewing machines, and I always thought it was …
Singer 306K purchase
Having donated my Singer 201K23 to my daughter and son in law, I have been missing it’s quirkiness and lovely performance. I haven’t bought a machine for a while, but a Singer 306K from 1954 came up on Facebook marketplace, …