{"id":4916,"date":"2025-09-16T04:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:54:36","slug":"fashion-discs-3d-printing-and-306k-sewing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/fashion-discs-3d-printing-and-306k-sewing-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Discs &#8211; 3D printing and 306K Sewing machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4986\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4986\" src=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-752x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-1129x1536.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-1505x2048.jpg 1505w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-100x136.jpg 100w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-150x204.jpg 150w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-200x272.jpg 200w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-300x408.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-450x612.jpg 450w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-600x817.jpg 600w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-900x1225.jpg 900w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Sampler001-scaled.jpg 1881w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Fashion Disc Sampler, 3dp clones\u00a0 of discs 1 to 32 and 37, with 4 designs of my own, a kiwi fern, a straight stitch, a zigzag and an arrow head that pucker and tunnel less than the originals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following from <a href=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/3d-printing-singer-type-a-fashion-discs\/\">3D Printing Singer Type A Fashion Discs<\/a> below, a whole bunch of stuff has happened.<br \/>\nFirstly I have created numerical designs of all 33 Type A Fashion Discs (1 through 32 and 37), basically a stitch position from the left side of the needle swing for each of the 18 stitches<\/p>\n<p>Numerical designs look something like this, showing a diagram of the stitch, translated into an offset number between 0 and 12 for use in the parameter file. The tooth height on the disc is 2.4mm (probably 2.38mm, or 3\/32&#8243; really) but the pattern works in 0-12, as this is much easier when dealing with patterns that use half, quarter or thirds of the stitch width.<\/p>\n<p>I created parameter files for each disc using these numerical designs.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4916 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-responsive-300'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/fashion-discs-3d-printing-and-306k-sewing-machine\/singer-fashion-discs004\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-300x424.jpg\" class=\"attachment-responsive-300 size-responsive-300\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-300x424.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-100x141.jpg 100w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-200x283.jpg 200w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-450x636.jpg 450w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-600x849.jpg 600w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-900x1273.jpg 900w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs004-scaled.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4943'>\n\t\t\t\tNumerical Parameters Design\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/fashion-discs-3d-printing-and-306k-sewing-machine\/singer-fashion-discs003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-300x424.jpg\" class=\"attachment-responsive-300 size-responsive-300\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-300x424.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-100x141.jpg 100w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-200x283.jpg 200w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-450x636.jpg 450w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-600x849.jpg 600w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-900x1273.jpg 900w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs003-scaled.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4942'>\n\t\t\t\tNumerical Parameters Designs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The parameter files\u00a0 look like this, which is the parameter file for the Shell Edge disc in the bottom left diagram above.<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\ndiscid,,7,Shell Edge<br \/>\npos1,,0,<br \/>\npos2,,7.94,<br \/>\npos3,,10.39,<br \/>\npos4,,11.62,<br \/>\npos5,,12,<br \/>\npos6,,12,<br \/>\npos7,,11.62,<br \/>\npos8,,10.39,<br \/>\npos9,,7.94,<br \/>\npos10,,0,<br \/>\npos11,,7.94,<br \/>\npos12,,10.39,<br \/>\npos13,,11.62,<br \/>\npos14,,12,<br \/>\npos15,,12,<br \/>\npos16,,11.62,<br \/>\npos17,,10.39,<br \/>\npos18,,7.94,<br \/>\ntolerance,mm,0.2,<\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Fusion I imported each of the parameter files into the base fashion disc model, and export an STL file for each disc.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 605px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4916-1\" width=\"605\" height=\"345\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Recording-2025-09-17-112436.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Recording-2025-09-17-112436.mp4\">https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Recording-2025-09-17-112436.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>I used Cura to 3D print a disc for each of these files on my 3D printer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4944\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4944 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-1024x510.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-100x50.jpg 100w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-450x224.jpg 450w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-600x299.jpg 600w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005-900x448.jpg 900w, https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs005.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3D Printed Fashion Discs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I then put each disc in turn onto my 306K sewing machine, tested that the disc does not break anything, and stitched a line of stitching on a sampler.<br \/>\nThis PDF shows all the discs, and a sample of the stitches produced underneath its picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Singer-Fashion-Discs001.pdf\">Pictures of Fashion Discs and Stitch examples<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One disc had en error in the numerical data, so I corrected the parameter file, reloaded it into the base fashion disc, created an STL file, and reprinted the disc.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, given that I had only 6 discs to work with, and nothing but rubbish images off the web, I am really pleased with what I produced. OK, one had an error, a few may not quite match the original discs but each disc produces a decorative stitch pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that the constraints and attributes of the stitch patterns makes it hard to produce anything other. In most cases I got the stitch pattern off a very dark scan of a page from a singer manual, but sometimes I had to use the picture of the stitch off a photo of a disc for sale on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>There are 18 stitches in each pattern, and 18 has factors of 1,2,3,6 and 9, which means the repeating elements of a pattern must be either 18, 9, 6, 3 or 2 stitches. Stitches have or have not symmetry in either front to back, side to side or both orientations. Lines of stitches are usually straight, or follow either a sine wave or a circular pattern, and simple sums and a calculator, or a bit of Python programming can supply the position of each stitch. With these constraints, the patterns tend to fall out quite nicely. Some patterns have blocks of stitches at various levels, and these tend to be either 1\/4, 1\/3 or 1\/2 of the total width, but sometimes the images are pretty crude, and I have guessed<\/p>\n<p>So I needed to get some examples of stitch patterns off someone who owns some of these discs. As I was considering how to ask for this, a very keen member of the Singer Sewing Machines &#8211; Models 206,306,319 and 320 posted a sampler of most of the patterns either in her 319 or on the discs she owned, which she then followed with a sampler of all the patterns she had. This was enough for me to check most of my generated numerical patterns and the discs I have produced. I had to make some changes to about 9 discs, some subtle, one or two quite major! I still haven&#8217;t seen a sample of the stitch #17, Pennant. I think my guess is pretty good though.<\/p>\n<p>I have published this thing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:7147588\">Thingiverse.com<\/a>, including all 33 of the .STL files for the clones of Type A Fashion Discs 1 thru 32 and 37.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/fashion-discs-3d-printing-and-306k-sewing-machine\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fashion Discs &#8211; 3D printing and 306K Sewing machine<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-other-technology","category-sewing-machines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4916"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4988,"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions\/4988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glover.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}