ThayerRags

It looks like it’s got an adjustable thread take-up lever on it, so it may be newer than a dash four. But the stand has the earlier wooden pitman rod on it, so we’ll just have to wait and see....

CD in Oklahoma

Vridar

Could be bastardized as far as I know. I may be bugging you for more information. You're so accommodating I'm hoping not to use up my welcome to the cobbler collectors.

ThayerRags

One of my 29K70 machines has a (replacement) non-adjusting take-up on it. It was like that when I got it, so no telling when it happened. I think guys would do whatever they had to, to keep these old patchers going.

CD in Oklahoma

Vridar

The 29- is in its new home. It is a 29K58 which explains the "built in 1958" auctioneer description. According to serial # it was at least commissioned in 1934. Have oiled it in the obvious places and it clack-clacks like I would have expected. It was threaded, both bobbin and partly upper, so I'm assuming it was working when "decommissioned." I will CLA it as time permits and will savor this part of the journey. I think it will clean up very nicely. Oh, BTW, the pitman is rusted to a wooden color is the reason it was confusing.

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SteveH

Nice! Great rescue! I love sewing with my 29-4. They are fun.

Vridar

I just oiled the treadle of this 29 and the pitman is wood! - not rusted iron.

mlmack

I saw that machine on the local Craigslist. How much did it go for?

Vridar

$200, $35 gas, 4 hrs time.

amyjo

This spring I really will have to go look at the Singer that my DH carted upstairs to see what kind it is. I had it setting down here in the laundry area for a long time til they put it up there. It looks just like yours in the last pictures. Oh boy, should have looked closer before.

ThayerRags

It’s going to work things pretty hard to spin that large cone setting on the spool pin, and may even give you tension fits.

I had a Planters Peanut can that I cleaned out and set on the treadle frame in front of the pillar, put my thread cone in it, and took the thread up around behind the spool pin to go on through the thread path. It works great for a cone tower, but can get bumped off.


Later, I cut a boot top off of a Justin Roper cowboy boot, stuffed a plastic (butter?) dish down inside of it, and set the peanut can down inside of that to give things a little more “rustic” look. I put a black boot lace through the inside pull-on loop and tied it around the pillar so it stays put.


Caution: Without the nut can in the boot, the thread can snag on the boot pull-on loops. The can is smaller than the boot, so it holds the cone centered well enough for the thread to miss them. I used just a boot top on my home machine for a while, and I had to turn the boot inside out to avoid this.


CD in Oklahoma