Singer 221 - Hook Timing Simplified
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- Rebekah wrote to tell me about a white Featherweight she was working on, as well as to ask a question regarding timing. Well, her timing was perfect, as I just happened to have a white 221 on the bench for a service, so I had one to use as a demonstrator! This video is NOT designed to be a comprehensive treatment of hook timing and the multitude of factors that make a perfect stitch such as thread clearances, needlebar height, feed dog height, and tensions, rather this video is concentrating on the mechanics of getting the hook in the correct position relative to the needle with the needlebar timing marks in alignment - that's it, none of the nuances, just the basics of answering a specific question. Oh yes, and I do go on a bit of a rant about white vs black Featherweights... Sorry, but I couldn't help myself...
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Always learning something from Bob!! Very interesting!!
Nice job Bob. All that you said is true, they were made towards the end of the Featherweight manufacturing and sadly they cheapened them down a TON. It was their first machine that they tried to give “life span” in my opinion. Good to know about the belts, I haven’t had to replace one but have always wondered how hard they would be to find. Hope I never have to look for one!
You are a guru of the featherweight machines. It takes me longer to thread one compared to you, tearing one apart and putting it back together. You’re always so precise and completely explain everything just like Bob love your channel as well.❤🙏🇺🇸
Totally agree with this!
Perfect timing (pun intended) for this video to come out. I intend to check the timing on my sister's featherweight and now I'll know how to adjust it! Thanks Bob!
I agree with the quality of these machines. I love my gear driven machines. Thanks for showing this. Have a good one. Be well.
This video is so helpful! I just picked up a 221K and it is out of time so after looking at many other videos, I was still thinking the adjustment needed to be made on the hook end of the shaft. Now I know better. I’m going to give it a shot and I really appreciate the guidance here. Consider me subscribed!
Thank you so much for sharing all this great information Bob. As always I continue to learn from your wonderful Videos. 👍🙏🇺🇸 4:43
Your videos are so great. I learn a ton from them. I hear what you’re saying about white machines. I just love how my white one sews. I have it dialed in perfectly and haven’t been able to do that with any of the black ones I have (so far). I will keep trying. 😊
Very good to know. Cleated belts are a nightmare. I've never dealt with this model, but a pfaff 130. It's seems to be a common problem that even if you are up to the challenge of replacing them, they just aren't made anymore. Thank you so much for letting me know what to look out for.
I love your videos. Thanks again!
Hi. Just found this awesome channel and has helped me with getting my 201-2 up and running! In a different video you mention you had a 201 that was going to be used for leather work with a servo motor.. have you made a video of that machine. Would be very interesting to see!
I no longer have that particular machine. I did talk about it in a video quite a while ago can't remember which vid, but the end result was yes, the machine worked on a big servo, and no, it was a horrible idea. As big and "heavy" as these machines appear to be, they are still domestic machines, NOT industrial by any stretch of the imagination. I love servo motors, but they have a characteristic that "regular" motors do not have - they can stop on a dime. If you get a machine up to speed and don't slow down gradually when stopping, all of that energy needs to go somewhere, and that somewhere will be in the form of broken parts. If you want to use a servo, use a machine that can handle it, and that would be am industrial - NOT a domestic machine.
Nice video, I never really liked the white Featherweights machines. Thanks for your deep dive into the mechanical aspects compared to the Black ones. One key point that you missed, is that the needle bar height must be checked so that the eye of the needle is at the correct locations at the needle clamp timing marks.
Thanks. I didn't miss it, as I mentioned in the description, this was strictly for where and how to make the actual timing adjustment. This was supposed to be down and dirtty... Well, I blew that! But thanks!!!
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They're probably paying because that's what they "remember" mom/grandma having.
Slightly off topic but still on vintage machines. I have a 201 where the needle won't stay in place. I have the flat side of the needle on the left, shoved it up in there and tightened the screw down and if I let my finger off the needle it drops freely. any thoughts?
My first thought is maybe the needle clamp of the 201 is missing parts or not assembled correctly. I have a video on just that topic here:
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I repaired one of those with the parts stuck together i hated it.
Hello can you please help me I have my mom old singer sewing and the thread keeps braking the model number is NL-k
I have a motorcycle and thought of going belt driven...due to chain stretching and sprockets wearing thin... although a rubber belt/chain for the motorcycle would create just as much a hassle as I would have to cut a portion of the frame off and have an extra part that would connect the frame back together once the rubber belt and appropriate gears were customized... I would say that belt replacement in the sewing machine would be easier with a master link belt piece....IF I could device a way to have a rubber piece that would sister or half lap (like wood working) that belt swap would be no where near the headache of taking off all that stuff....
Wondering now if there already patents on such items of intellectual property...🤔🫡
Ya know there's already a good solution... Just get a machine that's already got a geared mechanism... lol As for motorcycles, I always liked my shaft drive, water cooled bikes for long rides.
Maybe 3-d print with fiber a new belt OR locate a belt that has nothing to do with sewing but has all the dimensions (length + tooth count + tooth shape) ?
It's pale celadon, perhaps
Is THAT what the kids are calling it these days? LOL
I share your dislike of the “white” machine. The best fix, in my opinion, is to sell the “white” machine for a reasonable amount and use the money to buy a black 221. There is really no comparison between the quality of the two machines.