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Turn the flywheel (hand wheel) until the feed dogs are in the lowered position.

Put a general purpose presser foot on the bar.

Turn it so the flat edge on the lower end of the bar is facing the left side of the sewing machine.

Insert the side clamping presser bar down into the machine.

On a back clamping machine, also unscrew and remove the presser foot holder that the presser foot attaches to. Remove the presser foot and the screw that holds it in place.

Remove the needle, just so it isn’t in the way and you don’t stab yourself.

This probably goes without saying, but clean all parts and rub them down with sewing machine oil before putting them back in the machine. The procedure for removing the presser bar from a donor side clamping machine is basically the same as for the back clamping version, so I’ll just show the steps for the back clamping machine. My presser bar was a bit rusty on the ends, but after soaking it in Evapo-Rust and polishing it with metal polish it looked pretty good. I use the locking pliers as a last resort, though, because no matter how much I try to protect the knob from damage, I usually end up scraping it up. On my rusty parts machine, in order to remove the foot pressure knob, I had to wrap the knob with a strip of leather, then grip it with locking pliers. If left on the machine, it will eventually dry to a film that will glue the parts together. I don’t like to get WD-40 near my sewing machines, but if you choose to use it, make sure to clean it off thoroughly before putting the machine back together. If you have any problems with stuck parts, apply some penetrating oil (such as kerosene or Liquid Wrench) and let it sit for a bit, then heat the area up with a hair dryer, which does wonders to soften up hardened oil. The conversion process is pretty simple, but you might run into problems due to old hardened oil and rust. Just make sure you get one with a side clamping presser foot. I got mine on the shopgoodwill auction site. You can find these on ebay sometimes, but I found it was cheaper to just get a whole parts machine for myself. You’ll need a side clamping presser bar from a Singer 66 parts machine.

#Singer red eye sewing machine screw plate serial#

For some reason these Big Red "S" machines as they are known have become particularly popular although mechanically they are exactly the same as the earlier 222K version!ĭATING: The date of commissioning for Singer sewing machines is available online go to Singer Machine Serial Numbers.I found text directions for the conversion on the Treadle On site, but I couldn’t find any pictures of the process, so I’m writing up a tutorial on how I did it. In September 1959 this badge was replaced by the famous Singer 'Red S' and the last 27,000 machines produced sported this badge on the front of the pillar.

In total 108,900 Singer 222K Featherweights were made before production ceased in 1961, the majority had the standard Singer badge with a black patterned border on the pillar. The main castings are Aluminum and without all it's paraphernalia weighs about 12 lbs.

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The 222K is a Free Arm machine the casing detaches revealing the arm thus making it a truly versatile machine. Made only at Singers Kilbowie plant the Singer 222 Featherweight was introduced in 1953 and should have been the worthy successor to the Featherweight 221 but so successful was the earlier machine that production continued in parallel. MANUAL:Follow this link to a FREE copy of theĬ1951 Singer 221K Manual. There was also a beige version of this machine which was made both at Kilbowie and also at St John's, Canada.

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It was slightly lighter than the black 221, having a shorter extension table, an internal toothed rubber belt linking the top and bottom gears and the later models had a full width foot controller. It was extremely successful and excellent sales meant it was produced in large numbers.Īs sales declined the Singer Company in Great Britain introduced a pale turquoise (white) 221K in 1955, this version was only made at Kilbowie and was not sold by Singer in the USA. Although introduced in America in 1933 the Singer 221 Featherweight was not put into production at Kilbowie Scotland until 1947.