Derk’s new Universal carrier Mk 1*

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by derk derin

After owning a sewing machine for 12 years now it was time I used it. After spending some time cleaning it up, figuring out how to load the thread and get the tensions just right I tackled my first project, the canvas pouch that’s riveted to the inside lid of the crew locker. I must say it turned out alright!

Hello Derk,

Well, I was not expecting for your post to help me solve a mystery that I have been searching for an answer for over a couple of years now! I read your post and glanced at some of your photographs. Then I read on and went "hang-on"! So, I went back to have another look at the earlier page where I had first saw the photographs.

Thank you very much for posting the photographs of the machine as it has helped me out a lot. My Singer looks very similar to yours and it failed to duck itself down while I was lifting an engine from the floor to be stored on the back of a truck in my shed. I was left with the spool holder (?) and the silver wheel bit (?) that appears to be positioned just to the front of the belt. See adapted version of your photograph with red outlines added.

Since it was a fair time after I had bought the sewing machine and had not yet gotten around to using it - I did not have a clue where these two parts belong! Luckily for me these were the only two items that were dislodged during my the lifting the motor. Lesson learnt - do not store a sewing machine in front of a truck tray while using a mobile crane to lift an engine on to the truck bed.

Derk, have a guess at what the next question might just be? Here is a hint ... It just could be something about the possible alignment of some mystery parts.

P.S. Could you please provide some details of what looks like a Singer sewing machine - its model or serial number? I can find its year of manufacture through these codes. My Singer turned out to be a World War II era machine.

Kind regards
Lionel