Hi Bob! I just found your channel a week or so ago & now I’m binge watching all your old videos. I’m a lifelong Singer user. Currently I sew on my Featherweight 221 & 66, as well as a 1970’s Singer Stylist that was my Mom’s machine. Thanks for all the great info you share in your videos.
Great video with a lot of important information for anyone struggling to make one work. I have 5 of these machines, two model 20s including a four spoke 1910-14 and three Sew Handys and none of them have had that stud peened into the needle bar, a pair of plyers and a quick twist back and forth was all it took. Again, a great video.
Magnificent episode Bob. I'm so chuffed that finally there's a video (and it's a really wonderful one!) on youtube that will actually help people get their pre-1950s Model 20s working again rather than just show one doing some sewing. It's great to see all the parts too so that people know everything they should have. And the close-up of how the feed should work? This video is worth a gold medal for that alone. And that was just the start of the fun? Bookmarked! It's lovely news about the machine for the blind charity thrift store selling so fast too. I rather suspected it would and know there are going to be a lot of very excited people trying to grab that "new" one. Such good fun - they'll think you and Liz are some kind of fairy Godmother and Father, and they'd be right! :-)
OMG I didn't realize I could pull the bobbin case positioning bracket without having to then mess with the SOD! This is immediately useful information :)
Awesome! Do you happen to have a video on how to do the same for the newest model (20-10) please? I’m having trouble getting mine to work properly after taking it apart. And there was a tiny metal pin, that I believe came off the wheel, but I do not know where that goes now…😢 Thank you!
Wish I'd had this video when I polished up my little Singer Sewhandy! I think mine must be the same model. Any idea where I could get a replacement screw for the one on the front of the machine (the set-screw that holds the crank-wheel shaft in it's place)? The screw took a dive into the never-never when I took mine apart and cleaned it up, and I'm hoping I can finish the restoration with that one final screw. Thanks again for the video!!
So delighted to find this as have just refurbished my own childhood sewing machine, a Grain, which seems to be almost identical to the singer chainstitch! I am in UK so perhaps this made a difference? Also v. interested in the assembly of the bobbin winder as I have two 99ks and have so far not dared to dismantle the winders for cleaning. Regarding the felt oil wicks, cannot so far remove the feed dog on one 99k, have tried penetrating oil and heat (from hair dryer), have resorted to pushing in felt from above, it looks ok but any further suggestions? Hope you are planning to keep up these videos!
I can’t get mine to stitch. The looper will miss the hump in thread after a few stitches and wreck everything. To my horror I discovered that looper timing is not adjustable-only the feed. I will have a look at that today.
Bob, Hi. Thanks for another great tutorial. I haven't read all the comments here, so please forgive me if this q is a repeat. Is there a website for the ' Megan Mills? ' As I love to read and learn:) Thanks
Thank you so much for this video on the Handy! I just purchased a tan version of one of these. However it does not have a spool pin, would it use a standard Singer spool pin?
The spool pin is smaller than the standard one - but I've seen a machine where it looks like someone got a nail of about the right size, removed the head, "rounded off the end" and polished it up. It works just fine so if your spool pin is missing there's no harm in improvising one in the meantime until you find a vintage part available somewhere. To give you an idea the thickness of the post on my one from 1914-1922 (without the numbers on it) is 0.1255 inches and it is about 1.35 inches tall. If yours is a tan one then it is likely a later model so the pin might be slightly different. I do have a later one (blue, 1950s, and more "enclosed" around the arm and pillar - such as they are!). So if yours is like that let me know and I'll dig my other machine out and measure that one's spool pin if you think that would help.
Pattie beat me to it! I use the Organ in size 14 and 11. You can get them on Amazon here: www.amazon.com/Sewing-Needle-Singer-Green-Threader/dp/B00740YGO0
This is fantastic! Especially the close-up showing the timing on the model 20! Thank you!
Hi Bob! I just found your channel a week or so ago & now I’m binge watching all your old videos.
I’m a lifelong Singer user. Currently I sew on my Featherweight 221 & 66, as well as a 1970’s Singer Stylist that was my Mom’s machine.
Thanks for all the great info you share in your videos.
Good reassembly of the 20. Do you have a video of disassembling it and cleaning the rusty parts?
I finally got a lil 20!
Your little video is so help and awesome. You and your wife have a blessed day. 😊
Thank you!
I hope yall had a nice vacation!! Thanks for this video, I have one of these #20s that is 65+ years old!
Great video with a lot of important information for anyone struggling to make one work. I have 5 of these machines, two model 20s including a four spoke 1910-14 and three Sew Handys and none of them have had that stud peened into the needle bar, a pair of plyers and a quick twist back and forth was all it took. Again, a great video.
Magnificent episode Bob. I'm so chuffed that finally there's a video (and it's a really wonderful one!) on youtube that will actually help people get their pre-1950s Model 20s working again rather than just show one doing some sewing. It's great to see all the parts too so that people know everything they should have. And the close-up of how the feed should work? This video is worth a gold medal for that alone.
And that was just the start of the fun? Bookmarked!
It's lovely news about the machine for the blind charity thrift store selling so fast too. I rather suspected it would and know there are going to be a lot of very excited people trying to grab that "new" one. Such good fun - they'll think you and Liz are some kind of fairy Godmother and Father, and they'd be right! :-)
OMG I didn't realize I could pull the bobbin case positioning bracket without having to then mess with the SOD! This is immediately useful information :)
Thanks, Bob, for your continued efforts to help us learn this stuff.
Thanks Bob, very valuable lesson.
You know what I find odd........within an hour of you posting I seem to tune in. Cool...
Happy Father’s Day Thank you for your great video Your da best
Awesome! Do you happen to have a video on how to do the same for the newest model (20-10) please? I’m having trouble getting mine to work properly after taking it apart. And there was a tiny metal pin, that I believe came off the wheel, but I do not know where that goes now…😢
Thank you!
Wish I'd had this video when I polished up my little Singer Sewhandy! I think mine must be the same model. Any idea where I could get a replacement screw for the one on the front of the machine (the set-screw that holds the crank-wheel shaft in it's place)? The screw took a dive into the never-never when I took mine apart and cleaned it up, and I'm hoping I can finish the restoration with that one final screw. Thanks again for the video!!
So delighted to find this as have just refurbished my own childhood sewing machine, a Grain, which seems to be almost identical to the singer chainstitch! I am in UK so perhaps this made a difference? Also v. interested in the assembly of the bobbin winder as I have two 99ks and have so far not dared to dismantle the winders for cleaning. Regarding the felt oil wicks, cannot so far remove the feed dog on one 99k, have tried penetrating oil and heat (from hair dryer), have resorted to pushing in felt from above, it looks ok but any further suggestions? Hope you are planning to keep up these videos!
I can’t get mine to stitch. The looper will miss the hump in thread after a few stitches and wreck everything. To my horror I discovered that looper timing is not adjustable-only the feed. I will have a look at that today.
Bob, Hi.
Thanks for another great tutorial.
I haven't read all the comments here, so please forgive me if this q is a repeat.
Is there a website for the '
Megan Mills? '
As I love to read and learn:)
Thanks
Megan has a RUclips channel, but doesn't have a video showing her model 20. Maybe if we all ask her...
ruclips.net/channel/UC8qAqHK-U1-tJLJLvilAVyw
Thank you so much for this video on the Handy! I just purchased a tan version of one of these. However it does not have a spool pin, would it use a standard Singer spool pin?
The spool pin is smaller than the standard one - but I've seen a machine where it looks like someone got a nail of about the right size, removed the head, "rounded off the end" and polished it up. It works just fine so if your spool pin is missing there's no harm in improvising one in the meantime until you find a vintage part available somewhere. To give you an idea the thickness of the post on my one from 1914-1922 (without the numbers on it) is 0.1255 inches and it is about 1.35 inches tall.
If yours is a tan one then it is likely a later model so the pin might be slightly different. I do have a later one (blue, 1950s, and more "enclosed" around the arm and pillar - such as they are!). So if yours is like that let me know and I'll dig my other machine out and measure that one's spool pin if you think that would help.
@@meganmills6545 Thank you so much! I actually found the right spool pin on eBay.
I got a model 20 but needs a needle , can i ask what nedle and where to get them , its my only non working machine right now and it bugs me lol ..
I know these fit.. 20 ORGAN 24x1 NEEDLES SIZE#16 fits SINGER 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 240W, 240K, 410W10
Pattie beat me to it! I use the Organ in size 14 and 11. You can get them on Amazon here:
www.amazon.com/Sewing-Needle-Singer-Green-Threader/dp/B00740YGO0