amicula

I picked up this old Singer 29K at an estate sale this weekend. I know it's not for quilting, but I would love to get it cleaned up and using it for leather projects (and honestly it looks fun!) For starters, lots of rusty cast iron and a lot of greasy gunk.

I'm just starting to scout out resources for how to clean the cast iron and restore this pretty thing so it's not just an art piece and am looking to see if anyone has found resources that have worked for them. So far i'm finding a lot of contradictory sources that it's hard to tell what's legitimate and what's not.

cashs_mom

I'm sorry,. I don't have any resources or advice but I wanted to say what an amazing and pretty machine that is. I'd really like to see when you're done.

OurWorkbench

There are several posts about the 29k and the 29-4 here on QB. It can sometimes be hard to do searches for what one wants. Trying to find some links for you, it seems like there was something like k29 instead of 29k. A lot of people don't know how to use the hyphen when referring to Singer sewing machines. For example using 29K-4. It should be either 29-4 or 29K4. I know a user named ndnchf did quite a bit of work with a 29, but I'm not sure if here or on another forum. I know there are lots of posts on leatherworker.net about the Singer patcher 29 including https://leatherworker.net/forum/topi...9-4-questions/ There is https://projects.foxharp.net/sewing_...eather-patcher that tells of his machine.

There is also https://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_mac...g-machine.html that has parts lists and manuals for the 29.

I know that cleaning will help a lot, but it is recommended that one do that with sewing machine oil on a cotton ball, or cloth so as not to damage decals.