SIMANCO Tool

[Branson]

This was what was originally there, Scott.  It's got a rather distinctive base, and I was lucky enough to recognize it while driving down the street at about 35 mph.  If I get real crazy, I might attempt to reproduce the cabinetry, but for now, I just want to put up a platform so the machine is usable.   It wouldn't hurt my feelings to find an original cabinet, though. 

The machine was cheaper than the treadle base, sort of.  Maybe not -- the Mochi table top is probably worth more than I paid, so maybe the treadle and base was free... 

The Davis machine, according to what my wife found wasn't all that uncommon, but sure wasn't Singer.

Thanks a lot for the parts dealer info!  My wife will appreciate that!

[scottg]

Did I tell you guys how I saved the Ranger's life?
The local Ranger (head of the Forest Service) had spent the previous 30 years in the doghouse. When he was first married they were moving and he left the grandmothers treadle on the back porch in the rain.
  It was ruined and it was ruined for 30 years. 
The wife was retiring from her job. So from the corner of the garage, to my house, came the bones.

It was warped and delaminated, many parts were missing, and there was not a single part of it undamaged. The machine was crunchy and would not turn.
It took 6 months but then I had a heart attack in the middle so..........



  yours Scott

[Wrenchmensch]

Displayed below are the rest of the SIMANCO tools I  have found. They are too small to be of much interest to any collectors I know.

[rusty]

Interesting, Now I am wondering how many times what I assumed was a micrometer wrench was a sewing machine wrench....

The largest seems to be for octagon nuts on the left end?
Do you know what that fits?

[Wrenchmensch]

Sorry, can't help  you.  I'm a student of wrenches. Sewing machines are beyond my ken.  Perhaps some of our sewing machine collector friends can answer your question.

[Branson]

Here is something that came in the box with some desirable wrench at an auction.  The mark at the top tells me that it was made by Singer Sewing Machine company for their Repair Shop owners. It is made of steel and is 10 3/8" in length. There are hash markings along the split on the tapered shaft, labeled as follows:  1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, and 3/4.  The split extends to the knurled handle of this tool.

I had round-filed this unwanted tool earlier this week.  It's snowing today, so I rescued the tool and sent you all photos to see if it can be identified as to function.

What it reminds me most of is a jeweler's ring sizer, with the hash markings.  But those only have a groove, not a split all the way through.  Has anybody tried a repair shop?  There used to be a fellow in Sacramento who had been repairing Singers since the 30's, but I 'spect he's passed on by now, unless he's still going at close to 100.

[bigdaddie47]

I pushed the picture up in magnification. I think it might be a spring winder due to the grooves on the taper, or a retensioner for a spring

[bigdaddie47]

RE Singer sewing machine:  My Grandmother had a Singer threadle machine but it was like the picture in the Davis post. The top would lift up and the machine would rise up, then tip the back panel up pull the machine toward you and put the panel back and set the machine on it, put the belt on and sew. Thanks for the memory jog guys---sniff sniff baw