Singer/SIMANCO Tools

[Farmer J.]

And 1st up of the mystery tools, it's like tweezers which close to a parallel gap, with a special hook on the end and a scale on the side.
The scale is marked on 1/4" ie, each mark is one quarter of an inch apart, numnered 1-8 over 2 inches.
The markings read PAT. USA NOV 25- 1913

 

[Farmer J.]

I found it incredibly difficult to get a good photograph, but here's the rest of the poor quality ones I have managed:

 

[Farmer J.]

Now I feel we're right on track with this thread, just what I needed..!
Here's 2 more mystery objects (well, they're a mystery to me)
-A flat metal tool, with a cut out profile matching the one in the tweezer-like tool and it narrows to a hook on the other end. The hole on it matches the spacing in the other tool.
-A pin, blunt end, like a 'drift pin' with a nicely forged head. Same 4" length as the others.

 

[RTM]

Looks like it might be part of this assembly. Tucker foot attachment.


these directions may last longer than an ebay link

How to Use the Singer Tucker Attachment

How to sew pintucks using an old-fashioned Singer Tucker Attachment on the Singer Featherweight 221 sewing machine.

singer-featherweight.com

 

[Farmer J.]

Looks like it might be part of this assembly. Tucker foot attachment.


these directions may last longer than an ebay link

How to Use the Singer Tucker Attachment

How to sew pintucks using an old-fashioned Singer Tucker Attachment on the Singer Featherweight 221 sewing machine.

singer-featherweight.com

That looks like it, thank you! Wow, that attachment is clever.. I will have a look and see if I have the rest of the Tucker Foot.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Cool stuff, J, but I'll be no help on all the specialty accessories and tools. I'm only into the hand tools.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

This was a LEFT-BEHIND at the flea this morning. Too rich for my blood. Not Singer. Boye Needle Co. But it was awesome. There's a thin drawer that slides out with that little leather tab on top of the main drawer. On top you point that arrow dial to the needle type you want and it rotates the carousel to that compartment of needles, bobbins, and shuttles.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Picked up this 'no roll' screwdriver at the flea market this morning. The first Singer/SIMANCO tool I have added to the collection since October 2020!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Picked up something at the flea this morning to keep the vintage tools in the collection company.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I do not remember the word "Simanco" on ANY of the packages of Singer sewing machine needles on either my mother's or my grandmother's sewing machines. (Reading the labels on everything when I was a kid was one of the ways I learned to read new words.)

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I picked up another one of these #17905 wrenches this morning at the flea. This one has been rounded off on the small end, inside and out!

 

[Semi-hole mechanic]

I curse you all… now I have to go to Mom’s singer sewing table and look at some of the tools. Mom’s machine and table are probably from the late 50’s-early 60’s. I do remember the wire loop handle screwdriver Lugz mentioned. I’m pretty sure that the owner’s manual is still in one of the drawers because my wife was trying to set it up for some special function a few years ago and was amazed that the manual looked like brand new.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

This was picked, of all places, out of my wife's childhood home. Long story, and longest pick (going on 4 months) in history. Not sure what we're going to do with it. Posting for info/posterity. You can see the model number on the booklet, which is copyrighted 1950. Kinda neat that it's portable and can be tucked out of the way when not in use. Kinda neat that it's a 'tweener (electric, but not plastic body), too.

 

[Old Radar]

Lugz postulates that this Singer-branded parallel jaw tool, due to various similarities, may have been manufactured by Schollhorn. I found it this week at an estate sale and originally posted it on the Garage Sale thread.
Can anyone shed any light on the tool's origin? It's just over five inches long when closed.

I'm also curious about the function of the screw on the top jaw. It simply screws into the jaw--not through it--but does not appear to hold or adjust anything.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

I could see using that to pull a wire tight without having to maintain a heavy grip in the pliers.

 

[Farmer J.]

It looks similar to eyelet pliers with a combination hole punch. Maybe something to do with fixing eyelets or snap button press studs in to fabric? Perhaps various mandrels fit to the pliers for different jobs and sizes? Maybe they crimp an end ring on to a cord?
Something like these? The screw on the top of the jaw sets an adjustable gauge.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D288BVP/?tag=atomicindustr-21

 

[RTM]

Search didn’t bring up the word belt in this thread, so I will jump in here.

I suspect those pliers are for cutting and joining the belt on the old foot treadle models, and maybe on some motor driven.

The leather belts are round, and the tool cuts the belt to length, and then pokes holes in the belt for the fastener, and maybe crimps the fastener. Don’t recall the last bit.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

There aren't any on this thread, RTM. Several on the Schollhorn thread, though. And that's what I identified them as resembling on the GS thread when he first posted them. There are some differences, though. See Schollhorn thread for more on that.

 

[RTM]

There aren't any on this thread, RTM. Several on the Schollhorn thread, though. And that's what I identified them as resembling on the GS thread when he first posted them. .

Argh, too much stuff going on right now to keep track of everything I’m reading. Thanks for the pointers, I thought I’d seen that here before, but when it wasn’t in this thread, the brain cramped on the rest of the threads, as I was skimming between work issues.

 

[Farmer J.]

Search didn’t bring up the word belt in this thread, so I will jump in here.

I suspect those pliers are for cutting and joining the belt on the old foot treadle models, and maybe on some motor driven.

The leather belts are round, and the tool cuts the belt to length, and then pokes holes in the belt for the fastener, and maybe crimps the fastener. Don’t recall the last bit.

That seems highly likely to me. Mine has a round section leather belt. I will have a look and see how the join is fastened.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I snagged these two books at the flea this morning as references (several of the plates in the back are tools) and to accentuate my collection.

 

[Farmer J.]

Mrs Farmer J found this art deco style? box of Singer stuff in a charity shop today, including the tiny Singer screwdriver.

 

[Farmer J.]

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...the tiny Singer screwdriver.

I dunno about the box, but I would consider that handle to have echoes of art deco. The 50s were big on that.

 

[brockmub]

@Private Lugnutz sent me over here, some really cool stuff. I collect oil cans and here's what I have that is Singer. The last photo is a small group of thumb oilers that aren't stamped with Singer (one is Brother), but I imagine they could have come with the sewing machines.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That's a lot of Singer on one shelf!

I collect oil cans...

I have a few myself. You should probably also hie thyself to @2oolhound 's excellent 'Oilers' thread, which can be found in the A-Z Index of Threads inside the Sticky at the top of this forum, or by clicking here. If you start posting over there, I'd be curious in particular to hear more about the lamp-shaped oiler with the translucent yellow stem.

 

[brockmub]

I actually have posted over there but probably haven’t shown the whole thing. Here’s another pic of the yellow oiler. It’s a PFaff. I don’t really know anything about it, found it with some other sewing stuff.

 

[RTM]

Pfaff made / makes high end sewing machines.

 

[bonneyman]

I got ahold of my grandmothers sewing machine - a Singer - with its table. We took the machine into our local sewing repair shop, but it was too old to get the parts he needed and he didn't have them even his huge inventory of old parts. Since it didn't work, I donated it to him in the hopes the next poor sucker who came in with a machine like that might be made operational.

But I kept the table. Scrapped 3 layers of black enamel paint off of it, stained, and several coats of lacquer. Don't have a pic of it but maybe I can take a few and post them.

 

[JunkNstuf]

The Simanco/Singer Collection. On the wood Handle tools the stamped-in name is barely legible but its there.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice. What's the tool with the knob on the end, between the tweezers and the screwdriver?

 

[JunkNstuf]

Nice. What's the tool with the knob on the end, between the tweezers and the screwdriver?

Good question. Not sure of what it is (or was) .Its blade is ground like a scraper & locks in a ferrule with lock screw.
Not sure if that was its original purpose or it was hacked up years ago.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Buttonhole knife! Now I want to find one!

 

[JunkNstuf]

Buttonhole knife! Now I want to find one!

Thanks to you Lugz I now know its original purpose after about 40 years of ownership!
I've used it for years but never made a buttonhole! thanks-Joe

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It's been a minute (over a year!) since I found a Singer tool for the collection, a dubious streak that ended this morning when I found this teeny tiny SIMANCO No. 22485 file holder and file at the flea. It's unfortunate that the marking is marred, but not illegibly.

 

[Targa68]

A small Simanco 249746 screw driver. "Screw Driver, For Needle Bar Connecting Stud Set Screw" (not that I would know what it is... )

 

[Private Lugnutz]

A small Simanco 249746 screw driver. "Screw Driver, For Needle Bar Connecting Stud Set Screw"

That's a terrific find! I love the design. A hex shaped handle is perfect for a tiny screwdriver.

 

[misterbill]

I found this SIMANCO USA 225497 screwdriver lurking in an old carpenter's chest.



Bill