Comments on: Cool presser foot (turret)

By: Thomas (Durkopp Adler)

Thomas (Durkopp Adler) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:36:58 +0000

I was surprised to see that this device is díscussed here and glad that we can still offer it.
At this moment we have some turrets for class 272 on stock, the one for class 211 and 271 is not, but could be produced. Our device will fit only on these machines from Durkopp Adler.
Of course the price for this device is not cheap due to the fact that it is produced in Germany in very low quantities. But I decided to keep it alive for a while after reading your comments to see whether we can help somebody.
Further information about order numbers you can get here:
http://sew24.blogspot.de/2012/12/sewing-foot-turret-for-classes-211-271.html

Thomas Brinkhoff
Head of Spare Parts Business
Dürkopp Adler AG

By: Leonore

Leonore — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:34:07 +0000

Oooh, I love those! Thank you for giving me a name for it and all the yummie info :) . We hade those at tailoringschool when I was a student many years ago but I didn’t realize they weren’t a standard utillity on industrial machines untill after I graduated..

By: Mr. F-I

Mr. F-I — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:51:03 +0000

Bad Stu! Off to bed and no Ice Cream for you!

By: Jen Rocket

Jen Rocket — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:00:28 +0000

Just placed an order at Intersew for my Juki too. I can’t wait to install this, thanks so much Emily for posting some instruction.
Tammy the sales person at Intersew says she has been getting a good number of orders for these and hopes she doesn’t run out too soon. Thanks for the post Kathleen!

By: Jen Rocket

Jen Rocket — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:24:02 +0000

I have to get one of these. You should see my poor thumb screw! Three is a good number too, one for the Teflon foot, one for the zipper foot, and one for the invisible zipper foot. Now what do I say to my screwdriver when it goes into the drawer!!

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:05:44 +0000

I got one of these for my Juki after hearing about it here, and just installed it. FWIW, it’s a piece of cake to install.
(pardon my lack of correct part names, I don’t know what anything is called)
You just open up the side panel (un-do the three screws and then pry it off, because it has a rubber piece that sticks), unscrew the set screw holding the presser bar, unscrew the presser foot tension adjustment knob thingy, take out the spring and the shaft it goes around through the hold in the top, and take out the presser bar through the same hole. You unscrew the new presser bar from the turret, drop it into the same slot, and put everything back. You might have to wiggle around the hook thingy on the front of the machine that attaches to the presser foot lift and the collar with the set screw in it. Then you can screw the turret back onto the end of the presser bar.

The way I got it screwed on tightly was by tightening the set screw to hold the presser bar still, then tightening the turret. Then I installed a foot and turned the hand wheel until the feed dogs were down, loosened the set screw again, and positioned the bar so the foot was pointed straight ahead, then tightened the set screw. You have to set it with the feed dogs down because the presser foot raises up a little bit when the feed dogs come up to help the fabric feed. Then put the side panel back. It only takes a few minutes and isn’t complicated at all.

By: Raquel Sosa

Raquel Sosa — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:40:56 +0000

This is the answer to my prayers! Thank you!

By: sfriedberg

sfriedberg — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:13:31 +0000

Brina, you’re right. I was completely backwards. I was certain they aren’t slant feet, but misremembered which type all my machines take.

My bad! This is twice in as many weeks that I’ve misspoken. Bad Stu!

By: nowak

nowak — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:49:00 +0000

It would just be awsome if that could be installed to my domestic sewing machine! (Though changing feet doesn’t require a screwdriver for mine it is very annoying, that I always have some feet laying around, because I am changing feet too often to but them back to storage.)

I guess I’ll have to ask my mechanic. He’ll probably kill me…

By: Brina

Brina — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:59:37 +0000

Um, S. Friedberg, that’s not correct. Most single needle industrials use high shank feet; this height is also called high shank for domestics. Standard or generic industrial feet are high shank. Low shank feet (which I’ve only seen made for domestics, but I’ve seen adaptors for use with industrials) are quite a bit lower. The low shank domestics are about 1/2″ from the bottom of the foot to the bottom of the screw slot, which high shanks are about 1″. Some industrial brands and models and, for that matter, domestics use X or super higher shank feet–some Kenmores, Pfaffs–1 1/4″ or more from the bottom of the foot to the bottom of the screw slot. I agree with you that the question of fitting a turret is more a matter of clearance above the foot–but most domestics with low shanks don’t have much.