Adding A Roller Foot To A Singer 331K 31K Sewing Machine 4K

Converting my Singer 331K, 31K Sewing Machine from a standard foot to a roller wheel foot for decorative leather sewing. I am attaching new feed dogs and needle plate, as well as removing the standard foot and replacing it with a wheel or roller foot. This will make the machine far better for doing tight curves in leatherwork.

[@BoB4jjjjs]

Education is a wonderful thing, I learn something new every day.

[@mikeb2777]

Harry I've just started watching your videos and already I know they will help me immensely. Easily understood and thorough., Thank you!

[@harryrogers]

Thanks Mike.

[@abelvillarreal6488]

Excellent video. Prior to the video, I was unaware of the roller/wheel function.

[@designertjp-utube]

Due diligent work there! It was amazing to see your careful sewing machine adjustments did not affect *the* *timing* of your machine!

[@hrxy1]

very interesting, well explained, good visuals, nice job done well

[@dominickdeflorio193]

Installation went smoothly and easily with your guidance. Thank you for your instructions. FYI: I purchased my kit through Amazon and was able to get a kit specifically for the 331K. I have the 331K4 and it fit perfectly. Thank you again Harry.

[@gaelledill7313]

Thank you very much! I looked your videos searching a solution for another thing and you gave me the solution!!! Magical ;D

[@maryfrederickson9400]

You are a wonderful teacher!

[@devriescustomleather1109]

Very nice job, Mr Rogers I wait to see those high top cowboy boots.

[@georgestyer2153]

Wonderful, well explained. Thanks Harry

[@tonygray3135]

very interesting mr Rogers, i am going to try it out on my old singer, this has given me inspiration to boldly go to the unknown.

[@scottmorrell148]

good visuals, nice job. looks like you have it fine tuned ready to sew

[@mauriciofigueroa7558]

Thanks for your videos btw. Very didactic and educational. Excellent job.

[@chemanjiwalters8492]

Good job sir. Thanks for enlightenment.

[@vespaman75]

Happy I found this video I couldn’t get the wheel to fit

[@VivianMorrisInADream]

That's fabulous!

[@hosscaddy]

I put this roller foot on my singer 241-12 and had to do modifications to the roller foot itself to clear the needle bar. But I got it working good. The new feed dog and plate were horrible so I ended up using the original feed dog which was close to the new one

[@berniepokorski6608]

Great Video, Harry! You now have a new subscriber!

[@harryrogers]

Thanks Bernie.

[@joliski]

Good job

[@gilbertodiaz-castro626]

I had never seen one of these rollers installed, thanks for sharing. Now, you had trouble adjusting the height of the presser foot because you didn't follow the normal procedures. To ensure the presser foot is properly adjusted you must keep at least a 1mm distance between the presser foot raising cam and the contact point before you tighten the presser foot bar clamp, I just stick a thin screwdriver between the two contact surfaces and it works like a charm.

[@annholmes9650]

Clever gentleman!

[@thomasgronek6469]

thank you for a splendid video. Gunsmithing screwdrivers are the best tools to work with, especially on stubborn screws. The tips are configured so that there is NO TAPER where the tip enters the slot. check them out.

[@jamesdoherty2614]

Hi Harry, great video as usual. Do you mind me asking where you sourced your conversion kit from please? Thanks once again.

[@jorgerobles8334]

FANTASTIC, EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!! But this Roller foot is for a high shank sewing machine, where I can get this for a low shank sewing machine?

[@phildodd9942]

So you're going to loop the loop on a sewing machine - wearing a flying jacket I hope ! This film ( I NEARLY put "video" - oh dear ! ) whilst demonstrating a roller wheel, also has been a "fantastically" useful demonstration of the mechanics of the business end of the machine. ( Do you remember back in the 1960s when there were decent programmes on television, there was an old time music hall on BBC, with a gentleman Leonard Sachs dressed up as a Victorian with a starched mustache who tapped with a gavel and introduced comedy acts - he always used big words such as "fantastically", and whenever he did so, the audience gasped ? If HE can say "fantastically, so can we ! ) Anyway, your latest descriptive film going to be useful when I finally get around to maintaining my 1896 flying shuttle machine ! Yes there was a manual for it on the ISMACS website - thank you SO much for pointing me in the direction of that information source ! Beautiful, geometrically correct stitches that you are already getting on your machine in your film. Lovely to see it, and to hear the equally perfect click clack of the mechanism. A joy to see and to hear ! Thank you for all of this ! Time to enjoy a mug of tea to celebrate - cheers !

[@harryrogers]

Hello Phil...what a fantastically good and detailed response...just like the 'Good Old Days'...now where is my own, my very own hammer, the one and only...err gavel !

[@dalebartlett4635]

Hi Harry, Where did you buy the conversion kit? Can you do this to other old singers?

[@mauriciofigueroa7558]

Hi Harry, I've been following your videos. I am wondering if you have a link to buy the plate and feed dog by any chance handy? Thanks a million.

[@LC.101]

Great demo! Wonder if the foot comes in low shank? I have an old Kenmore sewing machine about 15 years old.

[@harryrogers]

Do Pfaff do one???? Not sure.

[@janclayjanclay2193]

Where am I able to buy a conversion kit. I have a 201K (201p in Australia)

[@faouzijaiem466]

Bravo

[@gamingheadquartersHD]

Thank you. i was recommened to try one of theses roller foots for my brother industiral machine for doing my boat seats and vinly /leather work how you finding it ? you notice a big difference in using one?

[@harryrogers]

Hi its a good feed with very good needle visibility

[@New777World]

Quick question on the hand pully conversion! You where turning it counter clockwise to fallow the sewing machine to sow, what happens if you turn it clock wise? Will it act like a reverse stich? Great video bye the way! 👌👍📹

[@harryrogers]

Hi that would mess up most machines.

[@faouzijaiem466]

Bravo 🌹

[@wilkbor]

Thanks for the video.....I have no real experience with a drop feed machine.... But does this machine not give you the ability to do tight curves without the roller foot?

[@harryrogers]

Yes that's right...though the roller foot let's you do really tight curves.

[@danmorrissette4814]

COOL~!!

[@MynyddMunro]

Hi Harry, thanks for taking the time to Come back to my other anvil question. Ive just purchased a Singer 331k4 on ebay it works (just about) but is a bit of a cosmetic mess so the plan is to completely restore and doing the hand crank conversion. Assuming that I did the roller foot conversion, used a sensible needle and strong bonded nylon thread what sort of thickness of veg tan leather do you think Ill be able to sew through? Thanks Steve

[@harryrogers]

I am not certain....it should manage two layers of 1.5mm leather no problem...I have not tried thicker stuff.

[@MynyddMunro]

Harry Rogers ok thanks Harry!

[@elfulano5884]

I found this video to be very informative. I am trying to do a similar conversion on my Singer 66 for some leather craft projects. Would you be able to post a link to locate the parts featured in this video? (feed dog, plates, and roller presser foot) Thanks!

[@harryrogers]

Hi the Singer 66 does not have a high rise industrial foot, so I think you might have to be inventive....but I might be wrong. I got parts off Ebay.

[@donnam4229]

When it didn't go down right at 8:16... I was like, Oh lord, how much more must this man endure to get this roller foot rolling? 😭😭

[@kboleather]

Hello Harry, First off I wish to thank you for taking the time to produce tutorial videos. I have been searching for the last hour for this kit. I wonder if you would be so kind as to post the link? Thanks! Lynn

[@harryrogers]

Hi I have popped details in the comments

[@kboleather]

Thank you Harry. I have a Singer 15-91 so, not if the kit will fit.

[@harryrogers]

@@kboleather I think it needs to be a high shank foot machine...I am sorry I don't know if yours is suitable...perhaps someone here will know.

[@kboleather]

@@harryrogers Thanks, Harry. I did find a vendor on ebay that sells the kit and asked them if the kit will fit my machine. This is the reply (I had a good laugh): "Hello, We can not offer that anything will ever be 100% effective or 100% to any specific standards for obvious legal issues that arise with guarantees and verbiage along those lines."

[@indugupta4482]

Wow

[@shaidabegum.]

👍

[@jorgegomes4833]

Hola de cuántas pulgadas son los 2 pulle

[@green1394]

good on you Harry,,,what size needle and thread did you use?

[@harryrogers]

Thanks - mostly a MN60 or a MN40 thread with 90 or 110 or 120 RTW chisel type needles depending on the leather and effect I am trying to get.

[@green1394]

@@harryrogers thanks Harry,,much appreciated,,

[@littlelila]

Thanks very much for all your videos. I have a question about my 31k I recently bought. I'm wondering about the type of needle I need (regular or industrial ? ), I'm sewing leather, and I'd like to be sure to use the proper accessories with it ! Another question, I'm sewing (trying to) oiled leather, not very thick but bolky and stiff, with a 120 leather needle (regular, not industrial), it goes fine when I sew one layer of this leather with another type of leather on it, but 2 layers of oiled leather and the needle is barely impossible to move, even by hand, and it sounds like something is touching the needle underneath (the hook probably, not happening with other types of leather...). Help !?

[@harryrogers]

Hi Claire...sorry I no longer have this machine, but you need to Google the correct needle, as I recall it was an industrial type. It you go for an raw type you will get a nice stitch for leather. It sounds like you need a thicker needle for the thick leather as it might be flexing.

[@littlelila]

@@harryrogers thanks very much for taking the time to answer all my questions :) I'll try a thicker needle. Not easy to find informations about the adapted accessories for this machine. I'll keep searching on english websites as I can't find anything relevant in French ^^

[@harryrogers]

@@littlelila I got needles from College Sewing...maybe look for the user manual on their website or try ISMACS website as well.

[@littlelila]

@@harryrogers Thank you :) !!!!

[@susangraham8244]

Hello, do you know if a roller foot is available for a singer 95k10 or something that would fit?

[@harryrogers]

I fitted mine to a high shank machine, I am sorry I do not know if your machine is high or low shank.

[@cobblerq1]

I have a older Pfaff 195 post bed walking foot . Would consider having the roller ,mainly to stitch zippers on boots and bag straps. Do you think its wise to do the switch?

[@harryrogers]

I like the roller on my post bed for flat sewing work...stress flat sewing.

[@cobblerq1]

@@harryrogers is the allowable thickness of the leather being stitch changes after switching over to the roller ?

[@harryrogers]

@@cobblerq1 Not if you can raise the shank it is attached to...not that I am a sewing machine mechanic...so you may want to take professional advice.

[@dougdavis8367]

Hello, Would you be so kind as to give us the name of the company that supplied the conversion, thank you

[@harryrogers]

Ebay...description 4 PIECE SEWING ROLLER FOOT SET FIT for JUKI CONSEW 12264 12267 Seller Kunpengsewingpartsforuk

[@dougdavis8367]

Harry Rogers ordering thank you

[@juliazelenina1834]

Hi! I have a question, Where can I buy a roller foot? I have Singer 66K and would like to install roller foot

[@harryrogers]

I think the Singer 66 is low shank unlike this Singer 331k and I am not aware of a roller like this that you can get for the Singer 66, but you can get a standard foot with little wheels. Maybe someone here cab advise further.

[@52fordguy]

Links for the roller and where to buy?

[@harryrogers]

Try Ebay

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Do you always use that machine with the hand-crank only? Btw, you used a term I am not familiar with: pique? I tried searching it and found nothing. Is it just a word for embroidery?

[@Handles-R-Lame]

_Appliqué_ is the word he used. It is a type of embroidery sewing.

[@Handles-R-Lame]

Also whats wrong with philosophy?

[@tayabflame]

Can you give me more information about singer 31k

[@harryrogers]

ISMACS website probably has a manual

[@LC.101]

How to determine what size to be used?

[@harryrogers]

Small for tight curves and low seams, big for big curves and higher seams.

[@cappyfann750]

After all that effort, one can see why some people keep machines dedicated to specific functions.

[@solsaverz1124]

Can this also be added to a singer 29k?

[@harryrogers]

Hi Sol...I don't think it can.

[@SwainLeungSewingMachines]

OK same idea, cut the feed dog to fit~

[@frankhaydon658]

Could you have filed the top plate instead of grinding the feed dog?

[@harryrogers]

Yes that will work as well.

[@liodac]

Hello. Where can I purchase the rolling foot kit, please?

[@harryrogers]

Hi I got mine from eBay a few years ago.

[@harryrogers]

For this machine I think it's a high shank foot.

[@colincampbell7121]

Hi where did you get roller foot please.

[@harryrogers]

Hi EBay China, it's s generic part you can get in a lot of places.

[@colincampbell7121]

thanks

[@0kadafi0]

where i can buy a roller foot?

[@harryrogers]

Sewing shop or EBay.

[@davidbishop5736]

Good job! But that is so fiddly you will probably want to get another Singer so you can have one with the normal system and one with the roller foot - - - then you will have to increase your work area of course . . .

[@harryrogers]

Thanks David....yes I don't think I would want this as my only machine, unless all I did was patterns etc on boots uppers or applique on bags etc.

[@jorgeleonelgomezbravo3800]

Ese pie de rodaja miente falla no es esacto como el que es fijo de la máquina Pero hay que cambiar El poste Bueno y a parte que se mira feo poco estetico

[@kennedy67951]

Why you did not mark where you were going to make adjustments is beyond me. Also why didn't you just file the dog plate instead? You could have saved much time and no need to move anything out of timing. Just my opinion and it does not mean much. Thank you for the video.

[@harryrogers]

Good idea to file the dog plate...it was quick and easy to grind off the side of the dog, but I think your suggestion of filing the plate is better. I did not mark as I know what works...what really caught me out was the different shape of the hook recess...I assumed it would be the same as a genuine Singer part, but the arm indent was very slightly different. Thanks for your comments. Rgds Harry