I found a faaabulous sewing machine at the thrift store yesterday. It's a beautiful Belvedere Adler 950-B. I made a manual for it after being unable to find any information online and I've searched for hours!
I did find others who were looking for the same info! Here's how the machine operates;
Sanshin manufactured this machine in Japan, under the name Riccar, Nelco and a few others. Uses class15 bobbins and any high shank attachments will work.Thread path to wind the bobbin, with the thread falling behind the decorative stitch dial.
I clean the tension discs every now and then. Here's how to reassemble everything.
This is what the Straight Stitch needle plate looks like, notice the hole is to the left of center. The straight stitch needle plate is found under the name: Janome / New Home straight stitch needle plate # Z11063S
A wonderful feature of this machine, there are no screws to bother with on the needle plate. Slip the needle plate under the screw seen on the right. Closing the slide plate anchors the needle plate in place.
Note: After you click this link, you'll notice the photos in the manual are blurry. No worries,
Google merely creates a smaller file for viewing online.
When you download the file, and open it, you'll see sharp, clear photos..
Google merely creates a smaller file for viewing online.
When you download the file, and open it, you'll see sharp, clear photos..
20 comments:
Christine,
I searched the vintage Japanese sewing machine yahoo group for info on my newly acquired Belvedere Adler 950-B and found your post and the link to your blog. You are a lifesaver! This beastie had me stumped, and I have worked on dozens of machines. Thanks so much for taking the time to post the instructions and helpful photos. Now I am off to put the motor back on and try it out!
regards
Cheryl Warren
http://DragonPoodle.blogspot.com
Thank you, thank you! I bought my machine for $60 a couple of years ago. I am completely attached to it but am a sewing novice and desperately needed some info on it. Your post is very much appreciated.
I just picked up one of these at the "Take It Or Leave It" at our small-town landfill. Unfortunately, it is missing the pedal. I hope I can find a source for a new one. Thanks for the info!
I have an Old Belvedere Adler, Model 411. I am the ONLY owner of this machine, I asked for it for my 13th birthday from my parents and I am now 56. I moved this past year and just took m machine out to finish a quilt project for my daughter. My Grandpa was the only one who ever serviced the machine in YEARS and he has since sadly passed. You literally saved me from schlepping my old and HEAVY cabinet machine, with knee pedal hahaha all over to find someone to do this for me! I cant Thank You enough, The Machines don't look the same, yours looks much higher end, but the internal workings are virtually the same! Bless you and Thank you!
I have a Universal 950-B it looks exactly as a Belvedere, Adler or Nelco, purchased it at Goodwill for $9.99, disassembled it at least a couple Hundred times looking for the right adjustments, the further I would take it apart it required drilling grinding and soldering parts that were broken, almost giving up to fix it, parts that were just not reparable so I made my own parts and added a 1.5 Holiday Motor, now its powerful and never needs adjusting. Thanks for posting on oiling points like the one under the needle plate screw .
Just bought a used Belvedere Adler, with table and a knee pedal. It needs some love. I'm so glad I found your blog and you shared the web site too! I hope Nana will share the manual too, that would be so helpful. Thank YOU!!!
I just bought a Model 950-B at the Humane Society Resale and in one of the drawers was an Instructions Deluxe Automatic Zigzag booklet.
It has price of $339.00 on the front. Six weeks ago my home burned to the ground and I lost a great old Sears portable (that was terrific for most mending) and my prized Janome that I bought when I retired in 2001. As we rebuild I wanted to do some little projects and mending so hope it all works.
Fabulous! I just found one of these in a thrift shop today for $12.00. Nice and shiny and everything!! Thanks for the manual. Off to oil it up and test her out.
Hi, thanks for the information on this machine. I picked one up in the cabinet for $40 and am hoping it will sew the top stitching on the handbags that I make.
I have been using my sewing machine on top of my grandmother's sewing machine table since it was bequeathed to me years ago. I opened it the other day to see what the machine looked like. She had everything in the table for this machine. She did quilting. I would like to make something for my mom on this machine, so your photos with help me get it ready to use. Thank you!
You wouldn't have the cover that goes over belt, would you? Mine is missing.
No, sorry!
Thank you! My sister found this at a garage sell. She knows I enjoy sewing, mostly diy crafts. It’s in a cabinet but one of the screws is broken so I’m afraid to lay it down. We have a friend that works on sewing machines hopefully he can help me! Thanks for your site:)
I just found one of these at a yard sale. I'm just starting to check it out. This is only the second machine I have cleaned up/rehabbed so I'm a bit nervous. Its a much more complicated machine than teh one I did first, which was just a straight stitch machine.
Has anyone found any other manuals that are helful for this machine?
Thanks!!
Not that I know of, sorry I can't be more help.
Hi there! Looking for info on how to thread the needle :) just picked one up on craiglist for $40 looking to get acquainted with an older machine!
Christine, thanks so much for posting this info! I just picked up an Adler 950-B at a thrift shop. It was frozen, fairly clean, didn't look to be abused, so I bought it. Took less than an hour to get everything running smoothly! The special stitch cams and zigzag drive gear are plastic, but I see no cracks on either. With your great instructions, I should have it running before bedtime! Thanks again!
Christine, the last of the special stitches on the dial is one that looks like an overcasting stitch... perhaps the most useful of the bunch. On my 950-B, the selector stops at the stitch prior to it. Adjusting the knob mmakes no difference. Does it work on your machine?
Yes, mine works. I'm not sure why yours stops like that.
OK, thanks. Yes, it is odd... I can see the cam for it is there on the bottom of the stack. I guess I'll have to take the special stitch mechanism out and adjust the linkage. It looks like it will come out as a unit. And repair the plastic zigzag gear too; since I last wrote, it has cracked but is still working (for now...). I really like the machine, I think it's worth the trouble to fix it.
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