Post #2225663

2026-05-08 12:50 UTC

Does anyone have one of these in the UK that I could buy? The listings I&#39;ve found are all outside the UK and end up costing £30 by the time they get here, which is too much. Turns out the buttonholer I got is missing this and the thumbscrew I have is very difficult to fasten and unfasten as it&#39;s the standard length. https://oldsingershop.com/products/singer-sewing-machine-long-thumb-screw-for-hemstitcher-and-swiss-zigzag-attachment-simanco #singer #simanco #sewing

Replies (7)

@shichimi@neopaquita.es 2026-05-08 15:53

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com I don't know if you're familiar with this page. https://www.helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk/index.html

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@Anomnomnomaly@beige.party 2026-05-08 16:38

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com Former engineer here... a simple long threaded bolt with 2 nuts will suffice. Find one approximately the same length and same thread... can't tell the size from a pic. But you can pop along to your local hardware store with it and test some nuts on it. Take the 2 nuts and thread them on to the bolt. Get the bottom nut at the right position, and then using two spanners the right size for the nuts, turn the two nuts into each other until they lock. This should solve the problem... and cost a few pennies.

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@RexMagenta@wandering.shop 2026-05-08 17:13

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com I have this old box of Singer stuff but I don't know if the screw you want is in there...

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@brad@1040ste.net 2026-05-08 18:58

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com Any tame machinists nearby?

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@Workshopshed@mastodon.scot 2026-05-08 19:28

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com unfortunately my workshop lathe is not in action, that the kind of thing I'd love to make as "an exercise"

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@alderwick@merveilles.town 2026-05-08 22:32

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com You might have luck with Helen Howes: OPTS006 from https://helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk/thumbscrews.html is the right category and if she has the one you're looking for then it's 50p (although minimum order is £5 + P&P)

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@castaway@fosstodon.org 2026-05-09 07:21

@vulgalour@birdbutt.com if you're anywhere near Swindon the Makerspace has a lathe..

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