Class 34.

THE machines of this class are admirably adapted for reaching into and making lock-stitch seams on hollow articles or convex surfaces at points difficult to reach with a machine having a horizontal bed.

The feed is at the left of the needle and close to the outer edge of the small bed formed by the top of the vertical post. The top of this post measures 1 1/2 inches in diameter, at right angles with the feed, and 1 1/4 inches in line with the feed, thus presenting a very small surface and readily reaching points on the inside of hollow objects having small area.

These are the only machines in successful practical use for stitching elastic gores into the uppers of new Congress Gaiters after the seams are closed, making a continuous seam from beginning of one gore to the end of the other.

Machine No. 34-1 has a post 11 inches high, but is like Machine No. 31-9 in all other particulars. It is used in Boot and Shoe manufacture for making back seams and stays, attaching inside loops and stitching vamps on long boots.

Machine No. 34-3 has post 11 inches high and is provided with special top feed for sewing ends into leather cylinders for music rolls, etc. The machines of Class 34 are suitable for either foot or mechanical power.

For foot power the height of the stand is adapted to the height of post; three different forms of table are furnished, as ordered. Table No. 5214 is made of Oak and has end and back leaves; with leaves up, this table is 48 inches long by 25 inches wide; with leaves down, it is 38x19 inches. A plain Black Walnut table (No. 5429) is 42x18 inches and a plain Ash table (No. 5243) is 42 inches long by 24 inches wide.

For general hoot and shoe repairing, also for new work, the machines of this Class are among the handiest labor-saving devices ever invented and moneymakers in every shop where stitching is done on hollow or cylindrical articles. Their mechanism enables a superior quality of fine lock-stitching on this kind of work, while their shape permits free movement of the material in any direction.

They are highly efficient for fine work requiring sharp turns in the line of stitch and are extensively used in the manufacture of leather Hand-bags, Pocketbooks, Portfolios, etc.

The following is lifted from John Langdon's Comprehensive Model List

34- (class)		Industrial	Raised 'post' bed. Horizontal oscillating shuttle. 10 1/2" space to the right of the needle. Knee lifter. For stitching hollow objects, etc.	-
34K (class)	1892-(1944+)	Industrial	Clydebank-made 34 class.
34-1		Industrial	Post 11" high. Drop feed. Speed 1000.	34x1 or 34x2
34K1		Industrial	Post bed.	213x1 or 213 x 2
34W1		Industrial	(Cancelled 07/46) Singer suggested replacement 35- or 36-.
34-2		Industrial	Post 7" high. Speed 1000. Drop feed.	34x1 or 34x2
34-3		Industrial	Post 11" high. Speed 1000. Upper feed.	34x1 or 34x2
34K6		Industrial	C.B. shuttle. For overedge purl stitch on linen table covers, tea cloths, corsets and light textile materials. Knee lifter.
34-7		Industrial
34K11		Industrial	Post bed (pillar 11" high) Max. stitch length 6 to the inch. Clearance under roller presser .485". Large bobbin. Drop feed to left of needle. Speed 500.