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Thanks for writing all this...got a 143w1 recently with both a knee lift AND the foot pedal installed, but the chain is off the foot pedal and I'm not sure how to attach it to get the motion that I want! The knee lift works fine, but might like the other better. Also have a 111w and will look for that part number someone mentioned to extend the presser arm...! Great forum, thanks for all the contributions!

I can't at the moment, but I will try to describe....at the juncture of the corner there will always be "tufts" of leather, which I have been trying to go in and clean up with a craft knife, which in turn creates more lumps, or tufts, like I haven't completely cut the leather in the corner, and have kind of pulled that last little bit by hand....bcs with the rotary cutter, etc, I would try to clean it up and kept going deeper and deeper...they look raggedy....

Hi, I am a total newcomer to leatherwork. I have a Singer 111w and a Chinese shoe-patcher, no problems with either. My question is whether or not there is a way to avoid the presser foot tooth marks on leather items? are there smoother feet sold, or could you file some of the sharpness off a spare set, and the pressure alone would be enough to move items sewn? Also, I have been teaching myself via YouTube and books how to make leather pouches (I am using 6 oz. leather)...but after trying to use a box cutter, a rotary cutter, and scissors...I can't get clean cuts, particularly in corners. What do you do about that? - Thanks for any help~!

Hi, I recently got a Singer 111wsv63 and am getting additional feet for it, etc. I thought it was a special variance of a 111w155, but it is quite different from the 152-155 manual I purchased...it has no "viewing window" for stitch length, it has 3 plunger-type buttons in the bed (I know one must be for stitch length...), and it lacks a large vertical bar underneath that bisects the machine, some kind of arm. In all other respects it is a 111w155, or Wxxx whatever. Does anyone know anything about these machines? It sounded like a 100 to me, but the 100 I saw pictures of lacked the extra plunger buttons...and had that arm underneath. Thanks for any help...

Total newb living in Wakulla County, under Tallahassee, FL...looking to trade labor for training in leather sewing, upholstery, canvas work. Hard working, honest, clean.