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Uwe, are you going to keep the shuttles for the Landis #1 or sell them, Dwayne,

Geneva, Do you still have the kerosene heat lamp, and if so how much would you have to have for it? Dwayne

I would like a burner for mine as well, I would like to try that at some point.

Sid is the one that rebuilt my 25#, & I've got a 50 lb that I have loaned out for a while, I haven't learned enough about Them to mess with it much, I'm in the process of getting my shop together, I moved from a 20X20 to a 32X90 building with an up stairs. So I've got a lot more room. I've been engraving for the past 5 yrs or so and it keeps me busy as well, I want to finish my shop and build knives with my own damascus, engrave them & do my own leather work on them. It all takes time, I got home from work and looked at that know you mentioned, I'll try to figure out how to get it set right. In your experience, would you say that 415 size thread is too big for a sheath or not? Hopefully one day we'll get to run into each other, I'm in West Texas. Thanks again for all your help, Dwayne

I appriciate the help, I've been sewing with a little bit with it, I ordered some needles for the other day, Got some 200's & 280's in the 230's are back ordered. I sewed a some pieces of leather together the other day that ended up a tad over 3/4" after sewing, but I ended up breaking the needle, I was using # 200 needle & 277 thread. I think with the larger needles I could do this fine. I'm a knife maker & will be stitching up sheaths with it. I love old machines, I've got a 1911 25 lb. Little Giant trip hammer that has been completely rebuilt by the owners of Little Giant. Hoping to forge some damascus with it. Thanks again for your time. Dwayne

I'm not at home right now, is it numbered some way so you know which setting to choose for each of the feet, I have several of the feet. Thank you for your reply.

This says the stitch length is controlled by the length of the pricker foot, Is changing the foot all you have to do to get the different stitch length or do you have to adjust something else as well? Thanks for any help. Dwayne

I've got one of the smallest needles in the machine at this time, a 200, I had to put another piece of belt leather on the stack, last time it was right at 3/4" thick before sewing, then afterwards it had compressed down to right at 5/8", put another piece on it and after sewing it's 3/4". I probably won't need to go this thick on a knife sheath, and if I'd lay them out a little different I'd never need to but in the past I have had them close to that for room enough for the handle to go in some. I've learned different tricks through the years and changed the way I'm doing stuff, so like I said, probably won't need to go this thick but its nice knowing you can, and if I went with the next size needle or even the 280, I'm sure there wouldn't be a problem. Dwayne

Pcox, thanks for the reply, the one piece I sewed, the pieces started out a tad under 3/4" and after sewing it's 5/8". The stitches look really good but I feel like I should use a larger thread on stuff this thick, Iike I said in the earlier post, I've got needles that are 200's, 230's, & 280's, they are Schmetz brand, & they do have the grooves that go all the way up to the shanks. Do I need to put the thread behind the clamp that holds the needle? There's space that would allow the thread to pass through there, my manual doesn't show a diagram of where the thread goes and I've never seen one up close to know what I'm doing. Every thing I've stitched so far has had good stitches except the one with the loop showing, I think the tension on that one needs to be a little different, I'll play with it & see If I can figure it out. As far as I can tell, there's nothing broken, nothing appears to be worn much, bobbin & shuttle are in good shape, Thanks again for your help. Dwayne

Here's some pictures of the Landis #1, it's missing a plug and the heater for the wax pot but I don't think I'll be using anyway. I've got 200, 230, & 280 size needles with the bushings, the ones used in the pictures below are 200, with 3 ply thread, not sure what kind, it came with the machine. In a couple of the pictures I sewed for pieces of the 12-13 oz. together and it did good and looks good but the moving dog on the bottom kinda imprints the leather, it feeds great and the stitches are deep but not too deep, I really like the way it looks, except I think I need a larger thread, I'll be making knife sheaths with it if I keep it, and some parts of the sheaths might get up to 3/4" in places. Let me know if there's any pointers you guys have. Thanks for your time. Dwayne Dushane www.dushaneknives.com The pictures aren't great on the stitching, All of it looks good except on one piece, it looks like it's trying to pull a loop out of the hole, maybe it'll show up in the photo.

Thank you Sir, I've been playing with it trying to get the tension right on the thread. I sewed a couple of pieces of 12-13 oz. together & it did fine but tried four thicknesses, came out to a little under 3/4" thick and the needle came out, evedently it wasn't tight enough and a bit rusty, a friend has had the machine on lone for a couple of years until I could make room for it. Anyway I'll try to get back out there today and clean up the needle & put it back in & try it again. I've got a manuel with it but it's kinda vague on winding the bobbin, threading it & so on. Dwayne

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I have a nice one, it has the wax pot, peddles all in working condition. Still has quite a bit of the original decorative gold detail paint on it. My question is where is the seriel # & how can I find out what year it was made? Thanks in advance for any help. Dwayne