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I can hear the OLD Mountain Dew jingle in my head ..... Good work!

When you thread the lower disc you need to go past the little oval window @ the 10:00 position.

I know nothing about this machine. But if I had to make a scientific wild assed guess, it would be this.

I've been helping my best friend and ex-son-in-law this week, trying to get him an elk. Hopefully, I can get some rest soon. Ima getting tired lol. It's been in the teens at night and only in the 40s during the day, but no snow, just bitter cold winds. Any way your garden sounds like it's going pretty well. I don't have enough growing season here for peppers, sure wish I did, i have to start them indoors then hope they don't stunt when i replant them. I think i might be able to do some summer sausage this winter, we have a good supply of meat.😁 plus my daughter works at the local Walmart and get a heads up on markdowns so we get some low cost burger once in a while.

I tried to follow the manual but the instructions suck.

I would approach that with extreme caution ⚠️ PTO's can be dangerous. I have 3 vintage tractors,2 with pto pulleys ( and hard metal seats, and i end up with sore back and a sore a...se) Perhaps leave it well alone if it's still in tact and functional? But all the very best with the restoration , you're preserving history👍 HS

i would leave it alone until i knew how to take it apart and do it correctly with the proper materials, and I doubt most leather workers know how to do that lol.. Those things were dangerous enough without unforeseen problems. and someone may use it at some point in time. Take your time on your awesome rebuild, it's a very cool project indeed.

Thank you friquant, Constabulary & Wizcrafts for the help! Any recommendations for a newbie machine that is more available? I don't see any 111w155 for sale locally. I am looking to dabble in the trade a little bit to see if I like it and if I can make anything intersting.

Your threading of the top thread around the tension discs is incorrect, refer to your manual for the correct threading. kgg

I also have a Singer 107w in my shop. It is handy for jobs requiring a zig-zag stitch. It can sew with #69 bonded thread into 5-6 ounce chrome tanned shoe upper leather, like that tanned by S.B. Foot. But, that's not all it's good for. I also use the 107 to sew linings and cloth that would be eaten by my walking foot machines. To do this I move the stitch width selector on the back to zero throw. This places the needle on one side of the presser foot. I use the stitch length knob on the rear to get a longer stitch. The maximum throw is about 1/4 inch, or slightly wider. While this wouldn't be a first machine to buy for a leather shop, it would be a good addition. Your first machine should be a compound feed walking foot machine. An example is the out-of-production Singer 111w155.

top and bottom picture show a Singer 107w ZigZag machine of some kind, it can sew garment leather. I have one, nice machine but not the best option for leather work. But the one shown has a lot of milage as it seems. I would not buy it as my main / first machine.

if you are looking for small / narrow foot print feet then these feet here may be an option: https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/132157-interesting-441-style-presser-feet-for-singer-111w-153w-and-similar-like-341-227r-and-so-forth/

Messing around with some scrap with Wildcat Hillbilly. Fun to do something whimsical.

It's together and sewing! Thank you!!

Here’s a video of it happening. IMG_6701.mov

My thread keeps jumping out of this tension spring. Do I need to rotate it down to keep the thread in? Also do I remove this wool like material from this thread guide? thanksr tj

I don't know why they are typically wider on the left. Somewhere I read that "the softer the material, the bigger you want your foot to be". Grinding down would make your footprint smaller. As long as you are not concerned about sinking too far I don't see a problem. I actually do a fair amount of my stitching with a zipper foot, even when I'm not sewing zippers. (A zipper foot would be like grinding one entire side off)

Don't buy these. You will want a triple feed machine. (May take some internet browsing to learn to identify triple feed) The singer in the photo appears to be a bottom-feed lockstitch machine. (Bottom-feed won't feed sticky materials) The Lewis is not a lockstitch machine at all. Maybe a blind hemmer?

Hey everyone, I have a cb341 that has a presser foot like the one in the picture. I like to guide off the presser foot when stitching but I like to use the left side better than the right. Do they offer a presser foot that has the needle centered. My apologies if I got the terminology wrong. i guess option 2 would be to get another presser foot and modify it with a grinder. Would there be any drawbacks to that?

Genius!

Hey, I am considering buying one of these machines. I have not looked at them yet and don't know anything about them. I would like to get something that can sew leather (belts, wallets, etc.). I think they are asking $200 each. Assuming they work, are they something that I should consider?

While that pulley may help. I think this is my best upgrade yet. I have a 200 rpm minimum on my servo. So this 6” pulley got me to 100rpm at the machine. Should see 70 rpm with the new motor pulley.

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The wheel is staying as is. Taking it apart would leave a HUGE mess. It's actually made from paper! It acts and feels like wood, it's nailed together at the factory (79 years ago). I'm liking this Dwight! Got the brain wheels turning.

What's on the wheel now? Does that have to come off first? If you remove what's on the wheel, then you would have flanges on the two ends that the leather would need to be proud of, so it might not be 8 to 9 oz, but 10 to 11 oz. I would put that on with barge cement with a minimum of a 3/4 " scarf. Laid with the lap in the correct direction. Sorry had that wrong thought