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It looks like you have the check spring wrong and the 3-hole flag at the top. On my machine, the 3 holes are horizontal and the thread goes down through the first hole, up into the second and back down through the 3rd. Then into the tension unit and on to the check spring, where you need to pull up on it until it "pops" and goes behind the little ear. The tension unit looks pretty tightly screwed down, but the looping says it's too loose. I'd make those couple of changes an see what happens.

Thank you for your suggestion. I will make improvements.

Me too! 🤣

@Northmount, I misunderstood and thought he was keeping it. I'll go fix my error. Thanks for catching it. @GPD You could PM the update text to a mod and request the change. Or it might be more expeditious to post a new ad and we can remove the existing one, either way. Another option in a case like this would be to "Report" your own post and request the changes. Sorry about that!

If you want that spit-slicked look without the spit, go to your local homebrew shop and grab a package of Amylase Enzyme. Dissolve a little in some water and use it to slick your edges. Amylase is the enzyme in saliva that breaks down glucose. I like that a lot. Nice job.

I'll check that, but it looks to me like the timing is now correct, that is, the hook passes by the needle at the correct point. However, it is not quite close enough to consistently catch the thread, so I plan to adjust the "distance between the sewing hook and needle" (p. 19, Fig. 45 of the manual), and I'm fairly confident that'll get it working. Either way, I'll post an update here.

Let us know how you make out . . . I actually built a box out of 1 x 12 pine lumber . . . a piece of clear plastic . . . put a fan in one end . . . bored a hole in my shop wall . . . and all the burnt leather stink gets blown out into my side yard. I do have the benefit of doing a lot of wood stuff . . . so wood scraps are usually laying around for me . . . but even if you have to buy it straight up at Lowes or Home Depot . . . it's still a lot cheaper than the enclosures the mfg's want to sell you for the laser engraver. May God bless, Dwight

The biggest issue going on is the top thread is not being pulled up all the way to form a tight stitch...rather, the loops of top thread are hanging free on the bottom. As kgg said, tighten the top thread tensioner, and if that does not clear it up, post photos of your top thread path so we can see if it is threaded correctly. The other issue is that it is skipping stitches. Here you will want to make friends with the service manual so you can set the hook to needle distance, the needle bar height, and the needle bar rise.

Not exactly the style I would build . . . but from what I could tell . . . the craftsmanship looks good . . . the dye job looks very even . . . and that is a cute little tie thingy in the center front to set it off. All in all probably would sell on the uptown market . . . You did a good job. May God bless, Dwight

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I would suggest taking a couple of photo's showing your top threading from the spool of thread to the eye of the needle. I figure it is incorrect threading of the top thread or a top thread tension issue. kgg

Ok, so this is how it looks like in the end. Much better than before. Thanks guys 👍

This is on my singer 111w155. Does anybody have any idea what I might be doing wrong? Or how I might correct this from happening. Thank you so much for any feedback!

Definitely not pretty , but yes, functional. Using a cam to operate the push rod, which could be shorter, is what I have in mind, just an idea kicking around.

I'm curious why that is the weak link? What am I missing? It doesn't look any different to me than other buckles I have.

Bit of confusion there Jonas, he's talking about the lead shot not Black Powder. Brass would deform and crush if dropped/sat on whatever. Some sort of polyethylene funnel cut off and stitched inside? Or sheet polyethylene (milk bottle?) rolled into shape and stitched inside? Or as Chuck suggested, veg tan made to shape and stiffened (hot water?).

glad it works for you.

He wanted info added, not removed from for sale. Did you catch that?

Cow horn can be re-formed by boiling water, a constant rolling boil. But water boils at different temperatures according to how high you are above MSL

That looks great! It would be time for tokonole or gum trag, or you could go with Nigel’s method, which he swears is not licking it off-camera before slicking. (It does work, though… 😉) -AZR

Yeah, that's lookin' good. Apply the Tokonole! Good luck!

thicker veg tan, wet mold it to shape. for that 2 " piece you have sewn in. tool it too lol.

Thank you for tossing the idea out there. TBH, I don’t actually have a computer, anything digital that I do is through my iPhone. (I don’t dare touch my wife’s or daughter’s machines…) But, adding a $200 pc to a $300 engraver is still less than many clickers, especially if adding in the cost of the dies. Definitely not a prohibitive expense in the grand scheme of leatherwork. Thank you again, AZR