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The 5/8" is when the feet are lifted up by the foot lift pedal or knee lever. The needle must be fully up at TDC in order to lift that high. This high lift is so that thick seams and fur linings can clear the feet and needle when you position the work on the machine. Once the foot pedal/knee lever is lowered, the feet will alternate about 3/16ths of an inch up and down as you sew. The alternating action maxes out at about 3/8 inch with System 135x16/17 needles. Trying to sew thicker stacks may cause the bottom of the needle bar to hit the top of the inside foot, or even the outside foot if they are a narrow set. This limits the useful sewing height despite the specs referring to a higher lift number. I experimented and found this to be the case.

LOL, so true. Sometimes a straight run is harder than a curved one.

Looks good finished. Thumbs-up!

Thank you, it was a nice change, beveller and backgrounder only. Finished the field notes, Gini liked it when I showed it to her, started adding things to make it special. Each symbol has various meanings.

Yep, tight curves in particular would be a problem. Doesn't matter though, I just had to buy it when I saw it! You know the old saying "He who dies with the most toys wins."

Wiz beat me to the punch here, but I found specs on a 289rb-hlp-1 that says 5/8" max lift under the presser foot and it uses 135x17 needles. That should give the next person looking a little more info to make a decision. A grand seems a little steep to me anyway. Maybe.

That’s all I needed to know! Thank you! I’m gonna keep hunting for a Class 4 or a CB4500 then.

The 289 is still an upholstery class machine. As such, it can handle #138 thread with a #23 needle, or possibly #207 thread with a #24 needle. The maximum thickness would be the same 3/8 of an inch of soft to medium temper leather. I might be able to sew two 8 ounce pieces of bridle leather, but not hard veg-tan or latigo. I own a similar machine made by Singer. I use it to sew patches onto vests and hats. When I first got it I tried running #207 thread in it. The machine struggled and tended to jam up. It has no trouble with #138 thread. But, it didn't like hard veg.

Yes, I had my location added after my first post. Hoping it might get replies from closer.

I did but that one didn’t really answer my question as far as the capabilities of it with heavy leather.

Did you try searching our forum? I did and got this first hit:

It looks like it would work great on straight cuts. Curves might be a different story but I can see the use for such a cutter

Something that's been bugging me for a loooong time. My engineering try squares have big lumps on em so don't lay flat on the leather. The plastic ones don't have anything on em. I found these small ones on line but the wings are too big. Eventually I cut the wings down so now they're perfect for any leather (except maybe upholstery) and give a quick, flat right angle in a trice. Just thought I'd share.

Nice Celtic design work. Looks mighty good.

I came across a Consew 289rb-1 locally and I’m not really finding much about these machines anywhere. I sew mostly tack so 10oz+ Vegtan, bridle, and harness, and Ive currently got a Cowboy Outlaw and a Sailrite but I really need to upgrade. Will this handle what I need and is $1k a good deal? Thanks in advance!

The edge glider that is available on Etsy works on thin leather. it is expensive though. I got a prototype, which was less expensive.

Hi @HEYSONG, Sorry for responding so late. Yes it is still available

so, blades for landis, this could definitely help me find it. wow I had no idea this machine should have a guard. I'll check tomorrow if It has some slot or hole to screw one onto the rod or some other way to install it. let's hope I can use a landis guard as well. thanks!

Thank you! Amazing!

Got it. Updated price to $1000 US.

@Northmount, Thank you for explaining how the editing works. Makes sense. Regarding the ad, I actually posted twice in the gallery (I'm new to the forum so I didn't get that you had to create a new album to store your pictures for the presentation to look neat, so the first ones were posted like separate pictures I guess - wanted to delete them not to bombard the forum with my stuff but again, no buttons for that in my sights). But the original post and the one I was referring to in my previous comment for having a wrong price was posted in the marketplace. Here's a link to it: https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/132304-landis-25-landis-5-in-1/ Hope it's visible just like the gallery ones. Also, I read the rules you mentioned prior to posting so I hope it does comply with those, but please, by all means, let me know if I missed anything there. Grace

Yeah, I am more surprised than anyone that I'm a runner lol. Maybe I should say jogger though, to be more honest. Three came running with me yesterday at 2. There wasn't one of them I can't beat in a footrace without cheating lol I needed cardio a few years ago, and on the treadmill, my heart rate wasn't getting high enough for my goals, so I reluctantly started running. Became unreasonably affectionate toward it. Before, I would have said (DID say) that runners look like they are in pain every time they run. Anyway, winter is a treat here. I used to live on the East Coast, and Ontario. Both of those have a much more brutal, intolerable cold. Here, the temp drops, then it's 'cold' (-20C and below) until spring. I call it 'poetically cold', since it sounds cold, looks cold on the thermostat, but really office workers will still take off a mitten and shake hands out in the street. I do try to xski now and then, but honestly I'm a bit lazy. It's easy to step into my runners, and go jog around trails for an hour. For skiing, I have to add the skis, and usually drive somewhere appropriate. I just so rarely bother. Also, I can run around Frame Lake faster than I can ski around. I don't think I'm a particularly fast runner, so I must be an abysmal skier. Actually, I can't really ski without going hard. Any time I ski I am soaked in sweat and exhausted, whereas with jogging I can moderate my effort better, and am more at ease. On a random leather note, I ended up with a bunch of chrome-tanned leather bits, and don't really enjoy that stuff. Have you, or other posters, got a simple thing a novice can try making? I enjoy your work, @chuck123wapati, and if you have a design to share, I wouldn't mind having a go. I've thought about using the big piece of weathered bison for a camera bag, but that's a complex and large project. I'm not even sure how to approach that. Got some latigo, couple smaller pieces of 'bag leather' etc.

what is speed wax?

The "Edit" window is about 2 hours or so. After that you need to get a moderator to make any fixes necessary. for price changes or any additional information, just add it in a reply to the same thread. I see your ad is actually in your gallery. It should be in the Marketplace, https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/80-new-and-refurbished-to-like-new/ The Marketplace rules are here, https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/70-announcements/

Nice work, great style!