Leather Machinery
Leather clickers, burnishers, splitters, and other leather machinery that doesn't sew.
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Hello All, I am restoring this Fortuna model10A leather skiver,I am having trouble with understanding how the bell knife sharpener stone is held on the shaft it looks to me it was glued on when I tried to remove it from the shaft it broke in half stone measures 70x7x17.5 could anyone please confirm me if it glued on or there's any other part to keep it there.Thanks
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Greetings, I just replaced my bell knife on my skiving machine, Consew DCS-S4, and I now have a new 5mm of new length of blade to the left (towards the left). Thus, the blade currently sits about 5mm *past* the edge of the presser foot. This would not be an issue if I could bring the blade back by turning the knob (see photo), but unfortunately I turn it, it turns the brass threaded shaft, but nothing else on the horizontal axis moves, so the blade doesn't shift from L/R. I was watching videos on maintenance/replacing blades, and one said the knob turned indefinitely. Mine does stop after a long amount of turns in either direction in case that matters. I've trie…
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One of the micro switches on my trigger handle is intermittent. Anyone know where I can get a replacement?
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Hey Folks, Let's see some images first! anyway, I've been seeking a Landis Model 30 Splitter for sometime now and decided I'd go to my local shoe repair shops and find it in person; that's how I got my 5-in-1 after all. Well, one guy brought out this machine and said "This machine is missing the skiver gears but the splitter itself works." And gave it to me for free. There is a sticker that reads "Richard Hess - Magstadt Stuttgart" Only problem is that I don't know anything about it, and not much about it seems to come up on the internet. I'm hoping somebody who knows more than I can chime in and let me know. To be honest, I wouldn't be intere…
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Still had 2 kicking around - for my Pferd Mammut flexible shaft grinder (basically the same as the units from Suhner) - of which I actually own 3 power units - from 500 to 40 000 rpm. I use them for satinising the surface of brushed stainless - the belts come in all different grit grinding fleece or paper backed abrasive. The table top comes from an upgrade in a baking factory, where all wooden tables had to be replaced with stainless - sure cried that day cause I didn´t have a trailer with me on site and my Kangoo only fits small sheets - it is 40mm laminated beech - the kind of material that shouldn´t be just tossed into a container. The shelf/rest for th…
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I'm getting ready to buy a small clicker and have narrowed down my interest to either the Tandy 5-Ton or Dream Factory 5-Ton. Has anyone tried either? Tandy https://tandyleather.com/products/tandypro-r-clicker-press?variant=42729329983619&country=US¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA2JG9BhAuEiwAH_zf3jhx123qNycZlXQJXeBqQTtwp-1Etd-p70XEwPz3rbHDxoHtzTU1RBoCcyQQAvD_BwE Dream Factory https://www.dreamfactorytools.com/products/clicker-press-hand-clicker The Tandy is 128lbs. The DreamFactory is 66lbs and cl…
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ISO, The best rawhide string cutter, preferably around $300 but open to all options. I have been looking for something similar to the Hansen String Cutter http://www.hansenstringcutter.com/page_12/Order_The_Hansen_String_Cutter.html and the Vaquero Package https://gfeller.us/product/vaquero-package/ is the closest thing I've found, but it does not have a splitter.
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Hey all! I just found this old machine and want to bring it back to its former glory. I am looking for any information about this model, parts-list, manuals etc. I have tried contacting Fortuna directly without much luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi, Still have a few motors kicking around the shop - want to make a motorized burnisher out of one of them. What is the best wood to use for the burnishing wheel ? Guess it is something like oak or harder - wood is not really my specialty - so any tips will be appreciated. Have a bud with a wood lathe - but I want to approach him with at least the wood in hand - he likes to moan and groan a lot if has to dip into his own stash - want to avoid that. Greetings Hans
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Hi all, I've just bought an old bell skiver (Fortuna) powered by a three-phase clutch motor. I don't have three-phase power at home, so now I'm looking at possible options to get this machine running. Option one: replace the clutch motor with a servo. This comes with the downside of losing the vintage esthetics and the need to get the servo motor speed-calibrated correctly. Option two: buy a variable frequency drive (VFD) to convert single-phase to three-phase to power the motor. This also loses a little bit of the vintage esthetic, but the VFD can be hidden under the bench more easily I guess. For this option I have two directions to go in. The clutch mo…
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