Leather Sewing Machines
Lighter weight leathers can be sewn on home machines, but the tough stuff requires commercial or industrial sewing machines. They can be tricky to set up and operate, but can't be beat for production work.
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Just received from where I got my JL341 inc 10 more bobbins. £55 delivered. Now to work out how it works. I do love playing.
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Hello Can you help? I've looked extensively on here, YT and Google but can't find what I'm looking for. Does anyone have photos, a link to a video or scans from a manual of the needle making the loop and picking up the bobbin thread. I have an original instruction manual but there are no images, just a place the shuttle in the machine, hold the needle thread, turn the handle and basically away you go! Starting to wonder if there is something not quite right with my machine. I am familiar with boat shuttles (have an Atlas and several domestic bullet shuttle machines), but this beastie is just confounding us ! Any help will be gratefully received. Thank…
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I have an inexpensive, generic servo motor that got damaged in transit. The seller credited it back and told me to keep it. Once the replacement gets here, I'll get it off the machine and take it apart. The motor works but rattles and thumps. The tighter the belt, the louder. I'm thinking a damaged front bearing (the damage was a very hard shot to the pulley area that drove it through the styrofoam and cardboard). Also, how interchangeable are the control boxes? The wiring and pinouts of every one I've had my hands on is the same. I'm thinking maybe a higher rated box, say 750 watts, might be ok running a 550 watt motor?
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Hi to All at leatherworker…, Please I require assistance to acquire a copy of an operation manual for my Viking 263 full size industrial sewing machine move searched everywhere with no luck! I would appreciate any assistance from you all at getting a copy, perhaps from someone who owns the same type of Viking 263 as I do, happy to pay postage and photocopy costs. Or perhaps a token gesture for a digital copy Please help: Kind regards Ola (I’m in Uk)
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Just pick up a singer 281-141 I hope this will work for leather no idea where to start hope I can get advice on where to start thank you .Dale
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Hello, I have already searched this forum and none of what I found helped, I also posted this here under sewing if one needs to be deleted feel free. I am running a JUKI 1541s, when I insert a new bobbin and rotate the hand wheel the needle will pick up the bobbin thread. Once I start sewing it will no longer pick up the bobbin thread, just leaves a nice row of empty holes and the thread in the needle is frayed like crazy. When I take the plate off so I can see the hook and turn the hand wheel it seems to work fine, the hook picks up the thread every time. I have re-threaded the machine, changed the needle (135x16 size 23), lubricated the machine including the bobbin and …
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Hi all I got a paffaf sewing machine with 240 V motor & air compressor is there any quick solution to operate it other than pull new electrical lines from the main panel Thanks
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111W155 Repair 1 2 3
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Does anyone know of someone in North Florida who can repair a problem. The shaft is not hooked up to the lower clutch. See videos. Pieces are stuck on the pulley. Thank you for any help. Mod Edit: (I removed the 240 meg attachment since it's now on youtube -AlZilla)
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Hello all, I answered an add for a leather garment factory that was closing activity. They had leathers, threads and sewing machines for sale at close-out prices. I knew, from the photos on the ad, that the machines were PFAFF 145s, and I was hopping to find an H3 or H4 in serviceable condition, for not too much money, as all others that I found so far. I ended up buying more that I intended, but it seemed too good to let it slip away. Here's what I ended up with: 11 full hides (blacks and whites, one dark brown), plus 6 half hides (blacks and whites), plus 10 smaller full hides (lamb skins, maybe?) - all chrome tanned, for garment, mainly black jackets …
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I have a Typical 441, which is much like the other clones available. Since I’ve had it the inner and outer presser feet have never quite been in sync so I made some adjustments as detailed in the attached pdf. Page 8, which worked a treat, but then something elsewhere seems to have been thrown out of time as the inner foot has now got a limp and is hardly lifting at all. i decided to go through Uwe’s video tutorial for timing everything, all of which went well and I have fine tuned hook, needle height etc. Thanks Uwe for your downloadable balance wheel degree rotation diagram, works brilliantly. I’m quite happy working with machinery, but can’t figure this one o…
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