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Whoo whoo! Two minutes...I'll get my egg timer 😀

LOL not going for bling here. But LOTS of bulleted lists. You might laugh when you see it. 🏁

I'll aim to wait three minutes in between replies if I mean them to be separate posts. 👍

Nice update! Did you mean bottom hole instead of bottom disk?

Is there a way I can prevent multiple successive posts from being merged into one? On this thread: https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/131170-consew-225-loose-stitches-on-circle/#comment-780786 I replied to kgg Then I replied to wiz. (Separate messages for each) But when I clicked "save" on the second message, it said the items had been merged.

Here's how my top is threaded.

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Promise 😉

If you are using CKEditor, I see this pull request which alludes to a checkbox that allows non-admins to view the source button: https://github.com/craftcms/ckeditor/pull/87

Titles are good! What does it show in the "Source" tab when you have a title?

Hmmmm I don't have that option. Is there any way I could get elevated user status in order to get the "source" button.

How does one do the drop test with a vertical hook shaft? I tried it but the bobbin fell out of the bobbin case cap.

This happened to me a couple days ago on my Jianglong 341. The TEX 270 thread would be inside the tension disks at the beginning of the seam, but by the end of the seam the tension disks would be flat together with the thread only skirting their perimeter. That's when I decided to add some tension to the smaller/auxiliary tension disks right next to them, which I had never found a use for previously. But it seemed to keep the thread properly seated in the main tension disks.

I used to get longer (or shorter) stitches when turning tight circles on my pfaff 535. I was driving it like a racecar, meaning taking the corner at a constant, appropriate speed and rotating the fabric (cardboard, actually) at a smooth, constant rate. The center of pressure of the feed dog was not concentric with the needle, but rather more aft and off to one side. So when the needle was in the air, the fabric (cardboard, actually) would rotate around that offset center of pressure. It would make one length of stitches going straight. But longer stitches turning left, and shorter stitches turning right.

Is markdown or html or some other markup supported in these textarea boxes? I typically store my notes in markdown on my local machine, make edits there, and then copy/paste into the textarea to publish. Is there a way to have headers from my markdown file show up as Bold in the textarea, without needing to manually select with mouse? Any suggestions welcome.

Jianglong makes a 246 also. (I have the Jianglong 341) You might see what it would cost: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/246-Maquina-De-Coser-Cuero-Cylinder_60469774160.html

Three interesting points from that video: The feed dog on the binding machine that he bought has no vertical movement. He wanted to convert it to being a standard machine. It appears that he bought a new feed dog and throat plate for it. In general it works as a standard machine, but the feed dog only goes forward and back. (No vertical movement) He made his own cover plate to replace the binding cover plate that it came with. (The long metal plate that's about 250mm x 30mm that he mentions about 6:55 into the video) He abosolutely loves his swing-down edge guide 😀

Welcome to the forum! How about some pictures of the Nakajima, and of the new motor?

That sounds good to me

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Forgot that you have two hand wheels! Or one giant handwheel and two motor pulleys (one on the motor, one one the patcher). This is going to mess up my terminology notes for sure 🤷‍♂️ From your video, I'm not sure if that lateral motion is a problem, a feature, or neither. Is there anything along the main shaft that looks like it's intended to impede this lateral motion?

Are you saying the main shaft moves horizontally (and takes the handwheel with it)? Send a video maybe. You might try preventing the horizontal movement to see if the machine can still turn without binding up. If it binds up without the horizontal movement, then maybe the horizontal movement is by design. Also check to see if there are any screws loose near the main shaft whose job it might be to keep the shaft in place. On domestic machines I've seen C-clips used to prevent horizontal movement of the hook shaft. If a C-clip were missing, there would be a groove cut in the shaft but nothing in it.

You may be able to learn what is out of adjustment by slipping the belt off, and hand wheeling slowly. If there's enough force generated to break the thread, you'll likely feel that at the handwheel and you can see what is binding or yanking. It may be easier to feel if you are stitching somewhat thinner material. I'd also be interested to see what the hook to needle timing is. Beautiful old machine 😍

When I feel two pops it's when the thread has not cleared the latch by virtue of the latch opening but rather by the thread being yanked past it. Maybe you can find out what opens the latch. Removing the bobbin case may help you see additional mechanisms at work.

The latch is the area between these two red arrows. It's also what keeps the bobbin case from spinning as the hook spins. The latch has to open at least once during the stitch cycle to let the thread pass.