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Wizcrafts

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    Handgun holsters, tooled belts, custom made to order leather items, sewing patches onto bikers' vests, alterations, zipper replacements and repairs of leather goods.
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  1. The tab on the bobbin case must go into the detente under the throat plate. When you secure the tab, you'll notice that it has lateral clearance. This is for the top thread. There is a missing case "latch opener" lever that is supposed to screw onto the moving block shown in your photo. Its job is to pull back the case and its tab to make it easier for the top thread to flow around the bobbin case. Without the latch opener in place, the top thread gets pinched after being picked off of the needle and has a hard time forming stitches.
  2. @AngryDick Are you aware of the various surcharges, fees, and tariffs that you will be liable for in addition to the actual price of the machine and shipping? If you go ahead and have one drop shipped to you, after paying all the various fees, possibly including a power gate delivery fee, do you have the skill to uncrate, de-grease, deburr, assemble, time, and mount the machine onto a pedestal table that contains a servo motor (with a switch box) and speed reducer (which requires two type 3L v-belts of different lengths)? I asked one of our dealers how much time they invested in a 441 clone that was in a crate from a well known industrial sewing machine manufacturer in China. He told me it is approximately 6 hours of professional work in their well equipped shop. If you get into a bind, or parts are damaged or missing, who ya gonna call? Do you speak Chinese?
  3. I'd probably add a couple cans of compressed air, a #2 rubber mallet, a couple 4 ounce precision oilers with brass tubes, Walmart 18 packs of cheap white wash rags to clean oil drippings, a jar of Goo-B-Gone, wool daubers, a bunch of large flat metal theaders with the diamond shaped wires on the end, some felt pieces to replace any that are missing, and some rubber machine corner mounts to replace those that are missing on tables, plus thin nails to secure the corner mounts.
  4. That's what I do on most of my machines that lack reverse. I call it Poor Man's Reverse.
  5. @Northmount - I sent him a private message with instructions that will help me pinpoint the location of the potential scammer.
  6. You need to increase your budget. $1400 is about the bottom price for a new stitcher capable of sewing 12 ounces of veg-tan. Here is an example of a $1400 leather stitcher that comes with a servo motor and table. You may find some deals on used walking foot machines in your local Facebook Marketplace, or Craigslist. I see decent walking foot machines selling from $800 to $1200 all the time. They are basically upholstery sewing machines, with triple feed. Many can sew up to 3/8 inch of soft to medium temper materials, and about 1/4 inch of hard temper belt leather. These machines would max out with #138 bonded thread, which has 22 pounds breaking strength.
  7. Does anybody here know about any available equivalents of Puritan needles and awls (and needle brackets) for our new member's Puritan cylinder arm machine?
  8. @Uwe, can you help this new member?
  9. The arm on my Adler 30 is about 17 or 18 inches long. It's narrow at the left side and wider as it gets closer to the main body. You have to sew halfway, then pull it out, turn the work around, and sew the other half.
  10. I buy my servo motors from here. Some go direct to the machine if the pulley is large enough (4"+). Others feed a speed reducer which powers the machine with lower top speed and higher torque. The motors on that page are analog and have a knob to set the top speed. They lose torque at the slowest settings. So, I usually set the knob to the slowest setting that still has good punching power. It's easy to feather the speed with the floor pedal.
  11. How do you plan to, or are you currently sewing them? Your sewing method will point towards the best type of sewing machine for this job. I have sewn a few cue stick cases and other round pouches and dice cups in the last 10 years, or so, In all those jobs i used a long arm, large bobbin boot patcher to sew up the arm. I used #138 bonded nylon thread on the top and bottom, with a #23 leather point needle. The early cylindrical jobs were sewn on a Singer 29k172 patcher. The later ones were done on an Adler 30-7, which replaced the Singer in 2018.
  12. I know you tried to sign up and failed. So, if you want to contact a person looking to hire a leathercrafter, you can post your email address, but obscure it to hide it from harvester bots. Here's an example: joe dot james at somemail dot com. This doesn't work against humans, just bots. Try signing up again, but disable any script blockers. Also, make sure you check any checkboxes to agree to our terms.
  13. That is the G style bobbin that we rate at 1x capacity: the gold standard. I have 5 walking foot machines that use that same size bobbin. That is convenient, especially for prewound bobbins.
  14. We have a Singer 29-4 patcher in our leather shop that was built in March of 1908. I use it regularly to sew patches over pockets and repair purse strap tabs.
  15. I researched the bobbins for the Singer 236 post machines. The Singer part number is: #233939. They are a different size and profile than the G bobbins my machine uses. Goldstar Tool sells them, on this page. Cutex sells 10 packs of bobbin #233939 even cheaper. Here's a parts and basic operations manual for the Singer model 236, if you need it.
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