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Here is a topic about reducing the file size and posting photos on the forum. I personally use FastStone Photo Resizer to do this.

If you want to list this machine for sale, it needs to go into our Marketplace section, under sewing and stitching equipment > used. You will need to post better photographs of the business area of the machine and your asking price, plus the terms of sale and location. Here is an example of a proper listing in the Used sewing equipment forum. Coincidentally, it is for the same make of machine you are dealing with.

Many monogramming shops are able to embroider onto leather jackets. You might check out a nearby embroidery shop to see what machines they use to do this. I am not up to date on the currently produced embroidery machines, other than Melco. I just saw a 10 needle, Husqvarna/Viking MN-1000 embroidery machine for sale at Joann Fabrics, in the Viking machine section. It looks good and sells for about 10k on sale (list is ~16k). The only concern I would have is the motor. Here is a video about embroidery on chrome tan leather.

I have a 1920s Singer 42-5 and no matter what I do it cannot sew more than 5/16 inch, which is about 8mm.

Here are some manuals for a Juki TSC-441. The CB3200 and its big brother the CB4500 are clones of the 441. While the 3200 has some differences in parts, the basics are the same. See if you can adjust the timing and lateral position of the shuttle and hook to get normal operation. TSN-421 & TSC-441Engineer Manual.pdf TSC-441 Instruction Manual.pdf TSC-441 Parts List.pdf Juki 441 Engineers Manual.pdf 441 reverse-forward balance.pdf

Move the needle clamp to the left until it clears the hook. Use the top screw on the clamp. Its hole is oblong to allow for sideways adjustment.

Most straight stitch machines, like the common Singer 31-15 and its offspring, can be converted into roller foot machines. The conversion kit includes a roller foot attachment, a special inline feed dog and a matching throat plate. The presser foot bar will probably need to be moved up to allow the roller to fully engage. There are small and large roller feet available.

For those curious about how side soles are sewn to uppers, here is an example of a sidewall sewing machine.

The 111 sub-class 150 is a needle feed, fixed foot machine. It will be fine for wallets and other flat seam sewing. If it encounters a tall seam, you will have to use the knee lifter to climb onto the higher level. It has a standard Singer G bobbin and can handle up to #138 bonded thread, but may like #92 better.

If you can't, or won't move the left hook assembly, try prying our the deflector tab a little to push the needle away from the hook. Most lockstitch machines pull the thread and needle to the left as they sew, which explains why that needle makes more contact than its right counterpart. I would personally try to move the left hook a smidgen. The timing gear can be tweaked later.

You can move each hook drive laterally. There should be frames holding the hooks that can be moved by loosening big screws. There will also be a bendable deflector on each bobbin case that is supposed to push the needle ever so slightly out of harms way as the tip of the hook approaches it. If your hook tips have burrs, they need to come out and be buffed smooth again, or replaced.

You may have to fully convert the feed into a synchronized binder system. I strongly advise you to contact a Juki dealer. They will either already know, or can look up the list of parts needed for the conversion. Your machine may or may not have the basic required parts installed.

You are missing the throat plate that has notches to hold the bobbin cases in position! Here is a download link for the pdf instructions manual. Here is a parts manual for the Pfaff 346-H3.

Here is a manual for the 111w155 111W152_W153_W154_W155.pdf

It is a heavier than usual cloth sewing machine. It uses the same class 15 bobbin and shuttle as the 31-15.

Thanks Falker. They are part of history.

The motor would be more powerful than the feed system, negating its effectiveness. Drop feed dogs for cloth are quite fine. To grip and pull leather through calls for a much more aggressive tooth feeder. I sincerely doubt you will find a heavy duty feed dog and throat plate for that Brother machine.

That Brother is just a domestic/household cloth sewing machine with bottom feed. It may sew a few ounces of leather, but with thin thread. For instance, it may be able to sew thin wallet interiors, or possible entire wallets, not exceeding 6 to 7 ounces combined thickness. You may be able to change the foot to a Teflon plastic foot that lets the leather glide under it easier than the steel foot.

Mister Frodo; You are asking about household/domestic sewing machines meant for cloth. Household (domestic) sewing machines are not meant to sew leather. Some can manage a few ounces, plus or minus. But, all of these machines are bottom feed only, via feed dogs and a fixed presser foot. The feed motion on the bottom has to fight against the downward force on top. Reducing the foot pressure leads to the leather lifting with the needle, causing skipped stitches and shredded thread. These machines may have little 0.5 to 1.5 amp motors (1/15 horsepower and under) on the back of the head and a speed control pedal on an AC cord that you set on the floor. Some may be inside a table that opens and closes, or sit in a hand held carrying case, or be mounted on a treadle base with a wooden top. Leather sewing machines are usually mounted on industrial tables - 20" x 48" - with steel legs, or pedestal stands, and have large, very powerful motors under the table (from 1/3 to 3/4 horsepower). Most leather sewing machines have compound/triple feed, where the feed dog, needle and an inside foot move in sync while the outside presser foot simply moves up and down to clear or hold the leather. These machines can handle thread sizes way bigger than household machines and can sometimes sew as much as 3/4 inch of real leather. The Singer 15 class below is NOT a leather sewing machine. The Cowboy IS a leather sewing machine.

You should be using a #22 or 23 needle with T135 thread. Are you? Also, make sure the top thread is feeding through the check spring, before the take-up lever.

That is a Singer Class 66. It is made for sewing soft cloth, up to about 1/8 inch thick. It can sew leather up to 6 or 7 ounces combined, but with no larger than #69 bonded thread, using a #18 leather point HAx1 needle. The machine is bottom feed only and doesn't produce very long stitches. But, it is great for hemming and darning shirts, pants and skirts. I have one at home, motorized, in a hide-away table. Cute to look at, but no use in a shop setting.

If it ever comes down to shipping the machine to a remote buyer, know in advance that the head must be removed from the stand and the heavy handwheel removed from the back of the machine. The machine and flywheel, plus the drawer with small parts, should be wooden boxed securely and strapped to the pallet. The treadle base should be strapped down on its side. It will be cheaper to take the palleted equipment to the shipper, or at least a commercial building with a loading dock, where it can be driven into the trailer by a loader. Some sellers also disassemble the treadle stand for better security during shipping. Roads are sometimes rough and pallets can crack. Because the costs of packing and shipping are a variable, it is best to simply state: Plus actual shipping costs. Otherwise, list it as pickup only from (location).

These machines can be listed for sale in our Marketplace section of the forum. The Adler sewing machine would go here and the splitter would go here. Get the model names and numbers from the tags on the machines. Identify them in the ads, include front view photos (the pic of the Adler is from the back) and state the asking prices and location, as well as who to contact.

Maybe it need more oil?