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Are you the guy that was out to Weavers auction this June and bought all of their #30's planning on making a killing with them on Ebay for 800 or better. I do apologize I should let go of your leg before you have a malfunction of some sort. Have a better tomorrow.

You got'a be kidding. This machine is not worth that kind of money. Seven hundred maybe

What is the model of this machine?? Perhaps a picture or two.

Consew Industrial sewing machine, walking foot, reverse - $450 (NW close in) consew 226 Upholstery sewing machine. Works great, has walking foot and reverse, will sew about anything. Table, motor, everything you need, I sewed boat upholstery in Florida and brought it to Portland. Call Ron at 305-394-2278 This would be an excellent machine for you to have.

I took the original pulley off because it did not work out to the speed I wanted. The 1 3/4" pulley will produce around 300 to 350 spm if you use bot of these on the large pulley and the motor. There are no bushings or anything the pulley bore is 3/4" the same as the bolt OD. You don't have to modify the machine to install this speed reducer. Just install the speed reducer and change the belts. The motor belt goes to the large pulley the small pulley goes to the machine hand pulley.

OK here ya' go. You might need to make the 3/8ths inch plate 1 1/2 inches longer I had to install a 3/4" spacer on the table in order to have clearance for the belt to fit around the 8" pulley. I milled the face of the smaller pulley to bring the vertical centers of the two pulleys closer. It ended up 1/16inch clearance for the machine belt to the side of the 8" pulley and I drilled the nut and bolt and put a cotter pin through it to hold everything in place.The new belts were the most expensive part of the project. Hope this helps. CustomDoug, on 22 July 2012 - 12:19 AM, said: Busted - you couldn't post a picture of that set up, could you? Attached thumbnail(s)

From 3500spm to 800spm is slow. If you are afraid of the machine then I would not buy one. If you want to sew that slow why bother buying a sewing machine just hand stitch every thing. You might try swapping out my 3 inch pulleys for a couple of 1 3/4" pulleys that should get the speed down to 350 or 400spm or get one of the post and awl machines that will run 300spm.

OK here ya' go. You might need to make the 3/8ths inch plate 1 1/2 inches longer I had to install a 3/4" spacer on the table in order to have clearance for the belt to fit around the 8" pulley. I milled the face of the smaller pulley to bring the vertical centers of the two pulleys closer. It ended up 1/16inch clearance for the machine belt to the side of the 8" pulley and I drilled the nut and bolt and put a cotter pin through it to hold everything in place.The new belts were the most expensive part of the project. Hope this helps.

Guessing that motor you have is 1750 rpm. My motor is this speed. I changed the smaller pulley on the motor for a 3" pulley. I then took a 2" and an 8" cast iron pulley and drilled 3 1/8th inch holes through the face of these two pulleys. Put these two pulleys together with roll pins. Both pulleys have a 3/4" bore. Next is the mounting bracket. I used a piece of 3/8th's plate 2 1/2" wide 9 inches long with a 3/4" hole one inch from the bottom of one of the ends of the plate it makes no difference which end and bend the other end 2 1/2" from the end of the plate to a right angle. Have someone/you weld a 4"x3/4" bolt in the hole you just made in the plate; weld the head of the bolt. It goes the opposite direction of the bent side. Either after or before you bend the plate drill 2 3/8th or 5/16th holes in the top of your table and match the holes in the plate to the table holes. Align the pulley before you drill the holes. The head of the bolt will be directly below the bend. Drill a hole in your new speed reducer to fit a grease zerk for lubrication of the 3/4" bolt and pulley. This will produce 800 stitches per minute It will not reduce the torque of the motor start up. It doesn't cost very much to do this. Good luck.

http://parts.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/ You should be able to find the machine you need.

First thing I would do is to ditch the eco friendly junk and get some real leather dye and Resolene as a top coat finisher. Resolene is a sealer it will stop dye bleeding. Dye the piece you want to finish let it sit overnight, next morning buff it out a little and apply the Resolene 50/50 with water; or without water; apply with an old cotton tee shirt or other material. Let dry for 3 or 4 of hours and you are finished. This will not be the first mistake you will make in this hobby don't worry about it just see if the project can be made useful. quote name='EquusBlankets' timestamp='1341885572' post='255842'] Hi everyone..I have been lurking on this board for a long time, and this is my first post. If I can't figure something out, I can usually find it somewhere on the board, but I'm pretty confused right now:) I just started doing leather work a couple of months ago, so please bear with me..real noobie but you guys are educating me rather quickly. I'm just finishing a belt, and I first dyed with Eco Flo Hi Lite, let it dry overnight. Then I used Eco Flo Antique Gel, wiped it, polished it fairly well, left it to sit for 12 hours or so. Then, I used Fiebings Leather Balm with Atom Wax, thinking it was a sealer..Of course it took all of the antique off, and some of the dye too. Now I have a hot mess that I don't know how to fix. I'm not sure if it's because I used two different brands of products, or I used the Balm for a sealer and that caused the problem..or it's all of the above! Can anyone help me with this? Thanks so much! Zina

There is one for sale on ebay if you are interested. tem number: 110908051583

OK, it does looks like the timing is out of wack.. What is the make of your machine? The timing isn't that hard to fix. What ever your manual instructs you to do that is where I would go to. I have my own method and it might not be to everyones liking. It should take about 10 or 15 minutes to fix. Good luck.

If it ain't broke don't fix it. Try a piece of scrap and sew some on it to get everything working correctly again. And check the distance from the needle to the end of the hook on the up stroke just a little over the width of the thread should be about right. The hook should be just north of the needle eye.

I would get some winter tread tires with very aggressive tread pattern. I added some photos of the tread that might work for your VW??..

This machine has only 9/16" under the pressure foot with alternating feed. It does not work well for leather stuff. You should aim at a different machine

It can sew the belts but not the holsters. It has only 1/4" clearance under the pressure foot. In my opinion the machine is not worth 500. These things sell for around 150 to 350 at auction but you do what you want to.

All I do to my belts is to do the edge dye. I use Fiebings and sometimes a product called Tuffcoat in black. It is a product of Beilers Mfg. in Ronks,Pa. I do not get rub-off with either. Just finish the strap like you always do but don't use gum trag on the edges it is a sealer too. Let everything dry and then add the Resolene finish. Once it is dry it is water proff. It is an ammonia base product you already know that.

My suggestion would be to get rid of the eco friendly crap. Get some Resolene and your problem will be solved.

Welcome to this illustrious forum. There are some marvelous craftsmen in here. What model Champion do you have for sale?

I would be hard pressed to pay much more than 100 for this machine. It has had extensive modifications, it is not a sewing machine in the present configuration. It looks like someone has modified it to punch holes in material and not sew it. I have enclosed a photo of what a 132k should look like.

Fifty years is right. This is a lap skiver used in making harness or what ever else you want to skive the end of. The end of a strap us stuck in from the side and the handle is turned to skive the material.

What does a Landis 1 in 1 look like? I have never seen one.

One of these books is on ebay. Item number: 150829249666

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