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If your Adler isn't over 10 years old it is made in China.

That is a nice looking stitching pony.

16x99; 16x100; 16x198 are the needles listed. I don't know what size thread this translates to. Walking Foot - One Needle. Max. speed 1600 spm. For lightweight work in imitation leather; upholstery. Automobile tops. Combined upper and needle feed. No under feed. This is the operators manual www.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/78-1_2_3.pdf

The thread is not between the discs in the fifth photo from the top. It looks to be behind the rear disc instead of between both disc.

singerco.com/IPinstManuals/97-1_10.pdf This might help a little.

Imagine my surprise!! The picture in the file I found has a regular sewing machine listed as the 132k6 the one at auction is a walking foot. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Singer-Heavy-Duty-Walking-Foot-Machine-Leather-132K6-/190640607335?pt=BI_Sewing_Machines&hash=item2c6310d067

That is a very nice wallet. I have not seen one like it. Thanks for sharing your skill!!

The 132K 6 parts list I found lists the machine as an alternating presser foot not a walking foot. http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/model-list/classes-100-199.html

A picture of your device would be nice also a picture of the "frozen" in place.

I was out rummaging two weeks ago looking for leather working stuff. I found an elderly gentleman who has been doing harness and leather work since forever he is around 80. He showed me some of the machines he has and what is for sale and what is not for sale. I did manage to buy a number 7 singer from him, no table but all of the original accessories bobbin winder, motor and clutch, 3 or 4 different needle sizes. He did not want to sell his #3 Landis nor the Patcher all sorts of hand tools. And buried beneath a 3 foot tall pile of leather and stuff from the shop is a wooden box. He told me he bought it from government surplus he had 3 and sold one and has the other 2 in his shop. The box contains a stitching pony from the US Army Calvary Division. It is new in the box does anyone have an idea of the value of this stitching horse? I don't know what wood is used in its construction.

If you want to oil the cable it is very easy. Disconnect the cable from the top side of the leaver. Take a sandwich bag now take your scissors and cut a very small corner from the lower side of the bag. You are trying to make a hole small enough to slip over the end of the cable. Now that the bag is attached put a rubber band tightly around the bag. You are trying to seal the bag to the cable so when you pour oil in the bag it will run into the cable and not down your arm.

Take the thread out of the needle and off of the machine and and put some more oil on it and cycle it several times until it releases. Don't be timmed about cycling the handle then put some more oil on it. Make sure it is anchored solidly; rocking back and forth while you are trying to cycle the handle will not do. Keep it well oiled A couple things to note: * When the machine arrived the presser foot tension knob was cranked all the way down so tight I needed two hands to pull the foot lever. back off the tension screw use pliers if necessary * The action of the presser foot lifting lever is pretty clunky (Is there a spot to lubricate?) Don't you have a manual?? Oil anything that has a sliding or rotating motion. * The thread take up arm doesn't go anywhere, is it supposed to? all it does is go up and down oil that too * Probably unrelated but my thread is fraying badly, needle size and placement are correct, brand new spool of bonded nylon. sounds as though someone jammed a needle into the hook and put a scratch on it. If this is the case the machine is probably out of time and you need to take the hook out and sand the scratch off with emery cloth. You have to be a mechanic to own a Boss. Don't worry about the thread for now. Get the machine cycling through the sewing motions like it should then worry about the thread fraying

HDPE high density polypropalene 1" or 3/4" would be my choice.

I make my belt loops from 4 oz material 5\8ths wide or 1\2 depends on the belt width. Do you have a leather splitter? This would be the best way to split the leather.

It's a swivel. Try this company url http://aplusproducts.../plconnector-2?

This might be of interest to you. Craigslist Topeka, Kansas sale-8en5d-2821274943@craigslist.org 2 needle, Needle feed Lockstitch, machine with an automatic thread trimmer. Model # LH-3128, LH-3128-7. Works! Instruction Manual included. One corner of the cart is broken, but nothing wrong with machine itself. $900.00

There is a gentleman in Illinois that rebuilds the Landis Wax thread sewing machine. His phone number is two one seven 543 three four six four. I can't think of his name. If you can get into the Smithsonian website there is a book in there on the Landis. http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-Machines/NMAHTEX/0713/?CFID=5550288&CFTOKEN=7203034e5625f2a1-ABD2D098-0951-DB1F-9701AA123F3507F3 This link should work.

I have used it for belts but I could not get a satisfactory finish on the edge. I was probably doing something wrong so I stopped using it.

What size needle does the 97 use?

I use double shoulders or sides of 9 or 10 oz. split to the specific thickness. 12oz is to hard to fold over a buckle. Skirting is acceptable English bridle is good too. I do not use latigo. Hope this helped.

I borrowed a photo from the archives of LW to illustrate what I mean. It is not a very good blow up but you are able to see the thread coming down from the upper tensioner to the lower tensioner. Your machine does not do that. You need to put the thread on the back side of the tensioner then do the two counterclockwise wraps before going to the thread take up arm. There should be only one thread running through the retainer loop to the take up leaver. You are not allowing the lower friction disc to do it's job. Good luck.

Water can not penetrate oil impregnated leather. If you use latigo it will stretch. Use English bridle or Herman Oak, harness leather is a good choice too. 10/12 oz. you can straighten it after you cut it out. Anchor one end and pull on the other end then swap them around and do it again.

I don't see where a thread usage calculator is of any use for small hand sewn\machine sewn projects that are done by any of the shops in this forum. I could care less about the ISO or anything to do with it. These are European manufacturing standards. I don't live in Europe. I live in Pennsylvania. That is my opinion others may differ.

Are you a member of that pitiful group calling themselves peta. You should go some where else and do research.

Please add some dimensions to this request. What size is the rivet head that I am looking at in this picture?? What is the OD of the washer?? What is the thickness of the material that the swivel is supporting??