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If this is still available do you have a picture.

You are right about parts availability!!! Unless it is hydraulic parts I think I might be able to adapt parts. I've been fixing things some said couldn't be done off and on for 50 years.

Maybe when I get it completely uncovered I will find a name on it and that could help. It might also share the same brand of electric and hydraulic parts with other brands. I am hoping I can get it for a price that reflects the fact that it is not a common brand. Hard to run back and forth to check things since it is 140 miles away.

N star, Thanks for your reply, No it has the table wider from front to back then from side to side. And the head is just a few (about 2 inch's ) smaller then the table. And the body ( lower frame ) is the same width as the table. It has 2 red buttons on the head that I think activate it. The head is the same color as the body. If I end up buying it I might find a name on it some place. I really did not have much time to look it over good. At the time I was not real interested in buying it was more interested in trying to help the lady get it usable for herself. but now she thinks she wants to sell it. Does anyone know if Bogle- Greenwell is still in business/ I read that Rea passed away and that his widow offered the business for sale. I went to the website and sent a message but got no reply and all the links to parts and catalog show a message can't be found.

Thank you Trox, When I actually got to see this press I found out the owner was told wrong it is in fact 3 wire 220 volt ( like a electric stove or dryer ) So changing it would not be needed after all IF I buy it.

I bought one and it is SHARP right out of the box. I use it to taper strap ends and works good. Maybe they send better ones to Canada. How long it will stay sharp remains to be seen. If you had checked the number is different then the regular deluxe splitter.

Thank you I will check with them. I am considering buying this clicker and was wondering if anybody knew anything about it. Am I right thinking an older machine made in Italy might be better made then some of the older Chinese stuff/

I think if you read more carefully you would see that what was meant was they USED better steel back then. MEANING that the ones making the tools ( knives etc. ) now are not as careful about choosing and treating the steel as they were back then. Because of the small market now compared to when harness etc. was a big industry.

From the lack of replies I tend to assume these clickers are either very rare or were no good and so now are obsolete. There might be or have been a name on then that I missed seeing but if somebody had or has one they likely would have noticed the MADE in ITALY on it.

I am putting this here since it seems people rarely look at the machinery forum. I posted there several days ago and my post is still at the top. SO here is my question. Does anyone out there have or know anything about a clicker that was sold by Bogle-Greenwell in Texas years ago the tag says made in Italy. It is grey and about 26 inches wide and 52inches long and the whole machine is the same width as the table not like the ones I have been seeing pictures of where the cutting surface is wider than the base. All I have been able to find out with internet searches is that Rea Bogle died and that the business was offered for sale. The web site is still up but the links come up as can't be found. So I am guessing they are no longer in business.

Arron Martin harness in Ontario.

I also have strap end punches and use it for stamping, when I do some, though I don't do much with stamps. The only limit on what a arbor press can do is ones imagination. I modified mine so it takes only seconds to set the handle so it is at the position you want no matter how long the tool in it.

Actually that machine is intended for beveling outer soles for boots. It leaves a rough mark on the good side of the leather. You can run the ends of the leather through it but you only get a short slope with rough ( tracks) and for a clean cut all the way through you have to run a piece of scrap right behind to push the first piece through.

I thought everybody has been doing this for YEEEAAARRRRSSSS. I have.

I got a look at a clicker press yesterday Here is what it says on the plates. sold by Bogle - Greenwell machine corporation Leather Working machinery Dies + supplies Phone 214-262-8652 3100 E. Main St. Grand Prairie Texas the other plate says Type 36 L serial No 380 2324 motor V 220/440 connected V 220/ 60Hz made in Italy I am wondering if any of you have or are familiar with this type of clicker. I understand that it is wired for 220 volt and hooking it up should not be a problem. It has been sitting outside covered with a tarp so will it likely be damaged from moisture. I did not find any rating on it as to tons. The table is about 20 by 30 inches. ( this is a guess ) the whole machine measures about 26 by 52, this I measured within an inch or 2. Can anyone give me any more information on these machines? For example is this company still in business? Does anyone have parts if needed? Any help would be very much appreciated.

Do you have a picture you could post?

I am going to be looking at a clicker soon that I have been offered and was just wondering if changing the motor would be an option as compared to phase converters. After I see it I will have a better idea of hp. tons it puts out etc. Changing switches would be easy enough for me, I do understand that part of electrical just haven't done anything with 3 phase yet.

Is there any reason that a person can't just change the motor on a clicker press to the power available? ( Ex. 220 v ) For example is there other things on it that need power besides the motor?

As it says I would like to buy a singer 78-3 Consew 206 or any similar machine. I am in Saskatchewan so would prefer in Sask. Manitoba or Alberta. or would meet at the border for northern states sellers. Head only or complete table motor and all. I have a 78-3 and am trying to help a friend find one that will do similar jobs. Starting with gloves.

Since you KNOW so much, and can do anything why not just grab you tools and build your own machine. Then it will do everything PERFECTLY EVERY time. You talk about how wrong the machines you've seen pictures of are, if you know how wrong they are you have to know how to make them right.

Thank you all for the help!!!

Would Lily white be the same as the regular sewing machine oil that Bob Kovar sent for my Cowboy 4500?

A bit off topic because it doesn't sew leather. But we are looking at a JUKI MO-358 sub class 8 serger. It calls for defrix num.2 oil in the JUKI manual. What would be the equal to that oil? And if anybody has an estimate of what it should be worth.

One thing that has not been suggested concerning bottom thread tension is there may be lint or dirt under the tension spring on the bobbin holder/ shuttle. try taking out the screw that holds the little leaf tension spring on and see if there might be something under it that stops it from tightening down far enough.

I don't see why anyone would spend the kind of money I see being asked for round ( half round ) punches when you can make them in about 1/2 hour on a lathe. I made mine and showed the cuts to others and was told that they likely were as good as ANY I could have bought. And sharpening is just as easy. Put in the lathe and redo the edge. Plus there is no limit on the size you can make. I could make a whole set for less then Tandy wants for one. Other shapes could be made with a bit more time and a few basic tools.