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due to a strong competitive market, finding an angle will help enormously, using all local materials is step in the right direction, but then you still could do more, not excluding the ability to produce quality products that the market wants to buy.... for instance, a person over here went around every furniture manufacturer they could find and scrounged as much of their off cuts as they could get, all free instead of going to landfill. she then made slippers from them and sold them as recycled leather slippers and has done very well..... not saying this is what you should do and make, but its an angle, if you find one it certainly helps.. just my humble opinion....

you are a Craftsmen... beautiful work

^^ welll said ^^ couldn't agree more..... if anyone has problem with it, they can make their own stuff out of plastic bin bags.....

thanks guys, i havent had chance to move much on this yet, works been too busy not complaining though. after say that i have had to hand sew a few things that my old machine would of wizzed through and saved loads of time. must get my but into gear soon

thanks again wiz I have replaced loads of parts on the machine, but i haven't even checked either the shuttle driver and assembly or the connecting rod........ this week she's getting stripped again.

thanks Anne that's worth knowing

i have the 29k71 don't know about the others, but mine sews fantastic on really thick leather, if you can squeeze it under the foot then it'll sew lovely, but doesn't like thin leathers anymore. if i could find another good one, i'd have the same again, as it allows me to repair anything in really tight corners and you don't need to turn your work round to sew in a circle...... fantastic bits of kit, when they work, but they really are cantankerous old gits when they want to be......

its ridiculously cheap for new, to be honest, thats why asking if anyone had tried or seen one, only £499.00 plus vat at 20% if i can get the time Ill try and arrange a visit but they are about 4-5 solid hours drive away,

thank you wizcrafts. things are looking up a little today, Ive replaced all springs on the 29k,, just resetting the tensions, its starting to sew thin leather now, (big improvement) but not properly, hoping its just the tension now, but will know tomorrow. will know tomorrow, hoping its sorted but if not I'll try to see if i can inspect thanks mate Al

nobody tried one? I may need to replace my old 29k, In which case i need something very similar multi directional, and preferably in the uk any ideas

http://www.sew-europe.co.uk/ankai_2972.htm supposed to be exact copies, that part should be good, but guess it really depends on quality of materials used what do you guys think

you need to build a site, then get it added to as many free advertising websites you can find, there are hundreds of them some good some not so, but your after getting as many clicks as possible. but definitely as Johanna says, need to learn the use of google analytics, etc, there are tons of different ways of improving your sites visibility takes ages to pick em up, took me a year to finally get on to first page on searches. so probably easier and quicker to pay a guy guy to do it, if you can afford it, I couldn't so had to spend two years playing. all you need is on the web, just takes time to find and do. good luck, nearly drove me insane.........

as LTC said above easy with a machine, done many repairs with this method

i built my business website on yola, not the best site out but it generates the majority of my work, first two years costs totalled £17.00. waited till last minute before i renewed and they offered a lower renewal price. lots of templates to use, worth looking at al its here www.lincsrepair.co.uk

hi everyone I dismantled and binned an old jerome sewing machine, saved loads of bits. gotta thinking about using the motor and foot pedal and attach a burnisher, there's a small grub screw which held the plastic pulley on, can be used to hold the burnisher on instead.... attach to end of bench, have speed control over speed of burnisher via pedal..... I've just gotta get someone close to home with a lathe to groove me some hard wood, drill a 6mm hole and attach to motor spindle.... do you guys thnk it will work.

thanks jimbob.

thank guys, i'll have a look around, at present I only need aout 20. however i over the years I have been asked many times about these repairs but stayed clear, starting to move that way now though. al

Hi guys can anyone tell me where i can get teh flat black rivets that harley use on their ridgid saddlebags, please, want to recover one, but want to replace with like for like. or something very similar any help would be greatly appreciated, hopefully somewhere in the uk thanks Al

i just dabbed a spot off my finger on a thick scrap, left a drop on the leather and it just soaked in and before my eyes turned clack, its amazing to see. if aplied by brush or dauber i would guess it would soak through also, after i had dabbed my finger on and left the drop, i touched another area of the leather that turned too. but not as dark so maybe able to apply less amounts? will have to play at some point

Hi Sarah I'm from the east side, sounds like yu've made far more stuff than me, so I might need to ask you...... Al

ive just finished some roon, and when applied it soaked right through and coloured the leather right through, doesnt seem to alter anything behiind or that has rubbed against it. great stuff... also didnt use rust wool either. dont know about long term though yet

on the basting tape, or double sided, used also by some to hold zips in place prior to sewing, does it gum up the needles, i tried one once and the needle was next to useless once gummed.......

you could call it your signature cut, i make loads of em....

abbey england has a neoprene glue listed, is this any good for this? i havent used any before so don't know

I have I think the 29-71, almost same. beautiful machines.... yours has been restored more than mine too. looks really nice