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You are of course right Klara. I should have said to be used with a printed pattern or a pricking wheel.

I keep looking at this one but it is pre owned. Is there any way to tell if it's Chinese or Japanese? Also the "hump jumper" is missing from the top. Is this significant? Apart from that, the only nit-pick is the top bobbin instead of the side bobbin but I can live with that. Comes with 90 days on the machine and a year on the servo. Come on guys help me get over the hump. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175861103293?hash=item28f2237abd:g:hgMAAOSwJIZiQyzI&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwIPx6eN7hRV0r98Sn3TLxdubyhzLxsobf23NNNUHTXK%2BN4cksh7HKggU0%2BPFyrDVr29fv%2BUYpisMNmYoEkdVoi8NaxHzyt36%2Fgys1eSIBSmmpcKIhByH5GWTjSE%2FyLgrs%2F5T0orpRjH2FXQlneqOUVMPUPWccsx0%2FVoOYh9nX%2BTR3yeITOueYCgwgbCTyk27UHEkpG0s3H7ckHib5LhfAc6vV270rRndK%2FytU29GsI3E%2FuTZCm490OeX8PluqwHAPQ%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6Sy_ZSVYw

Pigskin is cheap as chips and can come in various thicknesses and colours. @fredkFor some reason I'm wishing you could visit JT Batchelor in London Fred. Probably because I know you would love it. An old Victorian mews warehouse full of dusty aisles and boxes with cobwebs and still every kind of leather/tools/findings etc. The most friendly and helpful staff. Where else could you go with your clicker dies, buy a side of leather, hire their very large clicker press for threepence halfpenny and come away with your projects already cut out? I'm having withdrawal symptoms. Haven't been for awhile. I'll be going soon.

The purists insist that hole punches weaken the leather which I suppose has to be true at the Nth degree but for bags and bigger projects I don't think it matters. Certainly doesn't bother me and at beginner level there's a lot more of a learning curve to using chisels instead of punches. For now I would buy a single punch with interchangeable hole sizes. You'll still have to work out what size hole for what thread/needle combination. Later on when you know a bit more you can choose holes or chisels and can buy either 2/4/6/8 in one tool which will make the job go much faster.

I buy from this guy and have never been disappointed. Don't know about shipping and the US but he has a banner ad at the top of this page. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeatherStampsTools?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=786179157&from_page=listing&section_id=27085893&page=4#items

That looks good in all departments. Well done.

I have an electric skiver but I know a good one of these is certainly worth having. You could halve the thickness of say a belt with one pull.

Now that I've almost made up my mind to keep the Durkopp flatbed I figure I'll try to get the thing working properly. It's not holding firm, so that it moves forward and back when sewing. It still sews and you can adjust the stitch length. I thought maybe a bit more pressure on the presser foot but it's already marking the leather.Thought I'd ask before I go down the rabbit hole in case someone knows the fix. Please. TIA If there's any machine geniuses in the Kent UK area who'll come out I'll gladly pay a reasonable fee.

Oh that's great news, not least because I put the old Durkopp 239 flatbed together for selling and blow me it was sewing perfectly. And I have all the weltng feet in all the sizes and and all the spring loaded guides left and right So I think it's gonna be the Adler 69 That's gonna make room for the LS 1341 I do have an error to put right. The reverse on the 239 is pull down but it is high up.

I guess there are many types that could be used for backing French seams but are some types better than others? What do you guys use?

That's the kind of tooling that I like. Nice.

Are the presser feet on the 1341 the same as the singer 111 cos I've got all of them.

Oh no Glenn. Has a lift UP reverse. Also Adler accessories are expensive.

Got a bit mixed up there Dwight. Hang on. Re-read that. Not saying welcome to me. All good and yes, most projects will stand the test of time.

Good move and welcome. I took it up for something I could do in my old age and being constructive and not having to go out in the rain was a win win. Don't be afraid to make something good from the get go. Buy a pattern and start. If it calls for hole punching, then practice on scrap before you do it for real, that's how we learn. Treat your scrap as if it was the real thing and don't do it for real until you get it right, especially your stitching. My very first bag was received very well because I didn't rush it, I learned a hell of a lot and enjoyed it a lot.

My creative juices have been stifled for a lot of this year. Half way through taking down my "project room" and moving the whole thing to a bigger room is bad enough but then I started my "Discus" thing, tropical fish that i used to keep 40 years ago. I started with a breeding pair and now I have hundreds and they take a lot of work but very satisfying and challenging. I'm itching to get back to my leather. Is why I want get the Juki LS1341. I like the two machines I have but I want more precision and another thing that might seem silly, having to lift a lever UP to backstitch doesn't come easy to me when I'm concentrating and both my machines are UP. I've had the tropical fish shop man here today to see my fish and he wants me to supply his shop so maybe my Discus babies will pay for the Juki.

Nice job! I suspect some reverse engineering on the old pair but no matter. For a first try they're more than adequate. I need to make a pair like this for myself. I've yet to find a pair of slippers that work properly. Well done.

What would be a bonus is if the Juki LS1341 takes the same presser feet as my Durkopp 239. (where are you Folker) because I have all the feet ever made for that. I saw a pic and they look similar.

I think I'm resigned to an original. My lifelong motto is "If I didn't have bad luck I'd have no luck at all" I daren't risk it.

Thanks kgg. How do you tell the difference between a clone and a re-badged original? I would love to find what I want from Tysew because they're just the other side of London and so driveable. Not hearing good things about Tysew from another dealer but I suppose that's a given but it's such a minefield out there that I'll be scared of anything but a genuine machine. Then there's the question of is it a Japanese machine or a Chinese one?

Thanks for that. I'll certainly take a look. Whatever it turns out to be it won't be new. Currently I have the Durkopp 239 flat bed and the Adler 69. There's an Ebay dealer over here that sells a lot of machines he's listing a Juki LS 1341 for what looks like a reasonable price. I could part ex the Durkopp or the Adler or both so that will ease the pain. Is there a list of clones that are of reasonable quality? I do like the backstitch lever on the Jukis. It's a lift up on my two Durkopps. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175861103293?hash=item28f2237abd:g:hgMAAOSwJIZiQyzI&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4JPjvpe2zuTzTUufu1DR%2BpTnrkEPbsPVwB3GH4PL3bCOR%2F3%2FQKsXP3a%2FMTZagHnJl0bUkX2ldn6aKVQoUf6DdgPsY%2FPwmF7w%2Bl5DNdf1H7S4mamIVBC0TsYtpDeo1aXOTM%2BrZ1UxqA6nA7iSzN8HWWUkyQLwS2RrYY75zhwKmmCQuIDwLvdjyPk0MXr1EUG6eEOJdKXCMZv1bu1WVI7%2FLzJph1NbQ0%2FfvPQwSvAQ38XHhnmIncCIGxigsr4xRVvQafVFKc0LMhA%2Fu9NHSOHfZzeZ7fgZ6APPIuvxDMzHyZ%2F1|tkp%3ABk9SR8KQlvSEYw

An acquaintance bumped into me in the pub and whispered in my ear, "I was out on the rob last night and I stole two pictures, one worth £1.7 million and one worth £1.9 million" then he said "I've got them in the boot (trunk), come and have a look". He opened the boot and I said "You fool, you robbed an estate agent (realtor).

Once you apprecfiate that the bell doesn't move and the rollers only job is to push the material through to the bell then you realise that any adjustment must be done with the stuff on top. If you get the presser foot absolutely parallel with the bell you can skive all the way across the piece. If you want to angle the skive along the edge you simply adjust the presser foot so the back is the thickness you want and the front of the presser foot is the thickness of the leather. Sometimes you have to trial and error. One roller type may work better than another. Various rollers include ribbed steel, rubber and a coarse stone type. People on here know how much I love Cechaflo, not least because all the waffle on most YT vids drive me crazy and you'll never hear a word from Cechaflo. He's also an absolute genius around leather machines. Have a look at this page. I guarantee you'll be wiser at the end of it. https://www.youtube.com/@Cechaflo/search?query=skiving

I may have asked this before but I'm getting old. I want to upgrade my Adler 69 and I keep looking at the LS 1341. I make bags and smaller. First question, is there something else I should be looking at? (UK) And if not, how comfortable is the Juki with upholstery type projects?

There are lots of YT videos covering every aspect.