jkbuzbee

looks great

here is what mine looks like its a consew 225 would it be the two little screws nearest to the bobbin kinda in the middle of the picture shown here when I pull on the threads the top thread seems a whole lot tighter then bottom should they feel like they have he same tension when pulling back to the left tried tighten the top thread a half a turn now it seems its so tight its pulling my needle to the left and causing the needle to jam up

yes sir I have read it or at least I read that manual. There are so many screws in there I wasn't sure what they were talking about and near the center of the spring if your looking at the picture of the bobbin on pg 3 I see no spring but I will try to adjusting that little screw that holds the piece of steel that the thread goes thru. thanks for your help txag

this is what it looks like boobin.pdf

thank you both txag and piedmont im about 99% sure that I have it threaded right thanks to youtube :-) the problem im having is that if I do have a bobbin tension problem I cant find where to adjust it at. in the manual it says by the screw near the center spring at the outside of the bobbin case can anyone help me out with this?

how did you like that book(Al Stohlman's book "Belts Galore) I just ordered it from tandy??

so if my machine is showing knots on the bottom side I need more top tension?

Joey you lost me on this one lol I know the reducer I have works well but now that I change my needle and thread to a 22/138 now I'm having trouble with my bobbin thread I can't get it to pull up thru the bottom I might have my needle in wrong I'll play around with it some more tonight

1/8 steel flat not angled Tandy swivel knife! Caseing I fill a small bowl of water with a drop of dawn soap dip it in for just a min take it out let it dry just a bit bag it for 8-10 hrs. Then take it out let it dry out for about 10-15 min till it starts turning lighter then trace then cut it then bevel What would be a good blade for me to get? Thanks for y'all's help! J&k

seems I'm having trouble keeping my blade sharp I make two cuts and It starts pulling and cutting bad I stropp it and its good for two or three more cuts then I'm back to stropping it.. am I doing something wrong? thanks J&K

thanks pumpman and kings im really excited to get into this just wish there was more hours in the day so I can practice more and more but working 7-5:30 m-f 7-12 on sat and taking care of 20 mama cow keeps me a little busy :-/

o yah it slowed it way down!!! and that's what I need just starting out lol lol she dont know yet she will find out when she trys to wash them tonight lmbo

here it is 1.5in on the 3400rpm motor to a 10in with a 1.5 headed to the machine total cost 48.00 maybe I should have just bought a servo motor but whats the fun in that lol still might up grade one day hope the pics upload first time trying to upload

txag if you get something going me and my wife would try to make it!

looks really great Im just getting started myself I hope that a month in im doing as well as you are. I'm having trouble with the carving doing my 3rd coaster tonight and its getting a little better but I still needs lots of practice!!!

yes sir usually everyone that has ever been to lake Whitney has been thru the little town of Aquilla but they probably didn't know it lol thanks for the welcome J&K

looks awesome do you know anywhere I could get my hands on a pattern for a saddle/medicine bag thanks J&K

Waco but actually live in small town called Aquilla

well me and my wife are just getting started I bought some used tools off of ebay and a tandy kit!!! made a coaster last night and let me tell yall, yall make it look real easy and awesome lol!!! we've got an outlet to sell the products when we actually get the carving and tooling down not saying the stuff would fly off the shelves but we have a home town feed store here in central texas and a lot of customers. as I was doing inventory one day I thought to myself man wouldn't it be neat to build/make some of these spur straps or some of these headstalls how awesome would that be? Well got to looking on craigslist and found a consew 225 sewing machine for $550 wound up trading the guy a tv I had and $325.00 thought that was a good deal specially good for me to start learning on. all I need now is more time and practice does anyone on here have and good practice patterns?? thanks from J&K

look awesome!!!!

just bought a 225 and its super fast to say the least I am looking into mounting a SR on it is there anyway you can post some more pictures of how it mounted??? where did you get your pulleys form and what was the total cost of adding the SR... really need some help slowing it down thanks jody