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  1. I have stainless steel #104 rivets, but I can’t seem to get them to set with a nickel cap. I contacted weaver and they said the stainless can be used with the cap and to use the nickel plated steel caps. Anytime I try to set one it ends up crushing like a tin can. the rivet press might be part of the problem due to the anvil being slightly off center. I tried to adjust this, but there is no way to accomplish this as far as I can see. if anyone can give me tips that have accomplished setting the #104 rivets with caps, it would be greatly appreciated. I will attach some pics for reference
  2. I have a custom foot press rivet machine and I can’t seem to find a guide for it. I’ve looked pretty much everywhere and came up with nothing. If anyone has a lead it would be greatly appreciated! I’ll attach a few pics of what I have and what I’m looking for. This is the type of guide I’m looking for.
  3. Does anyone know where I can find the drop down guide for a cb4500 with a flat edge guide? The only guides I can seem to find come with the roller edge. My machine isn’t predrilled for the drop down guide, so I need to drill holes as well. Is there an after market knob that will work with the lifting mechanism since the stock one is kind of bulky? thank you
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    Coats dabond

    I’ll give them a shout! Thanks for the tip, I appreciate it!
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    Coats dabond

    Does anyone know of a supplier in the U.S. that carries Coats Dabond in 277? I have a wholesale customer that wanted me to use this on their products, but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. I emailed coats on several occasions and didn’t receive anything back. Thanks for any help!
  6. Not sure if this option even exists, but I’m looking for a left foot blanket set that has an open toe center foot that will fit a CB4500. Im sure this isn’t available as a stock item, but maybe someone might carry this or can customize one? If so, can anyone point me in the direction of someone who could help me out?
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    Brass Rivets

    Looking for a source of semi-tubular brass rivets with a flat head. It seems like the semi-tubular rivets available online has a round or oval head. I'm also searching for #12 solid brass rivets wit a head smaller than 3/8". Don't know if these are even available, but figured this was the best place to ask.
  8. I checked the timing and everything looks good.
  9. What would cause the top thread to break on a 441 clone ONLY when making a turn? The timing seems to be in check. The needle seems A bit close to the presser foot. I've tried new needles, but I get the same result every time
  10. That's what I'm going to do. After much wasted material and few gray hairs.... thanks to to everyone who responded
  11. Sorry for the poor quality pic. Yes I'm still using the s point. Biothanes website recommends a round point in either #25 or 26
  12. The first pic is the top side of the stitch. Forward is the top with the tail and the bottom is reverse. The second pic is the bottom side of the stitches. Top is forward and bottom reverse. As you can see the bottom stitch is slightly smaller and the bottom side of reverse looks like it just runs on
  13. Black 277 top and 207 bottom the brand is cowboy
  14. The machine appears to be in time. I'm using silicon lube that I got from Ryan Neal
  15. Not sure if this can be of any help in diagnosing the problem, but I did a few test pieces just sewing backwards. The machine skips a stitch every 3-4 one. The underside also looks very sloppy. Bobbin thread loose and not pulled tight to the material
  16. After messing with the tension I had it sewing perfect. Then when I went to use it today I was having problems with it in reverse. When I start my leashes, I start it in reverse, sew 3 stitches and then sew forward. Well today the bottoms of the rev/forward look like spaghetti on the bottom. It's also now skipping stitches i.e. On the 3rd stitch in reverse I go past the bottom dead center and go forward. It just skips the last stitch and leaves me with a hole where the needle went in. This also happens when doing a turn. The needle goes in, then I go past BCD and turn. The thread just pulls out and skips the last stitch. Could this be a timing issue?
  17. I finally got the knots to pull through to the center, but they are inconsistent. Some stitches has the knot pulling to the upper piece of beta and other stitches have the knot more towards the bottom. Could this be caused by loose bobbin tension?
  18. What kind of needle should I be using?
  19. I'm using a 794S size 26. How I have the top tension pretty tight. How tight should the bobbin tension be in comparison to the top tension? I had 277 on the top and accidentally had 138 on the bottom. The knots were pulling right into the center. When I went up to 207 no matter what I did, the knots wouldn't budge
  20. I'm using a size 26 needle
  21. I've been using #138 thread on my Biothane Beta dog leashes, but recently tried going to 277 top & 207 bottom; per Biothane's recommendation. I can't for the life of me get the knot to pull to the center. It's at the halfway to 2/3's on the bottom piece. Anytime I back tack, the bottom looks like crap because the knots aren't pulling up and are all jumbled up on the bottom. The machine is threaded correctly and the thread is ran through a lube pot. I tightened the side and top tensioners exactly how Ryan Neal shows in his YouTube videos. I've also tried to tighten and loosen the bobbin tension to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions?
  22. I backed off both tensions and started from square one. I cleaned the hook and race then added a few drops of oil. The bottom tension was very loose, so I started there until I got the loop in the center. Switched over to the beta and just made adjustments to the top tension. The stitches are nice and tight and the backstitching is working flawlessly!
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