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Thank you Wiz! I called Campbell Randall this morning and was able to order the wax pot strippers and the rubber insert. I could have purchased the ULS lube pot, but it would require welding a tab to get it to mount on the 4500. I plan on drilling and tapping my current lube pot. Everything should be here next week.

I called Beiler’s today and they don’t stock the one shown in their catalog with the thread wipers. They did have one for a union lock stitch machine, but I feel that it’s too big for the machine and would require too much customization to make it work with my machine. I reached out to a few other companies and they don’t stock the one with the thread wipers either. Even if I was able to just find the wiper attachment, I could drill a hole and tap my current lube pot. It seems like they don’t make them anymore.

Hello, Does anyone know of a company that makes/sells the lube pot for the 441 with the thread wiper attachment? I found an old thread on here where someone shows a Ferdco lube pot with this attachment. I contacted cowboy and they don’t have them. Not sure if they even make these anymore? If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated!

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

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.

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

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

I live in the United States.

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!

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?

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.

I checked the timing and everything looks good.

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

That's what I'm going to do. After much wasted material and few gray hairs.... thanks to to everyone who responded

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

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

Black 277 top and 207 bottom the brand is cowboy

The machine appears to be in time. I'm using silicon lube that I got from Ryan Neal

North east Pennsylvania

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

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?

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?

What kind of needle should I be using?

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