Gregspitz

Thanks. eBay has many sellers of buckles and springbars. They are all in Asia.

Getting used to my new roller foot sewing machine. Roller foot is the best way to make these.

I will do some close ups later.. the roller is a mm away from the needle. it has feed dogs that are smooth and it is needle fed you can get very close to the edge within a mm or so which is why I got it. Ron may be able to answer better also.

getting used to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrp9gbs66eg

Just got my second machine..it is a Techsew 5580 Roller foot(new model for them)..mostly to get VERY close to the edge on watch straps and some other things. Doing well with it so far but wonder if anyone else uses one regularly and has any top tips or pearls of wisdom of things to look out for or other applications that it works well for. It seems that foot pressure is quite important and if it is not set correctly the material may not feed correctly and stitch length may become variable.. appreciate any input. thank you Greg

back stitch and use thread Zap 2 ( google it to find them) to seal the edges with controlled heat. it is cheap and its fun to do. it works with a battery

just for fun

call Ron at Techsew...he can help you get started just go to Techsew.com

Just venting here and maybe helping some newbies.. I have had a techsew 2750pro and love it for 2 years now any time I do a new set up usually with thinner leather 4-6oz and a thin liner for watch straps or even doing wallets it seems that if I just can't get the knot to settle in the middle with all the adjustments top and bottom I change to a (usually for me) smaller needle i.e. 69 thread top and bottom 18 titanium needle changing to a 16 and voila! problem solved. I don't know if anyone else finds this the most common problem or maybe it has just been me being stubborn to change a needle when 18 should work!!!! any comments welcome of course thanks Greg

PS.to move my knife blade I have to lift the whole machine up and loosen a screw underneath move the blade and then tighten the screw again and put the machine down.. different machines are set up to move the blade in different ways

I have a techsew skiver and the instructions say to sharpen the blade for a few seconds at a time only..this video that you posted the link to says up to five minutes.. I am not having any problems once I got it tuned in to what I need to do...but how long should you run the sharpener on most machines?? thanks

that is awesome...wish my shop looked that neat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much.

The hole placement changes dependent on the length of strap I make. So unless you are making only 1 length of strap you have to customize the hole placement.

holes punched with a rotary hole puncher..measured out and centered first and marked with an aw usually the holes are 6-7mm apart from the center of the hole.. the holes for me are 2mm diameter

4 ton..the little wonder

Thank you again!

I was not the one that asked this before..I tried to look for anything like this question before and did not find anything..thank you for your response.

looking to see if a roller foot flatbed exists for making watch straps and getting VERY close to the edge on some straps if anyone does this or has a comment..let it rip thanks

thanks..I always thought from my charts that 18 needle would be good with 92 thread..but looks like 16 with thin leather. and 69 under would make a difference also.

wherre the leather got a little thinner on this watch strap the knot pulled tighter to the top and shows... any way to manually fix of hide this any tricks besides not letting it happen in the first place!?..I know I am being picky and obsessive but my customers expect the best job especially on shell cordovan this is shell cordovan with a veg tan backing ..top stitch is 92 bonded nylon red and the bobbin is 46 bonded nylon black using a 18 needle.. Thanks for looking

does anyone here have experience with rotary strap cutting machines..I have tried to adjust everything and my straps come out crooked especially with softer leather and after feeding the leather it always seems to angle off to the left (when facing the machine) and I have to really force it against the guide to get it to go straight.. any help would be appreciated.. thanks Greg

it is lined with a skived thin layer of veg tan leather..I will have to take a couple..I usually don't because customers usually are not interested in the back!