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Thank you very much Steve! Will do

Thanks Catskin Any advice is always welcome. I do not think its only that as it does so even when I do not sew over previous stitches and the top foot does not have grooves at the bottom, but hey! I dont know yet, so I will try everything :-) I hope to get time over the weekend to experiment and will revert thereafter.

Thank Wiz!! At last I understand why there could be difference in the first place! The options under 1 & 2 I have tried I will try point 4 first as my fiddling with the spring limiter was random/trial&error so far as I did not know what to look for and your info in 4 will enable me to check that one fairly easily. For point 3 I will have to go back & double check, but I do not recall any tech spec info in the manual to inform on the degrees proposed for the hook/scarf meet. I do however think that your description will enable me to get wiser with a bit of careful play. Must say on paper & not in front of the cylinder head the detail in 3 sounds intimidating, but so was my slide rule back in the days so I trust with patience I should get the hang of this too. Thanks for the logical explanation, it really helps a lot to know what to look for! Judging by your photo and your explanation, I will venture to say with safety that you proved again that there is no replacement for experience ! All I now need to do is prove the adage re old dogs and new tricks wrong on my side! :-)

Hi I recently bought a Techsew 3800 and thus far am rather disappointed. (2 weeks in) While Mike is trying to help me via email, the one question I do not seem to get an answer on is if it is normal to have different tensions for forward and reverse? I am not talking about going back over previous stitching, but when I for reasons of access need to work first in one direction & then in the other, I get significantly different tensions for forward & reverse with the reverse bottom being looser than when I stitch forward. (Using 415 and 250. gets closer using 270 at the bottom, but the different sizes does not work well with the design I have in mind Is this normal? If it is normal, what would be the reason for this? Advice? Thanks :-)

HI I recently bought a Techsew 3800 and thus far am rather disappointed. (2 weeks in) While Mike is trying to help me via email, the one question I do not seem to get an answer on is if it is normal to have different tensions for forward and reverse? I am not talking about going back over previous stitching, but when I for reasons of access need to work first in one direction & then in the other, I get significantly different tensions for forward & reverse with the reverse bottom being looser than when I stitch forward. Is this normal? Advice? Thanks :-)

Thank you very much! You did indeed help me a lot. A choice is easy if the answer is a straight "No!" :-) If it was a maybe there was a decision to be made - Now its easy. Unfortunately the 420C is about twice my budget. For some reason secondhand machines here is either not available or 90% of the price of a new one. Perhaps I should go for the Tippmann Boss as I can import that for just above my budget. I know its "manual" but less manual than my current punch & hand-thread method. If you do know the Boss, please advise on: 1. How tedious is it to work the Boss? 2. Is it any good on thin material as well? (Yea, I know there is no one for all machine, but trying my luck anyway :-)

Hi I am in South africa and many good brands are not available here or costs hundreds of dollars to import & no spares etc. What is available is the Kingstar CW8B (specs below) Does anybody know this machine or brand? Your views? Would the model below be suitable for work up to holsters? CYLINDER BED WALKING FOOT COMPOUND FEED LOCKSTITCH HEAVY-DUTY MACHINE CW8B/8BL FEATURES: •MAX SEWING SPEED:2000 S.P.M/2200 S.P.M •STITCH LENGTH:0~6 MM/0~6 MM •PRESSER FOOT LIFT:BY KNEE 13 MM/14MM BY HAND 6.5 MM/8 MM •NEEDLE SYSTEM:DP X 17 18#~22# Pic attached. Website : http://www.unosewing.co.za/heavyduty-machinery-series.html?cat=2&project=78 Thanks in advance!