YinTx

Really cool tho. How did you get that texture on the fish?!? YinTx

Can you clarify this instruction? A bit confusing.. If the outside/back foot is already resting on the needle plate, how can you drop it down another 3/16"? I think I am having similar issues with my machine, foot timing is way wrong (inside foot is raising when needle is dropping, binding when trying to get it any different). Thank you in advance, YinTx

I'm going to agree with you there, oval grommet setter missing the bottom anvil. But I've been wrong before. The hole in the side is reminiscent of a rivet setter, which doesn't match the oval, so yeah, good mystery! YinTx

Maybe someone can help me out with this frustration. After 6 years of the machine collecting dust because it won't sew, I've been tinkering with it because I have some projects that just need a sewing machine to be finished. So here is where I am at: tried @Uwe's video showing how to set timing, not working for me. Looks simple, but not happening. When I loosen the hex head bolt to adjust the shuttle hook, adjust it, then you have to rotate the handwheel back so you can tighten the bolt, which means the shuttle hook is defacto put back out of timing because it stays still while the shaft moves. WTH? The best I can get is the hook not retracting (sticks out 1/8") at it's furthest back otherwise it will not interact with the needle correctly (ie, completely misses the needle, which will already be up before the hook comes to try to catch a loop). At just short of 20 degrees is when the hook and the needle cross, not the 30 degree mark. Also, trying to set the presser foot and needle bar foot coordination, but it isn't happening either. Tried a hundred different guesses also, none working. Always, the needle bar foot is going up when the needle is going down. And the presser foot hardly moves (5mm lift). Anyone have a simple way of setting this? Once again, tried to follow @Uwe's video, set the linkages vertical. Now its a disaster. Clearly I am doing something wrong, or something is set up backwards or I don't know. What should I be looking at? The video I made in 2015 clearly shows my issue, which I didn't know I had at the time. You can see at the 2:47 minute mark when I spin the hand wheel how bad the foot coordination is. Other than that, the rest of the video is just discussing the binding issues, which seem to have been reduced significantly. If you mess around with the linkages too much, it'll bind up solid again. I would really like to get this piece of iron functional, so if anyone has tips, suggestions, clues, etc, please let me know! YinTx

Hahahah that would do it also! YinTx

I picked up some of these patterns, and they are in great shape at a wonderful price, so if you are thinking about it, get em! YinTx

cool. I can hear it now: ringtone: ribbit! RIBBIT!! YinTx

Outside of NM or Tx, I think most don't know Hatch Chile. And in Tx, they want to spell it chili. And somehow chile grown in the Rio Grande Valley gets sold as Hatch green Chile. I can say it doesn't taste the same. all very confusing to the outsider. Who wants to know if they need a passport to visit. YinTx

LMAO. Showing their level of intelligence. Also, here in the good ol US of A, we have a lil state called... New Mexico. I've lived there. Folks wouldn't ship 46 miles across the state line or do any business with us because "its' a foreign country." or "We don't take Pesos." erhm.... it's a state. In the UNITED STATES!!!.. you can drive here without crossing a border ya know? We used the dollar too. But you couldn't convince em to to look at a map cuz they knew better. Now I'm in Texas, so not so bad. Course, sometimes when folks from out of state learn where I've been, they want to know if I speak Spanish. YinTx

Appreciate it! YinTx

Since I am from across the pond, I haven't a clue. Why is this? YinTx

You have no idea. !! "Hi, my name is YinTx. Thank you for welcoming me to TT Anonymous. I have . . . lots of tools. erhm... I think I may have Tool Troubles." and, thanks! YinTx

Really nice work! YinTx

I hand stitch. Very little machine stitched. I hand tool leather, nothing press/embossed. Can't say that I've ever had enough folks pay enough $$ to make those two endeavors profitable. I think it was maybe Maker's Leather that did a survey and overwhelmingly customers were not willing to pay extra for hand stitching. So he bought machines and never looked back. If you are good enough with the machine, you can get a very high quality stitch, that some will have difficulty differentiating from hand. Most customers don't know any different, and luxury house brands machine stitch with horrible quality and get away with it. Things to ponder. YinTx

They moved _from_ Newark to Harrison, so your catalogue would be correct. Now, they did apparently stamp some of their tools "Newark" after the move, but not for too long. YinTx

Thank you. It was a bit of an ordeal, but I've enjoyed it. And it has rapidly acquired a golden tan hue from the South Texas sun. It really doesn't match the interior of the car, but I'm not in the least bit concerned, lol. YinTx

Yep, I see some lawsuits around the issue of "I paid high dollar for Swarovski so I could sell my products advertised as having Swarovski. Now I can no longer charge the premium that I paid for your products. Give me back my $$." YinTx

@Rossr, subtle but I finally picked out some of the differences. Notice the tail is below the body on the new logo, and above it on the old. Also, _PARIS_ is below the logo, new one has BLANCHARD. Old one has that above the logo, instead of VERGEZ. The old one has the ears perked up, and the collar is wider. Gait appears more of a trot in the old version vs. fully outstretched run in the new one. I think I still didn't do the old version justice, but then I'm the only one using the thing, so none of any of this really even matters. Just me being persnickety. YinTx

Thank you, and indeed, I do! YinTx

Didn't think to look for that. I just had noticed that some of the different tools I had seen had slightly different versions of the logo and mascot. So I did what I could to match the one on the actual knife the sheath was for! I had a link to some older website they had, which was in French. It seems they have updated recently. I get em where I can! The smallest one is an HF Osborne, also, and have never seen one that tiny. Not sure it started that way, but who knows!? The others in the background are C.S. Osborne (Newark), 3 W. Rose, and 2 Gomph. Tis but a fraction of the collection I seem to have amassed over the years. Have sold a few, and need to sell a few more. The Blanchard you put a handle on came from an individual in England, who said he got it from a fellow in France, who claimed it was really old when he purchased it in the early '70's. YinTx

Thank you. And really nice work by @Rossr making the handles and ferrules for those two blades! Really happy with them. YinTx

Finally finished up the sheaths for these three, so I can put them all in the same photo! 3 knifes, 2 have handles made by none other than @Rossr (burled handle, and the handle on the Blanchard). The Blanchard I have been using, and really like the functionality offered by this blade design. The burled handle fits very nicely in the hand, especially if you have larger hands. The third knife is an HF Osborne that I recently acquired. I took a photo of the Blanchard Emblem and used it for the basis of the sheath design, since the emblem is slightly worn, I have no idea if I represented it correctly! YinTx

Post a photo of said board. Maybe someone with the correct factor will appear. YinTx

Did they tell you what was wrong with the main board? Perhaps someone can repair it...?