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+1 for disposable snips. When dull, sharpen them once with an old, dull needle, and toss them when they get dull again.

You can adjust the needle bar height for a shorter needle but if you go too far the needle shank may strike the material, or the needle bar may strike the raised foot during the bobbin winding. People adjust their needle bars all the time, to save a buck. As long as you can get away with it, and your budget is too tight, who can stop you?

Recently, I picked up from a roadside a perfect working Kenmore similar to yours. It came on a table, with a few button sewing kits, lots of accessories, bobbins, needles, feet, threads, and manuals. The maximum I would have ever paid for a used (and your machine is used, no matter what the seller is saying) machine, had I been hard pressed to buy one, would have probably been $40. I gave this machine to my mum. It's her 3d such machine. The previous two were a Brother and a Singer that I also found in cases, with bobbins, feet, etc. As to whether it can stitch leather, yes, it can stitch the lightest of leathers, under certain conditions. You may have luck with a roller foot, if you have lots of experience. For a beginner, a walking foot industrial machine is a must. Buy a good used flatbed machine for around $300 or cylinder arm for around $600, and it will serve you for many years to come.

I ended up going to the industrial machine shop earlier today and getting exactly the same thread guide and screw as in your picture. Now mine looks just like yours, except that my needle bar is still in its factory position; In my case, I cannot turn it, as if I did, the bulky material that I saw might rub on the left side of the needle bar and catch the thread. It happened a few times while I did not have the needle guide. Now it stitches 100% reliable. I do not use it for leather, only for fabrics. Leather is the purview of my Pfaff walking foot. The old one must have come from a different kind of machine that has longer needles. May I ask? What's up with the green throat plate and feed dog? They look unusual.

Just keep in mind that there is General Industrial Sewing Machine in Toronto. Try to deal with Neal (Or is his name Niel? Can't remember what his card looks like.), if you can get hold of him.

A used but well-tuned long-arm Singer 144, 145 with a handwheel is the first thing I would think of if I had to do it.

Hi, Ladies and Gentlemen: Hoping that everyone is staying safe and sound in these challenging times! I have a Mitsubishi that may be DB-130 or similar. In my particular case, it is set up to use DBx1 16x257 needles. I believe that DBx1 is the same standard as in the manual. Correct me if I am wrong. It stitches perfectly on a broad range of fabrics, and I am happy with this. But there is still a problem! There are no parts 94/95 on the needle bar. Instead, the needle is held in place by ugly black thing. This black, square collar strikes the foot if the foot is lifted, during bobbin winding. Does anyone sell the proper part 94/95 and screw 96 for this model? If you also have part ## 11, 172, 173, I am interested too.

Nice work. Aren't your stitches too short? You are wasting thread and weakening the product.

Does anyone use that glue for leather work? I use it all the time for furniture re-upholstery, to hold the fabrics to the plywood, and for plastic-to-plastic general crafting. But I have never used it on leather. Anyone?

Love the tooling and the way it carries!

This begs for a sheath and holster to go with. Nice work and great hardware.

Simply 'wow'!

Clean work! Stay safe!

I never stop getting amazed by the members' craftsmanship and creativity here and recommend visiting this forum whenever my fellows on the gun boards ask to recommend a source of holsters.

You can only get a comment from me, but no suggestions to get better. Your work is absolutely stunning! The only suggestion I might have is to keep doing what you are doing.

Polyester lining should work.

Update: Good news: This list has been cross-posted on a whole lot of other forums. People are contacting the companies on the list and getting some good replies. I, personally, have gone over all of the email addresses and fax numbers above. Currently going through the online contact forms for those who do not list their emails/FAX numbers. Bad news: The madness of this is skyrocketing! A rumor is going around Canada that the ban includes all 12 gauge shotguns with removable choke tubes because allegedly the choke thread makes them over 20 mm bore. If this is true, this asserts my belief that this is the 1st step towards the total ban on all firearms. Please help however you can! It does not take a lot of effort to send about 50 emails and even fewer FAXes, or to click on 50 forms and copy-paste the same appeal. Thank you, everyone who will join our fight!

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Wow! This mask is so cool! Congrats!

I am curious about the origin of the Carl Zeiss stamp!

Darn! I have used the wrong terminology! Thank you! No, I actually meant chisels that have tubular punches and holes above them for the leather rounds to fall off. Mine are approximately 1/16" in diameter, spaced at 4mm.

I believe that it has been discovered that COVID spreads not only via droplets but via airborne virions too. Masks might be non-efficient to useless. Especially less than N95, homemade masks. As to stitching textiles, you want polyester thread because it is somewhat elastic. Poly wrapped cotton is not elastic. Non-bonded, multi-strand nylon is elastic as well, if you cannot get a hold of poly. Depending on what your technology is, you may be better off using non-spun serger thread since it is the most elastic of all types.

I got a present: a set of 4mm round pricking irons. They did not know better and bought this set. I cannot return it since it came from overseas. So now I am wondering if they can be used for anything other than criss-cross stitching that I do not do much if at all.