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Every sewing machine dealer worth their pay will ask this question. Usually customers bring samples and the shop checks if the machine sews that and performs any fine tuning necessary, before the machine leaves the door. At least that is what I am used to. But stitching back through the same holes is timing, not tuning. If the machine is out of time with one thread and needle it will be out with any. Am I wrong? No, we are not expected to pay someone to make brand-new machine stitch back through the same holes. It would be the same analogy with metal lathes: they are expected to cut the same TPI in both directions, left of right. If lathes cut different threads and we were expected to tune them there would have been no lathe sales by that manufacturer, period. It either works OOB or it does not.

It pains me to think of whatever happened to the machine that the above plate had come off. I hope the operator did not lose an eye.

I am sympathetic but do I really have to babysit you like that? Try different things, see what happens as you watch it through transparent plastic. If it only happens to woven/knit fabrics then consider KAnderson's theory.

Crimson trace should be on the grip panel. Ask the customer to send pix of his exact model.

When I had to replace the leaking air cylinder on my Kansai special, I was not able to find the exact replacement at a reasonable price. Everyone told me that it is a custom-made product. I ended up buying a Festo cylinder off of eBay. It was slightly different, with a different diameter thread, and I ended up turning its locking nut on a lathe, to create a step that fit the bracket. I did not have to because it would still hold tight, but I thought that since I can I would center it exactly at the same spot as the original. Ended up paying US$17 for it, after having been quoted anywhere from $90 to $600. This should give you the idea: https://www.google.ca/search?q=FESTO+AIR+CYLINDER+DSN-25-25-P&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdgaOH3Zb2AhWqTN8KHZVRCE8Q_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1530&bih=840

2 things: 1. Check everything for burrs: the foot, the throat plate, the feed dog. 2. Try to reproduce that by stitching clear plastic bags. And post close-up pictures of the above parts.

Unfortunately, Integras are a hot item for car thieves, any year and condition. Check ducts for hidden drug packages! I read about someone in Eastern Europe who bought a car imported from the US and found his blower non-working. It turned out that they had several lb of some drugs wrapped in plastic bags and duct tape, hidden in the ducts.

This is not the first time that posts and entire topics disappear for no obvious reasons. I had at least 2x within past 12 months.

Show the picture of the notches on the back of the dial and the spring-loaded plunger behind it that keeps it from rotation. I had the same problem until I realized that the tapered end of the plunger was worn/rounded and I turned it sharper on a lathe.

Looks so diesel punk! How do you manage to always be that original?

The totality of the circumstances of this ordeal makes me think things about his family that I do not want to prematurely make public. I really want to be wrong about them. But you are right: his murder is the only thing that matters, but we should not forget the allegation by the family that police stole a safe with $20,000 from his shop. How's that evidence? How are his other customers' guns evidence? When they raid a drug dealer's house, they do not haul off his entire cupboards on the basis that every mug or dinner plate could have been used for making the dope. Why does Canada always apply double standards and insist on having things both ways but pretends that it is a civilized democracy?

Not trying to be a devil's advocate, but everything is painfully slow these days. Many businesses are chronically out of stock. Time to ship is slow. Shipping time is ludicrous. People are frustrated bordering on angry.

Top notch work!

You need a shoe patcher.

What on Earth do you need a roller foot for while the compound feed machine already does the feeding for you? Roller foot is needed on a bottom feed machine, to simplify the feed and to facilitate easy turns. None of that needs any aid on a walking foot machine. A good start would be the description of your typical work or project.

Your purchase is anything but irreversible.

Unless your customer is a smurf, why torture yourself? Make pouches for speed strips.

It's too high speed. Can be used for upholstery leather but anything heavier may be pushing it.

Not sure about France but in North America they are stiff when on the car but can be washed in a washing machine to become soft. They are waxed from the factory. I can keep them waxed for belt liners or wash them for binding or reinforcement on soft items.

I could be wrong but I believe that the arrow is pointed in the wrong direction. I am almost positive that a part that rides on cams is missing from the L shaped lever beneath the cam mandrel.

One has to dump $100 into the purchase, and o/s of US the shipping will be at least $50. Compared to free seatbelts that can be had at scrap yards it's a no-brainer. For someone who never goes to scrap yards it might make sense to buy.

$2k on a proper machine are money well-spent. You'd get back close to what you pay if you decide to quit. But these $300 is a total waste that you'll never recover.

Here's a tip: used seatbelts can be had nearly for free at scrap yards because they cannot be legally reused. They make for very good, strong webbing. They also come with some slide buckles. I always try to have a shopping bag full of seatbelts on hand, for all kinds of repairs. They also come on child carseats.

I am very skeptical that it can saw 10oz. I own an almost identical machine. It is a very common domestic machine design no different from countless domestic Singers, Brothers etc. The problem will not even be its punching or pulling capability: it will be the feeding. It simply won't feed 10oz of soft leather. The top spring is not capable of holding that much pressure, and the leather will lift, skipping stitches. And the price tag... I beg you to pass on it. These machines are worth nearly nothing today. Search for my replies on this forum. I've written about them ad nauseum.

So far, it's been 1 week of waiting for a shipping confirmation since they'd flagged the order as being processed. No shipping confirmation or tracking # yet.