dikman

Very impressive work.

Very nice work on the sheath. That's a complex bit of pattern-welding on the knife.

Given it's age, and the fact that the link doesn't work, I reckon this thread should be removed completely as it doesn't serve any purpose?

I'm guessing that "high car" refers to high carbon steel? As for 8B - .

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/461567/Adler-30.html https://www.supsew.com/wpfb-file/adler-30-instruction-manual-pdf/ Might be the same thing, I haven't looked to see.

Some videos I found show that it's a clone of the later model Pfaff 335. The feet etc would be Pfaff parts, which are different to Singer, which will not fit your machine. Search for Pfaff 335 parts.

Fascinating. The foundry work, mold-making and casting was particularly interesting, thanks Constabulary.

I agree with fred, burnishing by definition is polishing usually involving hard rubbing.

You CAN use round-point needles on leather, on thin leather it should be fine.

I stitch after gluing, then wet-form, sand the edges if needed to follow the stitching, bevel the edges then colour if necessary and burnish. The only "criticism" I can make is you're a bit heavy with the pear shader - I had the same problem on my first effort, so I know all about it! Other than that it looks good.

Yeah, a nice whimsical touch.

From my observations industrial sewing machines are a pretty specialised area (sort of like a niche market) with not too many dealers so the chances of getting a sale on them is probably pretty slim. The only way to get a reduced price is to find a used one.

As an aside, due to the (ridiculously) high cost of tobacco here - due to government taxes - the sale of legal tobacco is falling dramatically (and the government tax intake) BUT illegal sales are booming! Funny that. Not having made tobacco pouches (nor being a smoker) it never occurred to me that they would need a waterproof lining.

#4 suggests it automatically lifts the foot when you stop stitching. #2 whatever it does when in the down position it's off. Whatever #1 and #2 do screws 4 and 5 adjust the speed.

All I've ever used is beeswax.