dikman

Don't forget to get yourself the narrow plate and feed dog from RockyAussie, it makes the big machine much more versatile. It's arguably the one "must-have" for the big machine. And then have fun.

Impressive piece of work. I had to look up the handgun, and yes, cannon is an apt description!

I did some research a while ago and it indicated that the commonly used oil (Lily White) is a light hydraulic oil, ISO 22 or 32 (seems to depend on the manufacturer). I couldn't find that when I was looking and bought a slightly heavier hydraulic oil but it works fine. Don't get yourself into flap over it, either of those you have will be ok, I doubt if the machine will complain.

Yeah, too slow to be really practical, but I was curious how it would work. I removed the reducer and just used the 8"/2" combination, it's on my Pfaff 335 with a generic 550w motor and it's more than adequate. Don, that wheel will look great when it's finished and cleaned up. Make sure you post a photo.

To be honest I'm not sure that you would notice that much difference between a 550w and 750w motor if you use a speed reducer too. Having said that, if the price difference isn't too great by all means get the 750w. Speed reducers - you can get very slow speed, with gobs of torque, by varying the pulleys in the reducer, but at the expense of top speed. On one of my machines I fitted an 8" pulley in place of the handwheel, a 2'" on the motor and between them a reducer running a 1 3/4" and a 4". A bit extreme, perhaps, but I could get 1 stitch every 2 1/2 seconds! My favourite method, if possible, is to replace the handwheel with a large pulley and a small one on the motor, I find this is a fairly simple method to use.

That's one helluva speed reducer you built!

Nice work indeed. The little knife pouch is particularly neat.

Does it happen when turning by hand? Sometimes turning slowly can help localise a problem to a specific area.

Nice job carr52, looks great. I'm impressed that you did a drawing first, I just make things up as I go!

Bit hard to dog-ear the pages on one.

One way guaranteed to break needles is to "force" the material as it's feeding, or apply sideways pressure when trying to sew curves.

If you want to use heavy thread then you have no choice but to go for the heavy machine (441 class). The 3200 would have been a good choice - until you mentioned holsters, that is the tipping point.

Ahh, the ubiquitous Chinese patcher. They are a "patching machine", basically intended for repair work. It doesn't mean you can't sew new items but you may be disappointed in the results. As for holsters, forget it! There have been plenty of posts about them, and youtube videos. If you insist on getting one you should be able to use common 135x16 needles and #69 thread, be aware that the bobbin is small and won't hold much thread. Some are set up to use standard domestic needles (mine was).

I had a similar motor on a machine I bought, and as an antique it was interesting but as a working motor - no. At that age the wiring would have to be considered highly suspect. As Quade said a 550 watt (3/4 HP) servo motor will be more than adequate. I would seriously consider adding a speed reducer too (you can build your own if you're mechanically inclined) or another option is to remove the handwheel and replace it with a large pulley, this will give much better low speed control.

Only two reasons to get rid of it - you don't have the room for it or you need the money. Otherwise why sell it?

That is very impressive work on the leaves. Having attempted, unsuccessfully, something similar, I can appreciate the skill involved.

There really isn't much to say except if you have a 441 then consider it a must-have.

Nice find! That should keep you out of mischief for a while.

Did it come with the brick?

If you go to his profile it gives Wattsan as his url, so presumably he's working for the company?

I guess it's no different to many of the manuals and handbooks that are released with goods made in China. What would it cost them, in the scheme of things, to hire someone who is actually fluent in English to proof-read them prior to printing?

That would never happen - much! Obviously no-one bothered to check the advertising before releasing it.

. I couldn't find the head-scratching emoji.

A couple of important points from the video - the sound level doesn't increase when you turn on the motor. Of course it doesn't because the motor isn't running! It only runs when you feed electricity to it. - it uses less power at idle than a clutch motor. Of course it does, see above answer. A clutch motor runs continuously once switched on, a servo doesn't. It may very well be a nice motor, and I like that the speed can be varied without having to delve into the menus, but this sort of advertising does you no favours.

Nice holster, of course, but I'm more interested in the revolver - brass frame, colour-case hardened, cartridge conversion - what's not to like?