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Might be buying a machine with a solenoid foot lift, is it possible to fit a knee lift while still keeping the solenoid?

I'm only guessing her but it could be that they part exchanged/bought in the machine with a faulty motor/controller and used the efka from their spares pile and as its a bitza its priced cheap. Thanks for the heads up, something to ask before I buy.Probably won't be until the end of the month when I get paid as long as it hasn't sold by then. Looking at it it seems that it has the singer style foot which matches all the feet I have, does it look to you that I'm corrrect?

I'm in the UK and its a secondhand machine that I've seen.Price is good at £1250 from a sewing machine specialist ($1668 according to google), a new 1541 is around £1500 ($2000) and a secondhand 565 or equivalent around £750 (£1000).I like the top loading bobbin of the higher spec machines and most secondhand machines would need a servo upgrade (£120 or $160).Higher spec secondhand machines at an affordable(to me) price don't often come up for sale in the uk, only seen one 1508 for sale in the last couple of years.Just need to know its a good buy and to be able to justify the purchase.

Hello. Does anyone have any opinions or words of wisdom ref juki's 1510 machine as a replacement for a juki 563? Any info on the above machine would be great, I've found the engineers manual online. The 1510 that I've seen for sale is fitted with an efca variocontrol 820 and an efca euramot motor. It will be used for car upholstery so is needed to go through several layers of foamed leather, carpet and other heavy duty materials.

On my juki563 the thread going throught the horizontal tension bar starts going through the lower side of the hole upwards then through the next lower hole upwards and so on.Not threaded top bottom top bottom as by your pic.May make a little more tension.

I use a juki 563 for automotive interior work which works but never seams to work right.I cannot have this machine not working and as its not my machine but my employers cannot have it professionally serviced ( boss won't get it done).I have a problem which I mentioned before but never really got fixed in that when going over thick materials the reverse lever flicks up and down, I've overcome this by adjusting the lever stop down a bit which is a fix but not the correct fix.I've tried setting the rocker bar position but then have problems adjusting the needle to go down the feed dog hole and the feed dog locking up at the end of its travel (in the feed dog slot).I get the occaisonal fault of when in reverse the inner foot touches the outer foot and pushes the needle into the feed dog snapping the needle. While watching what the needle does I've noticed when it goes down its at the front of the feed dog hole and when going up its at the back, ie its not going up and down centrally (3mm circular hole) is this correct or do I have a feed dog timing issue?

I use a juki 563 and use the reverse lever too position the stitch on a corner.

Used it as a mechanic for door hinges and the like, worked well although expensive.Not sure about for a sewing macine.

I have a positioner on my juki 563 used for car upholstery and love the fact the needle stops in the lower postion.I've got it set so it stops just after the needle starts going upwards so the stitch has formed, I can stop, knee lift the foot a little, turn the leather then carry on.

At work we have a fortuna skiver of the type pictured.Does anyone know how to change the short belt just to the right of the lever, this is not the motor belt.The forward pulleys are enclosed so you can't just fit a continuous belt without taking things apart.At the moment we are using a split belt however its not a great solution.

A nice easy way to make a servo motored machine easier to use is to extend the arm on the pedal that attaches to the rod and also to extend the coresponding arm on the motor switch unit.This means your foot has to move further to speed the motor up.I've added an extra 2 to 3 inches to each of my machines arms.

Great idea.I'm sometime going to try to connect up an extra pedal for reverse, like you it will have to be on the left side.

Looks good.What would you use this foot for.

The pedal is missing an L shaped bracket that mounts using the two bolts on the edge at the rear of the pedal. The motor should be adjustable to let you fit different sized belts.Try the long bolt above the treadle rod arm.

Many thanks, nice to know that the machine is normal. 8mm stitch on thin vinyl, 3 thicknesses of leather 6mm foam and 3mm foam and the stitch drops to about 6mm.

I use a juki 563 for auto upholstery and have noticed that I have a nice big stitch when sewing a thin vinyl but at the same setting using thicker materials the stitch shortens.Pressure foot height is nearly at max and machine feeds ok as far as I know.Is this normal or is something wrong?

I had the same problem with a juki 563 I adjusted the brake so as soon as the pedal is released the brake is applied and stops the machine going backwards slightly.It worked really well until I changed over to a servo motor a few weeks ago.

On mine (563) the knee lift does the first stage but won't hold it, the hand lever does the second which holds it at its highest position.

The 1508 use a singer style foot , the juki 1509 uses a different style but is the same machine as far as I know.Over here in the uk the 1508 seems a difficult machine to find both new and second hand, the 1541 is easier to get but I would prefer the top loading myself.

As in the title really.At the moment I'm using a top loader which I find handy to check how full the bobbin is, just pull the plate back and check(even in the middle of sewing something.However I'm thinking of getting a new machine and bottom loaders seem easier and cheaper to buy.How do people get on with bottom loaders? Please share you experience. By the way I do car upholstery so running out of thread while doing a visible seam is never a good thing.

I'm interested in this thread as I'm using a juki 563 for auto upholstery and was thinking of buying a 1508(don't think I'd like a side loading machine).Over here in the uk consew seem to be sold under the seiko brand, don't know what other brands of machine offer similar specs as the 1508.

I had the same problem with the reverse lever moving on a juki 563.In the end it was easily fixed by adjusting the stop for the lever so it was held slightly down.

Thanks for that info, that manual hopefully won't be needed but fantastic to have it there to use.Just need to bite the bullet sometime to buy the machine.

I'm considering buying a new machine for my job doing car upholstery.I would like a juki 1508 but my budget won't stretch that far.Next on my want list would be a juki 1541 although for similar money I've found a global 1515 which i think is a clone of the 1508.Has anyone experience of this machine, if so do you know if replacement juki parts fit it or would I have to get global parts? Also any other help about this machine would be great. Here's a link for the global machine:- http://www.globalsew.com/en/wf1515.htm

Fixed this fault really easily today.As I was winding a fresh bobbin the reverse lever was falpping up and down so I held it down slightly to stop it moving, thought to myself "this has cured the fault".I adjust the reverse lever upper stop a few mm and the lever is now still while sewing.Forward and reverse both seem fine, so I might readjust the needle and hook timing next so its spot on.