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if you dont mind, how much it cost to make custom folder like that on dedicated and well known company like atlanta attachement?

Save your money and time and go for walking foot (triple feed) if you primarily sewing leather , and i think the price is a bit high just for a drop feed machine?

I have both machine (style), i dont think the binder parts for pfaff 335 style will work on the seiko cw8 Or maybe someone with more experience on tinkering sewing machine can shed some more light

Aftermarket Handwheel replacement is easy to find, or you can always custom one on metal workshops, but how on earth cargo inspections can break that cast alumunium apart?

Looks like beefy machine @Constabulary , do you have any experience on how thick 132k6 can handle? Needle / thread range ? I think i saw one on sale at local trading forum

Halo @uwe, how was your experiment on garment weight leather on this machine? I stumble upon this thread when I search about chainstitch / moss emroidery The latest dug on my father's warehouse, i found 2 of these buried under oil pans and dirt. I mean literally buried, I found it in the position 3/4 of the body buried underneath the ground. The other one looked worse with some parts missing. I think a new paint job is relevant that will go along nicely with the restoration process. Interesting sewing machine, especially if it can do a monogram on light leather, can't wait

If it will do what you want then it is a great bargain for sure, it will sell 4x the price if it comes from sewing machine shop / other specialist shop. But off course if you decide to buy it you are on your own without technical support or guarantee, bartacker machine is pretty tricky for a beginner like me. I had to call in a specialist several times for it to get it right. And a sewing machine mechanic is not cheap indeed

I used the brother tz1 mainly to sew canvas leather bag and lining with 92 nylon thread, it is on the lighter side approx. 20kg head only

It will be useless for leather, bartacker machine will do 1 thing only zig zag ing back and forth on very limited width. If you design leather bag with cotton webbing handle / strap, It will do bartack / reinforcement on it.

Pfaff 138 zig zag width is only 4 mm ish, but i can attest that it is the smoothest sewing machine on my stable so far. I think brother tz1 b652 is one competent zig zag machine to consider too @suzelle and it is also considered small

I feel you @dikman @Chayse I found rebuilding / restoring old sewing machine to be addictive mainly because it is a simple challenge ahead relatively. I used to rebuild and restore vintage motorcycles before, but found it was irrelevant after my son was born and the company transferred me to another city then. Keep it up

I am too in the need of more space, so i am currently trying to build a custom iron stand similar to dikman's picture of a cowboy setup on my friend's metal workshop. I'd like to buy one initially, but no sewing machine store here has them on stock, some of them even barely know about table set up like that Leather sewing machine business in Indonesia a bit slow i think, most of leather shops here are using "minimalist" set up and get "creative" trying to squeeze out more from their simple tools / machinery.

Flip up needles Any video explain how it works? The 515 is still around, just moved it out to the kitchen, giving room for the 527 at the garage

I wish, but i have checked the place high and low, not a glimpse of sign on old treadle stand, i do found old domestic pfaff and butterlfly heads though Sometimes old cast treadle stand (with head) pop up on the local listing site , but recently have no luck on it yet

@dikman Your thread inspires me to hunt down my own treadle iron stand

i ended up had him made a simple reducer set up inspired by uwe's set up i found on this forum it will be finished next week, and i'll try to post some progress later on how slow and the torque

have the 527 cleaned , oiled , and adjusted by my mechanic this morning, some parts need replacement also, namely needle bar (i would like it to do for wider stitch) and hooks. it sow great with no issues on 3 layers of chrome tanned leather about 5mm thick, and 5 layers of 18oz canvas, using 21 needle and 30 nylon thread, it fitted with 550w generic chinese made servo motor with 2' pulley i will try to upload some short / simple video regarding this machine, so that others wont find some misconceptions about 526 / 527 thanks for the help and comments guys , i think i'll keep this one instead of the juki lh-515

@gottaknow Great insight eric @Uwe I closely inspecting the manual and the machine back and forth, i think my friend have sent me the wrong manual portion of the machine in the first place uwe, maybe it was a page from LUH 526 manual? I have downloaded the 527 manual before but never open it until your post My mistake that i didn't crosscheck it with other references before posting here But , why juki even bother built this kind of casting ? I mean with walking feet attachment but never put a walking feet parts in it? @Gregg From Keystone Sewing If its complete, then i'll have my mechanic to try to adjust the machine for a test run gregg There is one particular project that i sketched before that i think will benefit greatly with double needle split needle bar machine, i already have juki lh-515 but i am interested by the confinient on having split needle on turns or switching to one needle with just a push of a button

@gottaknow Please elaborate that "flawed even when brand new" eric, as my knowledge and experience are truly very limited in sewing machine

couple of weeks ago i posted a picture of a certain room in my father's warehouse. 2 sewing machine caught my eyes then, but decided to to go for another machine at the time. I suspect the cylinder bed on the right is Juki LS-341 or such, with some missing feed dogs and hooks, someone modified some sort of attachment on it probably for binding purposes? The machine on the left initially i thought it was a seiko double needle model with some parts missing, but then i found a good-working condition juki lh-515 so i never bother to look at that one. As of this morning i had a break from my sewing lessons and decided to venture to the place again. I pulled out the left one out of that room and surprised, as it was apparently a Juki LH-527 split needle bar double needle walking foot. Compared to the previous juki LH-515 i currently using the LH-527 is far more superior i think in terms of specs and features. But unfortunately this particular 527 had its own demise. I think someone had modified it in purpose to run without the upper alternating feet, so the shaft and the alternating feet and parts connected to it are gone. On current condition i guess it still turn and run freely needle to hook like a normal double needle machine should be? The needle bar feed the material like it should, the back presser foot also working in tandem to the needle bar and feed dog. I've downloaded parts list for LH-527 and was overwhelmed finding too many parts are gone. I've tried to google about it also, and i stumbled on this one ebay seller that (i guess) selling the LH-527 with the same "set - up" like my newfound LH-527. That it was missing its alternating upper feeding feet but stated them to be in good working condition?? http://www.ebay.com/itm/JUKI-LH-527-Industrial-Double-needle-Walking-Foot-Sewing-Machine-/232236366073 what do you guys think? should i go take this restoration project religiously or i just have to let it go and go find another machine to fiddle with? Considering i think it will be a massive task to locate / buy the original missing parts or to machined one from manuals and sewing machine mechanic references all of your opinion will be most appreciated Patria Indonesia

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setting up the seiko lsc 8bv today, currently stand on a used Juki feed off the arm table and generic servo motor also found and setting up this Juki 1388 that will likely adequate to sew lining fabric for bag project i am making a little zigzag sewing machine Brother TZ1 B652, my wife will use for her patchworks cushion / pillow project i think its more like a domestic sewing machine rather than an industrial purposes? both the juki and brother came equipped with small DC motor, but it has enough punching power on leather / fabric we are planning to do

@JimTimber tomorrow i will try to move the gearboxes out for trials and further tinkering, i guess you have a point on the reverse thing, But still interested in those gearboxes to work @gottaknow @dikman my friend say that he has more type of those gearboxes stacked on those piles, maybe we'll find a better one that suit better for sewing machine application, i'll keep looking and trying to figure it out.

This morning i came to my friend's metal workshop, initially i asked him to make me a custom stand for one of my cylinder bed and a metal working table. On the corner i spotted things that would look like an industrial speed reducer they were belong to some gentlemen that came to his shop many years ago tried to built some sort of plastic crunching machine but ended up couldn't pay the bill He said i can have it for free as long as it come to a good use, there are 3:1 and 5:1 ratio Lately i've been thinking for a simple speed reducer pulley setup like on most youtube videos, my seiko lsc 8bv is now equipped with chinese made servo with 2' pulley, it can slow down alright but it lacks some low torque if i want to run really really slow Will this industrial speed reducer be a solution? Have anyone installed this kind of speed reducer to their sewing machine? I snag a picture from the web, because. Its hard to photograph the speed reducer gearboxes in his workshop due to plethora of stacked stuffs

I never consider it my horde. Its my father's , i sort of borrow it until the business is rolling and i can afford newer/better machines Just try to figure how many machines that settle you guys that has been in this hobby i always get a cynical face around here when i tell them i want a onother sewing machine "You collect what?? Sewing machines??"