KennethM

I seen that..Just so far from me.I live in the woods

Hello fellow leather workers!Black Friday is around the corner.Is there any website that does black Friday or cyber Monday deals for leather?

Techsew emailes me with instruction on how to adjust the feet height.Got them a bit more balanced. https://www.dropbox.com/s/he8voh7ihpvzzgn/1112181653.mp4?dl=0

I emailed them the vid this morning like they requested bur haven't heard anythinf back..thank you for the help brother.

To update everyone techsew graciously sent me a speed reducer with belts free of charge. Now I am trying to figure out why my middle pressure foot doesn't walk properly.Here's a vid explaining what I mean https://www.dropbox.com/s/619lpq7g6twey11/1112180945.mp4?dl=0

lol that's a long lunch break!

For sure..very frustrating..I emailed them the vid.We will see what happens If its a known issue ,why not engineer it better?

Here's a vid I made showing what I'm talking about. https://www.dropbox.com/s/s6c26rhig7qm5qj/1026181016.mp4?dl=0

I have not thought about that.Remove the feet?you mean the pressure feet?I fixed them sticking. I got my speed reducer in today so I will remove the belt and do some test and see what happens brother.Busy day today My son turns 14!

Tthanks for the instruction manual.As far as the motor starting at the 300rpm realm for you that's cool.Do me at 300rpm(not sewing anything ) I can hear the motor reving up however the belt doesn't move..Like I said the needle doesn't move untill maybe 600 Rpms(guessing since the sticker is on wrong) ..At anything lower then that you can hear the motor but nothing happens. Thanks

I am about to go through this check list and check all these things brother. You know what I just noticed..I think the put the rpm sticker on wrong..I never looked under here with a flashlight untill now...The speed Bob is in the first speed setting on 660 but I never noticed that to the left of it says 350 Rpms..maybe they put the sticker on all jacked up. Question.If my theory on the sticker is true then the motor is fine.So what I thought was 900+Rpms might be more like in the 600s..however in this low speed setting if I am sewing 4oz veg tan with a diamond point needle should the needle get stuck?At this speed with this leather and needle,after a few stitches the needle just gets stuck.

Thank you for the advice brother.I fooled around with the pressure feet alignment,so far so good!

Thank you brother.Ill have to take a look at this! No sir,I dont have the proper equipment

Well I did call them about the motor.I was told it may just need more juice to operate...lame answers if you were to ask me.

It does look slightly mis aligned .It seems to have a small gap around the inside foot..I can fit thread in between the two.Maybe when it lifts up tho its rubbing and I canr see it. I will tighten up the foot pressure and let you know how it goes.

Hello every one.I am new to industrail sewing machines.I purchased a techsew1460 due to it being on sale.So far I'm kinda happy with the purchase.I need help understanding it a bit more. So I swapped the stock pressure feet out for smooth one.Now to pressure feet seem to stick in the up position a bit more.Then when I go to hand crack it,they slam down. ---I also messed with the presure feet tension,to find the sweet spot for wallets. -------Do you think my pressure foot tension is to lose so they feet Are sticking? ---Could it be needing to be oiled? Also could use some help balancing the tension.. I have the top thread looking decent(to me) however the bottom thread I still see knots.From my understanding that means the top tension is to lose right? Open to all and welcome all advice So far there is a few things about techsew I'm not happy with.The servo motor loest rpm setting is 660rpms..However the motor doesn't work untill about 900+Rpms..that is not while sewing ,that is just trying to operate the motor. The instruction manual just sucks,it out right sucks. There is no maintenance instructions.For a novice like me it leave a lot of unanswered questions. Thank you all.

Thats amazing..I need to find me a pattern and give it a go

I bought a techsew 1460 and it came in a few days ago.I am a complete sewing machine movie,the greenish of the green.I managed to do a few practice stitches on scrap.I have questions but I think they would be to confusing to try and type out.So I was woundering if anyone had any just basic guides on walking foot compound feed machines?Techsew doesn't have many vids on YouTube or resources on their website

Thanks for the information.. @mikescNot doing this for a living yet(never said I was for the people that assumed) however I wanted to double check .Done construction for many years,i wanted to see the measurements for leather was no different then measuring jobs for a carpenter. Thank you everyone for the information.

Say I make a minimalist wallet..how do I go about tallying up the square footage of leather used to determine the price of the leather used.

How's everyone doing on this lovely Thursday? I understand the standard formula to get your wholesale price.Here my question How do I measure my leather to determine how mich square footage was used to determine my price for leather supplies?.. Thank you for your time.

Thanks you brother!I went on threadexchange and got some 135x16 leather needles !

thank you for the input brother!So 135x7 are dull points and will NOT work well for leather?oops lol i bought some of those in #21 from techsew when i bought the machine

thank you ,yes sir i meant techsew didn't realize it autocorrected! I will check the list thank you

so i bought a techies 1460 and still waiting for it to be delivered.I want to order some #69 threads know i need a #18 needle but my question is are needles universal?I am having a hard time figuring out if the needles i see on amazon are compatible