Damas

I'll do that today, sorry

To All, thank you so much for your help. I asked a manual from Hightex EU and they sent me the attached leaflet (CB7243 is the other name of CB243)... Also, I took pictures and made videos of my machine, I hope it will cover all the pics you asked for, but in case not, I will take some more ! In order to ease overview of the machine, I did an album : Here is the local album link 7243.pdf

I'll do that tomorrow, the day is over on this side of the Atlantic and I am no longer at the workshop

@AlZilla It's in the post below the one you mention that I am wondering if it's bent or not (post is still visible on previous page). I cheched it and can not decide if it's bent or not... It's hard to tell when you have nothing to compare to so I ordered a new one but won't get it before two weeks Meanwhile, I put a 230/26 needle in the machine (I normally use 160/23), as asked in engineer's manual and needle was rubbing on the shuttle point so I set "needle to shuttle clearance" accordingly, it's not rubbing anymore I am now trying to set up "needle to shuttle driver clearance" but I am confused trying to understand what I have to look at. Is it the part of the shuttle circled in red in my pic ?

Actually I just noticed feed dog seems to be bent on that pic... Maybe it is and I should buy a new one before trying any other ajustement !

@friquant thank you so much ! I had a different version of the manual that did not show this adjustment @AlZilla true, I confirm and cheked. I added a picture with needle plate in position showing that issue clearly comes from feed dog placement

Yes, that's the point. I need either to move needle bar or feed dog, depending on what is ajustable on this machine to have everything in line I just don't know how to do that. This is why I came here and asked

Hello CowboyBob, thank you very much for this documentation. The needle to shuttle clearance seems fine, I believe the needle to hit the feed dog, as I can clearly see impact marks on the feed dog and also if you check on picture you can see that needle is too much on the left when going through feed dog hole Also, mine being a flat bed version, so I believe adjustments will involve parts that might differ

Hello, I bought a second hand HighTex CB243 which I believe is a Juki TNU-243 clone. The machine stiches great, timing seems OK but I keep braking needles again and again... At a point where I am reluctant to use the machine It looks like either feed dog, either needle bar is off and I believe this to be the origin of my braking needle issue... I looked into TNU-243 service manual because machine did not come with any manual and it does not show how to move from left to right the feed dog or the needle bar.

Hi, in case you don’t find help here and you are on Facebook, there is a dedicated FB group for pearson’s owners I am pretty sure there is a bunch or NZ people on this group

That won't solve your issue but here in France, we are doing backstitch by hand on expensive leather bags/items sewn with machines

@Patrick1 I do totally understand !

Thank you @TomE ! Unfortunately they don't do plates for CB3200, only foot sets

Thanks @dikman ! I took a look and they don't seem to offer shipping to Europe/France... I'll ask them

@RockyAussie I sent you a PM, I would love to get a narrow needle plate + feed dog too for my CB3200 !

I had the very same problem with my Hightex CB3200 recently. It came from the thread... It was making pigtails when unspooling and when the pigtail arrived in upper tension, the thread was popping out... Try with a different thread and see if that was your issue

This place is amazing ! Thank you all for your answers ans precious détails ! @Cumberland Highpower I do love drop down guides but as said by @CowboyBob hard to find a spot on the cb3200 to place one... And I agree with you, it would have been so great to have that possibility I will buy the outlaw guide, it's available here in France at a fair price : https://www.decocuir.com/products/guide-pour-machine-a-coudre-cowboy-outlaw

Hi, being in France it's not easy to find parts and accessories for my CB3200. Does anyone here can tell me if the cowboy outlaw heavy duty roller guide will fit my cb3200 ? It's this guide https://www.buckleguy.com/heavy-duty-sewing-guide-for-bg-cowboy-outlaw-hand-operated-sewing-machine/?srsltid=AfmBOoonU5cm1FmPj1-4sV5qAnFb-FzI4iHyXL9UsjM42GdepeDWoSZ0

I have the same Fortuna splitter. That’s the way I do with mine to remove the main belt Regarding pulleys and grinding stones issue do you have pictures ? Different systems exist on same model /type

This would be great ! I send you a pm with my email address

So true !

I have the CB3200. It's definitively not a hobbyist or semi-domestic machine. It's sturdy, solid and perfectly finished. No plastic nor alu. And it's very big and heavy. All is smooth in the mecanism. I bought mine second hand from a hobbyist who hardly used it because he was scared of it, too big he said It's main limitation to my opinion is it's capacity under the foot, no more than 15mm which is easy to reach when working with veg tan for instance 8 hours a day is just huge, by "profesionnal manufacturer" I understand factory, industrial working process. Many professionals here, are just craftworkers, they are not 8 hours a day on the sewing machine That said, between a CB3200 and a CB4500 or even a CB3500 I would have chosen bigger. Buying second hand, I did not have that choice

I did the conversion this morning. I had to lower the needle bar of 6mm so from 23,5mm clearance to 17,5mm (from base of needle bar to top of feed dog) Prior to this, I set the stitch length to 0 and position the machine to BDC as recommended by @Wizcrafts It's the only change I made I did tests using three layers of veg tan leather, total thickness being 12mm. It's not the max cb3200 can take (specs say 15mm) but it's my usual max I used terko satin thread (Coats), tkt 025-tex 105 on the top and bottom I tried 120, 140 and 180 sizes and it was perfect ! I'll give it a try in real working conditions for the next few weeks and report here