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Cobra 26-hook not catching top thread
nylonRigging replied to ScrewItUpSteph's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
So .. your question is ? , Why Hook is dropping the # 92 thread on the stitch every time . But when rigged up with #138 thread, the Hook picks up that thread for complete stitch ? . -
don't know what/which zippers you using, coil, metal tooth ? .. they make Locking sliders . .
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Frustrated by Consew 199 - Timing Issues
nylonRigging replied to spotty's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
in the vid. , straight run stitch, You dropping every stitch on the bobbin ? . is your scarf to hook distance to far ? . It should be ' @ minimum 'at least picking up, even if it looks like crap on the backside. So you really off on something if not picking up on the straight stitch . That machine model really closely resembles mine . I wish you were close to me I would help tune it up . -
Frustrated by Consew 199 - Timing Issues
nylonRigging replied to spotty's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
very nice longarm there to say the least, and the bed to head work clearance looks killer also . I won't ask what the gross weight of that head is ?? , as I most likely will never have the privilege to pick one up to sit behind. ...LOL . -
Frustrated by Consew 199 - Timing Issues
nylonRigging replied to spotty's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
I have to re-time my straight/zigzag, Consew 146-RB about every 2 years . it is pain and always eats up several hours of time getting it right, because it something that i never stay current at doing . you have to do trial and error to get it finally 'fine tuned' and run perfect in Strait stitch, and then zigzag,.. and then it has to do it all in reverse stitch also . mine is, turn the zigzag all way to the largest width ( 10mm ) @ needles 'Right' and lowest point . then set the Gib 0.5mm Right of the needle 'L' , ( but ), i find that the 0.5mm stated has some + - adjustment because it not a perfect measurement . then turn needle to ' L ' lowest position, with Hook point 1mm above thread hole . You are also going to find out that all needle manufacture have different sizes of Scarf Lengths . I find that Organ gives the most liberal Scarf length for your Consew to move and 'Adjust timing' to the Needles R & L side for getting your zigzag to factory 'suggested' width . . Organ give the most distance for you Hook to move up/down the Scarf on L and R timing adjustment . . -
What is the Consew 206 of straight stitch machines?
nylonRigging replied to ensitmike's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
even if it is only a bottom feed, every time I jump behind my old swiss. 217 I am reminded of what old school smooth balance and craftsmanship is for a machine . If you ever manage to score on one, they are a keeper. they pop-up I see them around here in my AO, used/clean for sale , but they seem to hold pretty steady asking price anywhere from 800-$ to 1-k . -
What is the Consew 206 of straight stitch machines?
nylonRigging replied to ensitmike's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
( you looking bottom feed ? ) .. It probably has best chance of doing what you are asking . is old Swiss. made Bernina 217 . It the best bottom feed machine ever made, smooth, balanced and superior with it's feed dog design . It one old machine I will never get rid of . . -
PLEASE advise how to boost my business
nylonRigging replied to wang369's topic in Marketing and Advertising
( Tugadude ) said a lot of the reality of selling handcraft . You have to stand-out with a unique niche items that nobody offers, or If your selling something that is already mass produced, you have to make something special about it, to make people want to take the step to your handcraft . I find ' Word Of Mouth ' is still strong . Positive experience using, and positive with people sharing your craft. The world is diluted and impersonal with internet access at touch of a finger, So word of mouth is gold. along with people physically showing other's what you made for them. Make and work a website and push it . Or buy 'vendor access ' on a high traffic website that hold a lot of people of similar interest that need what you sell . take it to street like sales booth 'Saturday market' . take it to a brick mortar retail sales . Instagram good for 'sharing' peoples experience with 'Pictures' of your product, and post pictures of them praising what you sold them using internet/globally . but unless you 'sell' then there is no way for people to 'share ' your name and craft. . -
I was strongly considering to Post a Vid. of my super Fast, bottom feed .. But I don't know if I own enough Gold Bling to come-off as a creditable source of machine knowledge ... .
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Quality spring buckle/ postman slide?
nylonRigging replied to ffjdh's topic in Hardware and Accessories
You can try ( DJ Associates ) i used to by some SS and Nickle hardware from them . https://catalog.dj-associates.com/viewitems/buckles-loops-slides/alligator-clip# -
Can you cut your pads, from Lamb Fleece hide to make your own ? .
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1600-$ price is not on the high side for class-7 set-up . they pop-up around here once in while .I never see them below 1500-$ on a table & motor, and go up to 2500-$ on decent table set-up . Pretty over kill for what you want to do . And what 'constabulary' say's, they take up a lot of room (big table) and they are Big, not the machine Head you can just pick-up and throw around all by yourself . But they are a powerhouse for punching thread cord , I have sewn Para-harness container systems with class-7 and there about the only machine out there that can do the required 8-point stitch on the thick stack of webbing and confluence wrap doing the main lift of the harness . .
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Shyster .....LOL , my grand parents and father Swiss. I guess that explain why you recognize it in German dialect, I use that word my whole life, as my oldman use to use the word all the time for the shady people description . yes i agree it not the host site, it the seller that using the Site to misrepresent items they selling and take advantage of people just for a few dollar profit. I wish the seller was only color blind, but the seller is premeditated in the act, as reason he strips all the ID. mill tags off bottom of cones identifying make/color/size ..etc There not worth wasting energy and time on. I got no time to waste and just throw the Cones on the thread shelves and move-on . It to bad there 'shysters' as I would have bought another 50 cones off them of that factory run if they were legit thread dealer and could snag more of it . They think there making a few dollars and laugh about it, but in reality they are screwing themselves out of sales . The legit dealers always deal straight and pull ahead with there good customer service for the long run . . edit add: . I never thought much about the word till you mentioned it, so I looked it up just a minute ago for it's original origin . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyster -
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Been so long since I bought off Ebay, ' I forget ' the Shyster's that roam around that place ....LOL . Was a real good reminder to stick with your usual distributors . & will make this a quick read . . Was browsing on-line for some more nylon #69 in a specific color/tone few weeks back. Was getting low on 1 color, and could use another 15-20 16oz rolls of it . I really like a good color of light-medium Tan/beaver in tone, as it a real good 'Chameleon' color with stitching certain items . I do have a few 'go-to' dealers I usually buy from ..but , I got a bright idea to just go on-line to do a quick random search anyway . So.., I see and clik-on this one add and it gets directed to Ebay seller . So I look at that picture of the Thread they are selling on the 16oz nylon in light-beaver, and I like the Dye tone of that color he selling in that Pic. So I play it safe . ( I not to stupid..LOL ) ..before blindly buying a large # cones . I log-in and I order just ( 1 ) Roll .. to take a look at, and string-up on a machine and check-out with throwing down a few stitches down . The Color/dye tone is great ! .. and it nice and smooth and tensions great .. I SOooooo Happy ...WuHhoo . So I look at there ebay-Score and it really good, and they been selling there a few years . I message the seller and ask ..." Hey . How many rolls do you have of this particular color I just bought, in 16oz. size 69 nylon Thread " ? They says ..." I only have 14 rolls left ". , and throws me a price that is fair ( 18-$/roll, and free ship ) for taking all remaining rolls in that color . So I pop over payment to seller, Co. ( ThreadXXXXXX ) out of NC. . a week later, I get this 20-Lb. box delivered . I open it up and there are ( 14 ), 16oz rolls of Tan/beaver #69 in there . .... BUT . here's my yearly life lesson in colorblind shyster's .. They are in Different ' color Tones' , different Manufactures, and all Rolls have there manufacture Mill-tag on the bottom removed . With one roll of the 14 actually size #92 that has a grease spot on it . ( in Pic. ) , I stacked the Rolls that did match each other . -- I had to take and save pic. of them to share my forgotten .. Ebay Love .. -
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Plastic for Templates and Cutting Guides
nylonRigging replied to Riemer's topic in How Do I Do That?
What is your 'cutting table' top ? for running blade on for pattern template cutting . I like to use 4'x8' sheets 1/8" polyethylene sheets to cut/make all my permanent pattern templates . stays ridged , easy to cut even tight radius pattern designs . Just throw down on the material on the cutting table with weights on top, and trace, then cut . I buy plastics like abs in 4x8 ft. sheets from commercial warehouse in this area , and I use a nice size stack of 4x8' every years with internal stiff plates in items I sew/sell . For you to save money over a place like retail chain-store sales . Tap plastics (they are expensive) you have to buy from larger supplier . You are going to need at a minimum Acrylic hardness to run a blade around the edge . Sheet metal would be good for big large volume cutting with running a blade . . -
I don't like the way that looks either . It all mounted on a flat backing plate, so you would think it would all be closer to being in-line to each other than that . Can you screw-in or adjust inward the tension disk assembly any more on that flat mount plate ? .
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Your check spring on tension assembly is down to far, and you already are starting out with to much slop . No expert.. edit add : ...BUT . now that I look at your assembly , do you have a back-tab on the check spring assembly . that you need take thread over at the end of the wrap on it. 'before' you route threw check spring ? If you not over and on backside of the tab . then you will start out with way to much slop for your check spring to handle . My old consew single needle model has 'check spring' on tension assembly and not resemble yours . . ( this Pic. ) is old singer . BUT it same as your assembly for example . route behind the tab, before check spring . - .
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i think ? , this model same spec's./as older GA5-1 model . i had a ga5 head a long time back and it sews good, and will throw down solid stitching to about # 277 thread . but I would not use for fashion quality items like belts, it will leave dog tracks on anything that is softer .. It is a good learning machine that is good for rougher side of rigging on leather and nylon .
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How to remove bobbin case from Consew 206RB-2
nylonRigging replied to Teslabolt's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Just on a note about those top and bottom , gear, grease pack covers . There not for just making extended lubrication maintenance . Those covers make for making a 'much quieter' operating sew machine . I was sewing on a cheaper Mitsubishi model that has no helical gear covers packed in grease . that thing is Obnoxiously LOUD .Those grease pack covers dampen out a lot of noise . . -
How to remove bobbin case from Consew 206RB-2
nylonRigging replied to Teslabolt's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Hinged corners heights and front corners . You can pull the rubber corner off . There probably a couple finish Nails or Staple, with the the head just buried below the surface . If it was routed a little to deep or the rubber bumper to low . pull it out and add a spacer under it to add little height 'till satisfied' , nail it back down and bury the the nail heads so the head not banging the head corners . . -
How to remove bobbin case from Consew 206RB-2
nylonRigging replied to Teslabolt's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Can see much with your pic's but ( industry standard ) almost all cutouts same , and you got Felt or Rubber corner tabs (bumpers) in the routed-out corners for riding flush height with table top . I see rubber corners up front there in your Pic. in the cut routing . -
How to remove bobbin case from Consew 206RB-2
nylonRigging replied to Teslabolt's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Yes, ..that be nice to have that drip pan, will be mess all over without . I don't see knee lift linkage there either for presser foot ? you can make some adjustments ( leveling ) to the way you Head height sits with table top cutout, by the felt pads bumpers in the corner cutouts up front . And there is a hole drilled on the table tops for a wood post back there somewhere to stick a post . . -
How to remove bobbin case from Consew 206RB-2
nylonRigging replied to Teslabolt's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Yes.. there suppose to be spring tension on the flip lever . If you talking about a 'backlash' spring inside bobbin cover ? some do and some don't come with . If buy an aftermarket bobbin cover, I see most of them come with a backlash spring . Yes .. my Consew ( manual oil ) , has a ( tin, grease-pack cover ) top and bottom over the gears . I have some machines 'not consew' that don't have grease cans, but my old RB model does have them . You can probably lookup the part# of the grease covers and get a couple . they keep the table drip-pan a lot cleaner with having them , but can do without the grease packs and just lube when you go threw and lube on your regular maintain cycle . I just pack the tin covers with that juki grease in a tube, or just Vasoline/petroleum jelly good also, as you not running a high speed sweatshop . . -
How to remove bobbin case from Consew 206RB-2
nylonRigging replied to Teslabolt's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
those model bobbin cases are mass produced and plentiful . just grab one off amzon or ebay -10-$ . edit add : . . as long as your needle is ( Up ) and not sticking down into the bobbin assembly , your bobbin case should just pop in/out without a problem . takes quite a bit of force pulling on the lever to snap it off . Any idea why you had to pull so hard and the bobbin case would not slide out ? - https://youtu.be/SndtAjJ-pww?t=75 - -
I have never used one without drilling and tapping somewhere . Drilling and thread tapping a machine bed is really easy, and even 12 year old Chinese girl working in sweatshop for a bowl of rice and pack of Marlboro's with a R-angle drill and t-handle Tap does it fast and right . I doubt you find any sold retail that are mass produced to match holes on the bed of that machine . You will end-up drilling and tapping for a binder where ever you choose, just for the fact of getting the binder hardware in proper positioning to feed correctly . Most I see, all the usual generic straight and 90 deg. binding attachment sold have mounting base on the R-side of the feed and throat anyway for mounting. For mounting Seam binder to that machine, the most preferred/desirable position is on R-side on that slide plate . and also you can simply just slide that binder off when not needed to change to another attachment, or remove binder by just sliding it off, and put another plain flat slide-plate on and keep bed clean to sew like usual . . Side-Plate mount that seam bind attachment . Front mounting any attachment items is best done with a front slide-plate. most of the old singers 112/211 211/212 and the current copies have the front slide-plates . ( Here are couple quick pic's ) old singer/new juki, as this about the usual average everyday working binder for seam bind . Also is example of the common ( front slide-plate ) that is used to mount different attachments . - -