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I roughed in the plumbing for the Travis county Correctional Complex New Kitchen. We were working over time. When we decided to knock off for the day, we found they had locked the construction gate. So we started looking for a way to get out. We found a hole in the fence, slipped threw it and walked down the road to the guard shack. We told the Guard he needed to unlock the gate so we could get the Truck out. He looked at as with a puzzled expression. Then asked, If you were locked inside how did not get out? I pointed down the fence line and said. through that big hole in the fence. LOL ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. He got on the radio and guards started coming from every where. No one had escaped but they were embarrassed as hell about a big hole in the fence.

When and if you remove the cam shaft on these machines. Turn the handle so the wood handle is at top dead center then where the cams are located on the shaft, use a sharpie to mark the position of the cams in relation to top dead center now every thing is marked. reassembly will be a breeze

Horay!! machine showed during a tornado warning with lots of rain. I gotta get me one of those UPS foul weather hats. I unpackaged the machine, then checked ro see if it actually works. It does next, I removed the cam shaft. I will go to town and find another shaft or have one turned I need one that is longer and will fit inside of the old 12'' cast iron tredel pulley

Beautiful restoration, Your wood working is top notch

Interesting. . Thanks for the history of your area. i worked on the Super max in Florence Colorado. also worked on 6 other prisons. Tried to work on them all. The law is. If you worked on it, they can not send you to it. LOL

I have a vintage hand wood plane . After spending an hour with the stones on the blade. It works fantastic you have actual control over the depth you skive. so your piece comes out even

Mine has a motor off of a Brother Sewing machine. I find myself hand turning more than using the motor Mine sews like yours, up to 5oz. That is the reason for this build. I want to be able to sew double 8 or 9oz leather for holsters or rifle scabbards. Right now I am limited as to what I can do.

a singer 66 is a vintage [1924] sewing machine I have that will sew leather. And the other means of sewing leather is 2 needles for a saddle stitch. one of my favorite songs .

Today UPs decided to redirect the package to Florida. I guess it needed a vacation. NEW tracking info says monday the 16th. Don't you just love the shipping system? decided to go ahead and work on the pedal for the motor while waiting. this is just a mock up. I will mock up the whole build before taking it apart and then painting. Using a foot pedal form a old Singer 66 tredel chains and a spring Excuse the trash on the floor. The cat beat up a roll of paper towels

lol. good point

i do not know. it is being shipped. should be here to day or tomorrow i will know specifics after i get my grimy paws on it

How to measure for a belt remove old belt run a string around the pulleys mark the string where the 2 ends meet measure the string. that is the length you need

The cause of the noise is obvious the belt is to short.. machine is in a 9 line bind on a downward pull if you keep running the machine the shaft bearings ARE going to wear out then you will need another motor

The motor has a variable speed knob and a lever to hook up foot pedal up to I am going to slow it down further using a set of pulleys. In order to keep the torque constant at low rpm I want enough torque to go through 3 pieces of 9oz veg tan at 1 stitch every 3 seconds for control purposes

to day is a waiting on amazon day. so i drug the old shooting bench out of the yard. cut the seat off cleaned it up, added another layer of cdx on top of the plywood gave it 2 polyurethane coats

yes sir, same thing different color click the name ''uttiny'' in my 1st post you can also click the word ''enduro'' to see the motor

I am in the process of building a patcher motorized machine. And what do I find at a local upholstery shop after I moved a box? I find this little Jewel, sitting on it;s original table with cast iron legs and treadle intact

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.RockyAussie work is top shelf. I personally really like the 2 strap method. It shows the skill and knowledge of the maker. A simple single strap is what they teach to beginners.

Great Idea fred I have a project for you to experiment with. on a sheet of wax paper, pour out a tablespoon baking soda. add to it, 5 or 8 drops of super glue see if you might like that for making a stamp OPPS..I forgot, open a window,wear safety glasses, steel toe boots, tie the ladder off, have a fire extinguisher handy. call before you dig, ETC ETC

Northmount Thank you, that was most kind of you

Very interesting reading the different methods others on this extension I would cut and skive the middle of the belt. glue and sew in the extension cut a strip to overlay the whole length . glue/sew the strip to the belt. i would not over lay the backside of the belt

This is my Chinese shoe patcher build thread. I t will be an ongoing thread till the machine is built, then I will post a youtube of it running my intent. build motor driven patcher.. Fix all the bugs that are supposedly wrong with the machine I have ordered the sewing machine. It will be here this week, So the amazonians claim. it is a Uttiny machine the cost is $109.99. It was a gift from a friend The motor is a Enduro. The cost $114.50. I traded some silver I had for the motor The motor arrived yesterday. I removed the 3'' pulley I machined a 1 1/2'' pulley to fit the shaft.

I had the same problem. then I figured out what i was doing wrong does this help?