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Thanks guys! I actually bought 3 of these machines. Two were manual with tables and one was in a box with an electric motor. All looked very good. I'll probably try and service them all. Keep two and sell one ahead. I reckon with the age it's better to have some spare parts. I'm wondering if anyone has some idea or some pointers on how to service them on your own. Also, is it possible to change the motor to a slow speed home sewing motor that could be suitable for light leather work. Which motor would that be? Thanks.

Hello All, I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about this machine? I found it in a second hand shop near me for sale for only $25. They have 2 of these. Can it do light projects like leather wallets? Thanks Vimal.

Hello, I wish to be able to sew leather wallets, leather and canvas bags, and leather belts. In the future, I'll also want to do binding to the bags and make leather gloves. I currently own a Cowboy CB3200 which I want to set up for thread 138 which I guess should be possible without "dumbing" down the machine. This should take care of my belt needs. I'm torn between a flatbed or a lightweight cylinder arm machine that'll do threads 69-138 comfortably. I've narrowed it down to the following machines. All clones. 1. Pfaff 335 clone (https://www.olimasz.pl/en_GB/p/Cylindrical-binder-lockstitch-machine-OLISEW-OL-335A-with-compound-transport/649) It'll do light weight leather, canvas and comes with binder. I was told converting from binder to normal compound feed is easier on this machine. I'll buy the parts to convert to normal machine without binder. This is the cheapest option which I like. Question 1: will it be possible to sew wallets with 3 layers of 4 Oz leather with the machine set for binding? Or it will be needed to be set up as a normal machine without binder? Question 2: will it be possible to sew canvas bags with machine set for binding? Or will it be needed to be set up as a normal machine without binder? 2. Juki 1541s (https://www.olimasz.pl/en_GB/p/Lockstitch-machine-OLISEW-OL-1541-with-compound-transport/648) More comfortable to sew wallets and canvas bags (Flatbed). Can do threads 69 to 138. I've seen cheaper binders for this machine too. 3. Juki 1508 (https://www.olimasz.pl/en_GB/p/Lockstitch-machine-OLISEW-OL-1510N-with-single-needle-and-compound-transport/632) I see most professional small leather businesses that I follow use this flat bed machine. May be a better machine than the 1541 and not a huge price difference to the 1541 clone. 4. Juki 1342 (https://www.olimasz.pl/en_GB/p/Cylindrical-lockstitch-machine-OLISEW-OL-1342-with-compound-transport/676? Question: Is this machine a cylinder arm equivalent of the Juki 1508 flat bed in terms of sewing capabilities and engineering? A bit more expensive but I can manage. Is it a best option to get this and make a flat bed attachment for it? This could be a do it all machine and I could sell my cowboy cb3200. Only thing it'll not be able to do binding. But I can live without it and make design changes to my products. Am I thinking right? Is it best to go with Pfaff 335, get a flat bed attachment and then I get all I need in combination with my CB3200. Or go with a dedicated flatbed. Or get the 1342, build a flatbed and sell the CB3200. Thanks in advance for your opinions.

Frank mentioned the jerky motion of leather is because the needle is too small for the thread. It is true I'm running one size smaller as I don't like the big holes :-). So the lockstitch is getting stuck in the tiny hole until the thread is pulled again. Hope that helps.

All right guys I managed to fix it. Had to speak with Frank Brunnet from whom I had purchased the machine. Please see the video on what to do. And in the end I say you need to move. Basically you loosen the screws. Keep your Allen key in one screw, turn the hand wheel 2 minutes (super tiny angle like 2 minutes on a clock) then tighten and check if the front and back stitch goes in the same hole. If not, keep adjusting it in both directions. I didn't have to do much. Thank you Wizcrafts for the alignment of the needle, feed dog and presser foot instruction. That's what Frank was getting to as well.

The inside foot touches slightly before the needle touches the feed dog level. Is that correct or does the inside foot and needle has to touch the feed dog level at the same time? And then the feed dog goes back. Sorry for asking so many questions. As I don't know what is reference point of perfect movements. Could anyone be so kind and record their feed dog, inside foot and needle movement in relation to each other on the CB3200? Thanks a lot! It has always jerked a little. Don't know if it is right but it is definitely not new.

Hi Wizcrafts, I'm wondering if what you asked me to try is actually working fine. You see in the 3rd video above, the needle and inside foot meets the feed dog at its highest position. Then it starts to move back. Am I misunderstanding?

Is it here somewhere I should adjust something?

Oh forgot to mention that the machine is doing 1.5 stitches in reverse as compared to two stitches. I have tightened the presser foot. Here is the picture of what I was trying to sew. You can see at the 2 and row from the back where the leather folds, the machine struggled and kept stitching in the same hole. Does this give any pointers?

Here is the video of how I'm trying to do it. I tightened the presser foot tension to at least 3 turns. And here is with the bobbin cover off. And here is the movement of the feed dog, presser foot and inner foot in relation to each other and the bobbin. Appreciate your help very much. Thank you. Mano.

Would it randomly miss or consistently miss? On my machine it is consistently doing reverse at twice the length of the forward stitch

Thank you wizcraft for replying. Do you mean the opening on the back of the machine? I am a little lost. Do you mean the bolt on this thick metal bar or is it inside the opening somewhere?

I also read up on one topic that inside foot and the feed dog should meet each other just when the needle is going down on the feed dog. I see that is not the case on my machine. Is this something that is the problem? The image attached is exactly at the point where the feed dog meets the inner foot.

Hello All, I've been reading through a lot of the posts on this forum and it is so informative. Thank you all! It is very helpful to a super newbie like me. I'm writing as I just started to get an issue with the front and back stitch being misaligned. As in they don't go in the same hole. It worked fine u til yesterday when I tried to stitch on the fold of a folded belt. I think it might have screwed up something at that point. Now everytime I back stitch, the backstitch goes 2 stitches back i.e. 1 back stitch = 2 forward stitches. Please see the image attached. Any idea what went out of alignment or how to fix this? Any help is super appreciated! Thank you.