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Thanks drmca when bob mentions tension spring, is that referring to the spring on the take up lever?

Hey Bob, I am going around 5pm this evening to take a look at these machines and other items in this leather shop liquidation sale. how does one know if the shuttle is good? And tension spring? What do I look for/at ?? I’ve been into leather working for a few years now but I’m just to the point that hand sewing big projects is for the birds and now am getting into machines. I literally know very little about sewing machines but I do a lot of mechanical work, and without tooting my own horn I am great at taking things apart and repairing them I just need to know what worn parts to look for? also the leather shop liquidation sale is due to a local fella passing away about a month ago. So the equipment has been in a heated shop and used frequently up until about 4 months ago. Although they may be a bit dusty , there’s hardly any corrosion thanks dave

I’m going to look at these machines this evening, I know not a thing about them other than I love old iron and want them haha

Thanks for the input, honestly I don’t know what they’re worth but I may buy both the 97-10 and the landis

Hello all, I have come across a singer 97–10 for sale locally in a shop sell off. The machine looks like it is in pretty decent shape. I have seen a lot of topics on issues finding needles and such for this machine back in the early 2000’s but my question is has any of that changed since then? Are parts available for these any more than they were then. It seems extremely heavy duty and the shop made saddles and tack and that’s something I’d like to try my hand at. The machine comes with bobbins, needles, different presser feet, spare parts, and a couple manual/ parts books. any input is greatly appreciated on this old beast of a machine. thanks, dave

I have for sale a Taurus JK2628 cylinder arm walking foot sewing machine. I just purchased it recently and had Ryan neel at neels saddlery and harness repair, clean, lubricate, adjust and fine tune this machine the day I bought it. It is a great machine setup currently with #22 needles and 138 white thread and sews veg tan leather approx three layers of 4-6oz with ease but it is not the correct machine suited for my needs and rather than throw several hundreds of dollars at it in mods and parts I’m just going to part with it and re-coop my loses and buy the machine I want/need. The machine comes with needles, thread, plenty of bobbins, tools, paperwork,manuals, receipts. I am located in alliance, oh and the machine is currently set up in my heated pole building I use as my hobby shop. You are more than welcome to use my scrap pieces and try it out before purchasing. I can also deliver the machine within a reasonable distance. PM me for more information and phone # or email the price is $1300 obo thanks, Dave

Wiz thanks for the link. I live here in ohio, so for me Toledo is only a few hours away. I may have to make the drive over and check it out

Knowledge is key! sometimes it’s free and sometimes an education is expensive haha. being able to hang out at Ryan Neels shop for a few hours while he worked on my machine. I was able to stand over his shoulder and learn a lot and I am so thankful for that!!! dikman if my ol’lady wasn't on my hind-end all the time I’d have 4 or 5 machines that I’ve had my eyes on hahah

Kgg thank you for the YouTube link that helps greatly! much appreciated!

Hey Wiz will a 3:1 get me down to a slow crawl? With my skill level, the slower the better! Also is there any brand of speed reducers i should go with? And wiz you are correct I am kicking myself in the hind-end for not waiting. I think for now I am going to get a 3:1 speed reducer set up and live with it. It sews and feeds great right with the binding set up, although it’s not ideal I will live with it til I save up enough pennies to get a correct machine. Ryan had some cowboy machines in his shop and boy are they sweet! When the time comes I will try and sell the Taurus and get some cheddar back. Hopefully I can come close to breaking even on it…. And whoever made the same mistake as I did I must say I feel your pain! I’ve learned an expensive lesson on patience

Hey Wiz will a 3:1 get me down to a slow crawl? With my skill level, the slower the better! Also is there any brand of speed reducers i should go with?

So when I got home I had to try it out. I was able to get 2 layers of 8-10oz veg-tan under the foot with little room to go. Loaded up some 138 and it went right thru like butter no problem at all. That is as thick as I need to go for the projects I do currently. Although I am having trouble with the speed of the machine, the paper I got with it for the Servo motor says it 1000-3800rpm and the readout says 10 so I’m assuming it’s x100. Very slight pressure on the pedal and it takes off like a roadrunner! I don’t know if I need a servo with slower settings or a gear reducer?

Hello all sorry for the delayed response here’s what I got out of today….so I seen what seemed like a decent on the local Craigslist. I myself have wanted a cylinder are sewing machine for about the last 18months or so. Anyways I seen it and jumped on it because of the price. I’m embarrassed to say but after all the research I’ve done online from cobra to cowboy, and juki to consew/techsew/ and beyond I never really looked at the online photos in detail I just read the specs on them and what all was included. So like a dummy I bought a binding machine and didn’t know it. The seller was a young lady who claims to be a bag making apprentice and has multiple machines and didn’t need this machine because it sewed too heavy for the materials she worked with. She assured me it was in storage for a few years with hardly any use.she said it was a juki 341 clone. So I get home with my new to me machine. Take some pics and post on here trying to get help on what exactly it is a clone of. I needed thread and needles so I started poking around online and I find neels saddlery shop somewhat local to me. Called up Ryan talked about my situation, he tells me bring it in right away and he will help me not only with what I have but give me a quick teaching session! So I load the head up in my work van and head over. So right away Ryan takes it apart, inspects it, cleans it and find a load of issues! The needle bar and bobbin hook/case are both out of time making the needle make contact with the hook. He custom made a bobbin hook and basket out of pieces from mine and a new one. Got it fixed and back in time, fine tuned and sewing well. So it matches up with an Atlas AT2628 so I’m going to look for conversion parts. Dikman how does the feed dog work on the conversion? As it was drives it? The binding machine I bought today has the vibrating plate and my feed dog just slides front to back, so i guess what i am asking is how do I get the feed dog to do the up/down circular motion? And please by all means guys feel free to correct me on my lingo, anybody want to give me an education i am all ears. Just a young guy trying to learn an old trade. I can’t thank you guys and Ryan an mike over at Neels saddlery enough! thanks guys!

Here are some up close pics of the feed dog

Thanks wizcrafts greatly appreciate your knowledge. I have been hand sewing for the past 2 years as a hobby and this would be my first machine purchase. I’m going later today to look in person. If the leather doesn’t feed properly when tested, what can I do or need to get to make it feed veg-tan properly? also wiz do you have any idea what the thread size capabilities or needle size range would be for this machine? thanks

https://cleveland.craigslist.org/hvo/d/euclid-industrial-walking-foot-post/7401847376.html

Hello all, anyone out there familiar with the Taurus brand sewing machines??? It’s a model jk2628 . I am told it’s a clone of the juki ls-341. I have searched the interweb near and far and I can’t seem to find hardly anything about Taurus brand machines. any knowledge would be greatly appreciated thanks