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Well, here it is on Alibaba. I've never bought anything big from them: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/typical-tw3-341-heavydutysewing-machine-cylinder_1600595645634.html And here's a video that shows a clutch motor, Most will want a servo:

Easy peasy. Nice work.

When the Girl Scouts happen by to get some ideas for their next project, we don't need them blundering in to posts like the one in question. Just because worse is available elsewhere, doesn't mean they need a dose of it here while looking for key chain patterns. Even if that forum didn't appear in the All Activity or New Post streams, a person would then have to go looking for it. Maybe an "opt in" the first time a user accessed it. Verifying a users age is highly impractical for most cases.

I'd agree that neither of those machines seems ideal. Several members here have purchased machines from overseas (to their country). I wonder if that would be an option for you? I've never imported anything large and expensive, so I don't know.

I believe @Johanna can make that forum invisible to you.

How's that for a longshot? The machine is actually a Singer 22W156, made by Singer after they bought W&W. Anyway, here's a pic. Might have to fabricate something.

Since I'm over working on it ... The last patent date is 1897 and I do think it's a W&W holdover.

I'm rehabbing a 22W156. I could use a manual, if someone has one. Don't need a parts list, I have several of them.

BossLady stopped the flood and I think the bulk of the spam messages are gone. Many hundreds of them! Feel free to report anything you see so we can smite them down.

@NGC Moved this to the Marketplace. Please see the rules listed here: https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/71-items-for-sale/ and add the required info for the Boss (Pic, Price, Shipping Info, Location). The odds and ends will need to be listed in the appropriate catagory. Thanks

It doesn't seem to be hanging up, really. Just a bit noisy. It's a "clone" of the Juki but with longer stitch lengths, if I recall correctly. Obviously it's not an exact clone, if it has longer stitch lengths. I wonder what they modified to get the longer lengths and if the noise is the price you pay for it? Really, how often are you going to reverse stitch at maximum stitch length? And probably only 2 or 3 stitches just to backtack.

Hey, @Gem Gypsy, let's split this out into a new topic. It's a great question.

Welcome aboard. The following thread will give you the information you need to ask good questions. For starters, when you say "holsters", you need a walking foot industrial with compound (unison) feed capable of sewing V277 and up. You can go to this page, look on the right hand side, and everything from CB2500 down to Cowboy Outlaw would work, just as a starting point: https://tolindsewmach.com/cowboy.html Since you said "not breaking the bank", once you have an idea of what you're going to want, start watching the used sewing machine listings. Along with the rest of us ...

Adding a message is your only option for that and is the accepted method around these parts.

The edit window only lasts a short time. Go ahead and list it in a reply. Someone will probably add it back to the original post so it's there, too. Thanks

@Phil Royce I moved you to the Marketplace. We also require location, shipping info and a picture for machinery. Rules are linked here, FYI: https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/71-items-for-sale/ .. Thanks

Bolt it to the bench it's sitting on, bolt a motor to the bench and run it. If it'll run down to V92 without issue (the size of the slot in the needle plate might be way too big and cause whatever your sewing to get sucked in), use it until it sells. You probably don't need all 3 feet of cylinder arm dangling free.

I don't know, this says it'll sew down to V92. You might make those cushions after all. https://sunnysewingcenter.com/index.php/product/highlead-ga2688-l-long-arm-cylinder-bed-walking-foot-sewing-machine/

I do think you'll struggle getting it to sew thread light enough for cushions. Look the a thread called something like "dumbing down a cowboy 4500". It'll probably sew a fender on your car just like it is.

Well, I love it. Be sure to pack a lunch when you hike down to reverse it for your backstitch.

I think Pastor Bob is right, you could lower the top and get rid of it. You're so close on the tail feathers that you wouldn't lose proportion. Or a border on the top. Impressive piece. EDIT: I think that piece is meant to fill the yoke area of a denim jacket. Looks like a border or a do over. ..

Thank you! Now, that brown ... there's a "Bison Brown" from Tandy that might be closer. The biggest problem is who knows if the pic on your monitor is going to resemble in person samples. Here's a color chart for Angelus dyes:

@Timothy Lindblom You probably should convert those pics to jpg or png or something more common. They don't display for me and probably a bunch more folks.

Yep, then the thread would be behind that finger pointing upwards at 11:00. When everything is working right, you'd pull the thread around the disk and them pull it up until it snaps behind the finger. Most threading videos for machines with an exposed tension unit will demonstrate it. On the other side, where the thread enters the tension unit, it ought to be straighter and more taut, but it may just be loosely strung around there in the pic. Making headway. EDIT: Right at about 2 minutes of this video, Randy Your Sewing Machine Man demonstrates it nicely:

I can get you started. See that round spring pointing straight up on your tension unit? Right at the 12:00 position? It should probably be at about 10:00, straddling the thread. There's some other odd stuff there I won't comment on, but the check spring gets you started. Edit: I think I see a set screw on the side at 5:00. Should be that if you loosen it, you can rotate the check spring into position.