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Oh, yeah, I remember this from the stitching question. Very nice. I thought that belt loop was odd but didn't make the connection. No, I've been spending my time tearing servo motors apart. We're also on the tail end of a heat wave and no a/c in my craft room. I definitely need to pick a gun and get on this. Maybe my PK380 would be a good candidate.

Man, you have you a massive amount of work into this. The challenge is that we normally want prices but this is kind a different situation. Let's tag the BossLady in here and see what she thinks, I'm sure it's happened before. @Johanna?

Here's a manual that says the foot rises 3/8" of an inch, so less then that: https://leatherworker.net/forum/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=149218

You should look at some of this guys posts. He's an experienced leather crafter who has recently done some projects with minimal tools. I don't know that he's created a list but I think a person could extrapolate a list from his projects. Click on his user name to get to his profile page from which you can see his posts. I'm no good at making lists like this. EDIT: here's the post I was looking for. He basically started from scratch:

@Aiden3416, you need to review the Marketplace Rules https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/71-items-for-sale/#elForumRules And bring this ad into compliance quickly, please. We need pics, location, a price, condition, shipping info and whatever else is applicable. I can't even tell if you have 1 machine or a hundred.

Where is that "Like" button? Thinking about it, a person could do this on any machine they work on regularly, just set an easily seen mark on the bed of the machine. Thank you for that.

I'm afraid you know as much as I do about it. The hardware store probably has a variety of products available. I definitely like the way he used his skiving knife for precise cuts.

For some reason today I watched this bag making video. Maybe these are common practices. I thought it was interesting that he made several subassemblies with double sided tape and glue before he got near any sewing. I'll be looking to incorporate this into my own process. It just never occurred to me, though I suppose I've seen it in a smaller scale. Also the way he edge guides as much as he can. I just haven't embraced the edge guide that much.

Personally, I haven't a clue. Just go to the top and click "Activity", scroll through everything.

Pictures, front and back, are definitely needed. Some of that old gun leather can be worth a few bucks, more often under $40. @Rednichols hasn't been here in quite a while, but maybe this tag will send him an email and he'll chime in. Need to get pics up soon! If Red happens by, he'll know exactly what you have.

I still need to get pictures posted but I can report SUCCESS repairing this motor! I replaced both bearings and it sounds fine now. Very easy job with a small gear/bearing puller. The bearings seat against a stop on the shaft, so zero worry about getting them back in position. I'll say that getting the case back together correctly takes patience and a gentle touch. Each end is very tightly fitted to the case. It takes very gentle tapping to get them seated all the way and then slowly tightening the 4 screws on each end in a repeated cross pattern. I believe that part of my original noise was from the case being misaligned due to the beating it took in transit. I wouldn't hesitate to do this job again.

I think some closer up pictures of that machine would be interesting. The text on the first pic didn't turn out well, but I think if you blow it up, there may be a walking foot back there

Since we're talking about stitching, I wonder why a few random stitches on the lower part of the loop have bottom thread peeking through. But not the top part. I wonder if something on the machine is slightly misadjusted. Almost like the tension drops away for 1 stitch. Maybe something about making a sweep in one direction and not the other?

I love it. I use those same conchos every chance I get. Good Choice!

Slipped this over to leather sewing machines. It might make a difference which Pfaff you got. If it's a standard industrial with the motor under the table, swapping the motor out might solve part of it. If it doesn't care about the source of it's compressed air, a small contractor compressor might be the rest of the solution.

This post contains @Wizcrafts recent dissertation on all things Check Spring.

That's a great holster, first one or not. I think I see where you're talking about on the stitching but it's no big issue. Julia Child said don't tell your guests what's wrong with your food and they'll never figure it out. The height of the belt loop slots might keep the top of the firearm from torquing out. I suspect this is more a fat guy problem

Locked and archived. OP appears to have abandoned the ad.

There are a number of people on this forum that, when they speak about sewing machines, you listen like they're E. F. Hutton. Congrats on learning even more about your sewing machine.

I moved this over to "Sewing Leather", where it should get some attention.

@Charles_Bandolero, you have some interest. We need to get this one in compliance quickly, please.

Moved to Leather Sewing Machines since we don't have a "Rubber Sewing Machines" section ... Still a better shot at some help.

Well, that's certainly an improvement. I wish I had a clue why it's doing that. Maybe @Wizcrafts, @kgg or @Uwe will happen by and be able to explain it.

Hey. @NancyLou, would you upload this to Youtube and give us a link? I'm at 60 megs and counting. Most won't DL it and I'd guess BossLady might not want to buy all that bandwidth if they did... @Johanna EDIT: I gave up at 200 megs. I'm inclined to remove it unless Johanna wants to leave it up. See Post 4 for Youtube version. Thanks NancyLou!

I got a pig in a poke used servo motor with a parameter sheet that doesn't quite match up. I went through and made the best sheet I could based on playing with the knobs. P2 and P4 are the same. The printed sheet had far fewer entrys than the control box gives me. P10 to 012 seem to be for automatic sewing of some kind. It'll run and stop the the number of seconds specified by 11 and 12, repeatedly until you cut the power. Turn the switch on, it cycles until you turn it back off. No idea of the brand. If anybody knows or cares to speculate about the mystery parameters, I'm all ears. I have enough to make it work.