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aribert

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About aribert

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  • Location
    Metro Detroit, MI USA
  • Interests
    auto renovation, metal working

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  • Leatherwork Specialty
    novice
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    repairing/using my new to me DY-253
  • How did you find leatherworker.net?
    web search for Mitsubishi DY-253
  1. Greetings all: New owner of a DY-253. First walking foot machine and I am looking for sources for consumables / tooling - such as bobbins and various walking foot options. I saw one website shortly after I bought my machine that listed many walking foot options but they did not list any for the DY-253 - now I can't seem to find that page again. This was before I came to understand that the Seiko SK and Singer 132K6 share some parts - presumably feet and bobbins will be common. I've seen a few foot options from China but I am looking for more design variety and also something with a shorter shipping time. Please share any sources you are satisfied with. FWIW, I am in the US.
  2. Greetings all: First post, joined because I just bought my first walking foot machine - a Mitsubishi DY-253 and the only information I could find (other than parts and owners manuals on line) were threads on this forum. I am a rank novice at leather working. I first used industrial sewing machines about 30 yrs ago at a former employer's trim shop during lunch breaks sewing things like leather shot bags (bag filled with lead shot or sand used as backing when hammer forming sheet metal). Eventually I changed employers and I bought my first industrial machine, a Pfaff 138-6 that is more of a tailor's machine, not ideal for my uses but I simply did not know better. I've wanted a walking foot machine for a long time and finally one became available at a price I could afford. The machine was out of time when I bought it. I joined https://groups.io/g/vintagesewingmachinerepair looking for assistance for timing my DY-253 and it was suggested that I join here for information - and since I had already read several of the threads on the DY-253 (and Seiko SK and the Singer 132K6) from this forum, it made sense that I join. I have since solved my machine's timing issue and have ordered several sizes of needles. Now I need to acquire tooling such as extra bobbins & a wider walking foot (the one that came with the machine is the same width as the presser foot). aribert
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