maggielj

Hi all, I picked up this saddle nearly free today, and was going too tear into it and attempted to make it a learning opportunity. Tree is cracked, and im pretty sure it’s a kids saddle? Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t about to tear apart a collectors item or something. I see no makers mark, latigo holder is gone, and no other identifying marks. Tree looks pretty odd from what i can see, and looks to have some 2x4 stuck in the front, but some pretty tooling

Welcome from Eaton, Ohio! Hope you enjoy the site!

I think that's the only thing it could possibly be. I've been working on getting it cleaned the past few days, and between scraping, wash tanks, and solvent cycles, the paint is coming off better than whatever was in there. I'm sure anything stitched with this sticky stuff is still stuck in place to this day! So far I have only used bonded poly and figured I should install the pot if I needed to use linen. Do you personally use nylon in your Randall's? I have yet to try and have seen varying opinions on it for needle/awl machines. He's always guilty of something! The problem lies within trying to find what the something is...

Thanks for the response Bruce, Hoping a ride in the parts washer at work will it it cleaned, but with the coffee can, this one has a hole in the middle for the wooden dowel and sat on a piece of shearling. And would there be an advantage to adopting this practice if thread lube is already being used? Thanks Maggie

Hi all! I finally tracked down a bobbin winder for my randall. But, it came with some kind of mystery… substance in it. Perhaps it was liquid at one point in time, but it is now exactly like pine sap. Just as sticky as pine tar but smells like wood stain. (still trying to get it off my fingers) Does anyone know what this substance is and what it was used for? I could see tar if it had some kind of heater maybe… I am also curious about the coffee can, perhaps used to keep the thread managed? featuring, my velcro dog who was trying to eat the saddle shearling the winder was packed with.

Hi all! looking to get into chap making, and there is a singer pinking machine for sale near me, would this be suitable for leather? or fabric only? seems like the type that just is C- clamped onto a table. Thank you in advanced.

saddlery, sorry my bad

Thank you @bruce johnson. He has gotten in contact with me and is thinking that the people at the printing center had printing selections messed up. I also had the wrong email address, the new email address is cowcampsaddlery@gmail.com and for anyone who runs into this same issue these patterns are suppose to be 36x36. He has been great about helping me solve the issue even though it was not on his end.

That was an option for the chaps, and I did not purchase it. The two patterns I am having issues with are the medicine bag and tripping collar patterns that were not offered as physical paper patterns. They were sent over as links that were available for 30 days.

Hi all! I recently bought a few patterns from here after some recommendations, and I am having some trouble getting them printed so I can use them. I went to office depot this morning as recommended by the seller and that was an absolute waste of time. After and hour and a half standing around I left with patterns that were worthless. All the information I got from the seller was "best printed on wide format printer" and that was verbatim what I told the woman at the desk and is all the information I can find on the website. Can anyone help me with this? Perhaps some recommended printer settings? I have not had much luck with getting in contact with the seller in the past, and I spent a good chunk of change on these patterns I would really like to use them. Thank you in Advanced.

Personally, I'd be buying this machine because I think they're neat, but its not the machine for making totes in my opinion. I think it will make the wrong kind of stitches for that purpose.

I would for sure check oil level, possibly change it and any filters on the machine if its in the budget.

We have all been there, it happens. Dont be so hard on yourself

@Privateer Hi Josh! Thank you for the advice, I did end up going home with this machine and am working on learning the in and outs of it. Your machine is lovely, though it appears to be a union lock stich type, instead of the Campbell Randall type like the one I picked up, I hope you have good luck with yours! I cannot believe how pretty it is! Witcraft's would be an awesome guy to talk to if you need assistance, I think has had two or three of them, I hear they can be temperamental at times.

Sorry, I cannot be any help, but Im sure someone will be able too! I just wanted to comment what a beautiful machine this is! The painting looks amazing!

@Dwight Really like the set up you've got goin on there, The grid seems like it would be super convenient.

I now have the manual PDF. See attached file. CampbellManual-2017-web.pdf

i had my pictures wrong, here is the set screw that is missing on what i’m assuming is a thread arm

Hi everyone! Happy new years! I made the trip to Winchester, KY (home of beer cheese and my favorite drink, Ale-8-1) to pick up this Randall! The people I bought it from said that it was her dad who passed away, and he had this, another Randall, and a Champion. I wish I could have taken pictures of his machines, it was the first time I had ever seen a Champion machine. $1900 and and and extra hour of driving its in its new home, at the expense of a few sore backs this evening. I have gotten it all cleaned the best I could and is drenched in clear sewing machine oil as of now. It is turning over mostly smooth, but it is tough to turn when the needle comes up and advances the material, I'm thinking its normal but would like that reassurance. I ran it minimally before buying and everything seems to be in working conditions, but I do not have experience with this type of machine. With this I have a few questions. Does anyone have a PDF of the manual? A read only file would be perfect until I can call Campbell-Randall Tuesday Is polyester OK to run in this machine? I have read a lot of conflicting advice on this. Machine came with some brown weaver nylon, I do not have linen thread but will eventually order some. In the second picture, is the screw to the right missing a wing nut? It also does not have a shim under it like the one on the right. I think I am also missing a set screw in the 4th and 5th picture, is this cruital? I think I am also missing a spring in the stitch length adjustment, hence the two clamps. What is the best type of oil for this machine? I used clear sewing machine oil just because its what I had, but I saw a video of a fellow using 30 weight. What's best? And finally (I will for sure have more down the road) how the heck do I wind bobbins for this?!?!?

Thank you Wiz! I suppose it doesn't hurt anything to go see if it turns over smooth. Do you happen to have any recommended resources about learning to operate these machines? Ive read about every thread I could find here. Thank you again!

Hi all, I hope everyone is getting into the holiday spirit and I wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas. Anyhow, There is a Randall lockstitch machine a few hours from me for sale, I am not concerned about the drive since I pass through there anyways on occasion. But I do have some questions about these machines, as I have never had the opportunity to run them. The machine plate says J.D Randall Co, out of Cincinnati, Oh and has the number of 311, what does this number mean? Is it just a moedle #? and what is the best way to tell the age of the machine? Correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that Randall made clones of the ULS and the Campbell machines, so they have two different types with the ULS clone being more finicky. Is this correct? I am messaging the seller and he is saying that it was his fathers who passed away recently, and he cannot run it for a video, but I would not have any idea either. What would be some other things to look for/ read up on before going to go see this machine? Thank you in advanced, will post pictures when I get to my laptop

Perhaps I will just look into ordering some large sized needles and playing around with it. It may be more economical in the long run. Thank you all for the input. A chisel awl is something that may be hard for me to come across but I am curious to see the results. Thank you, maggielj Thank you for the input! I will be trying this tool out and trying some large sized needles also. Thank you! maggielj

I recently saw this while browsing, but it is a buckstitch needle for use in a cobra class 3 and 4. Has anyone used these? wondering if they’re worth the hassle. I would assume they could be used in other 441 clones

It looks really nice! The boat owners lucked out finding you.

i came into a looottt of buckskins today. Feller i work with has seen a lot of my work and today said he had 20-30 buckskins in his truck for me. it must have been my lucky day. most of them are white but they’re are a few on top that are tan. I plan on making him and his wife some lined headstalls for their horses but other than that does anyone have any good buckskin projects? and has anyone tried to dye them? Im thinking RIT dye will do the trick but wanted some opinions. Thank you, maggielj