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New-Tech GC-801 skiving machine with table and servo motor. Purchased in October 2021, have not really had a chance to use it so decided to sell it. I live in East Bay San Francisco, please organize own delivery. Price: USD$990.

Maybe has 6 hours of use, purchased in 2020 Skives light and medium leather up to 8oz Up to 2" skiving width Adjustable skiving width Integrated blade sharpener Space saving table - only 33.5" wide Includes assembled table and adjustable speed servo motor The Techsew SK-4 Leather Skiver is precision designed for edge skiving and whole surface skiving of leather for wallets, leather bags, shoes, boots, chaps, straps and more. It is used to skive and thin out the edges of leather to create clean and consistent ends. Features: Precision designed for simple and smooth operation Built in blade sharpener Adjustable skiving width Adjustable skiving speed Space saving table - only 33.5" wide Equipped with power stand and variable speed 550W Servo motor 1200 RPM Rotating Speed Skives light to medium leather up to 8oz Up to 2" skiving width 1000.00 Location is in Northern Illinois

Good Afternoon, I have been thrown in at the deep end as Dad has left me with a shop full of items. Can anyone help me confirm this machine is a RAFFLENBEUL Type RODI 50 SL combined cutting and skiving machines for sole materials? I have reversed searched it but there is another make landis (I think) There are no badges on this machine. I have cleaned and oiled it and even put a rubber heel through it and by god it actually works! It needs a new home but I am not 100% sure if its a RODI 50 SL Any help appreciated Thank you Pauline

I'm moving out of state and downsizing my workshop space. The machine is located in Chicago, IL and is NOT available for shipping. It has been a great machine to use and quite frankly did not get used enough. This machine ALONE costs $2,395 new from Techsew, EXCLUDING shipping. I have a video that I can share of me skiving with it. Includes stand and vacuum suction device with sealed scrap bin for easy waste removal. BONUS - I installed a rubber roller instead of the more coarse standard roller and am including an extra rubber roller. I am also including an extra roller presser foot for softer leathers. Features: Precision designed for simple and smooth operation Built in blade sharpener, adjustable skiving width, adjustable skiving speed, equipped with power stand and variable speed 550W Servo motor, 1200 RPM Rotating Speed, skives light to medium leather up to 8oz, and up to 2" skiving width.

Hello, Any help is greatly appreciated. I just got a bell skiver and I've been watching a lot of videos to try and set up correctly. Right now its making a weird noise every time i try to feed the leather. Also, the leather does not move at all towards the knife. First I thought maybe there is something stuck so i lifed the wheel and nothing. The wheel is able to rotate completly fine with no weird sound if i dont try to feed the leather. The moment i put a piece of leather there it makes the odd noise. The way I have set it up is that the wheel is less than 0.5mm close to the knife. I have sharpened the knife recently as well. Also, I have tried all kinds of pressure with the foot and nothing helps. What else can I do?

Hi All, Today I received a reconditioned Fortuna skiving machine having waited impatiently for a month for it to arrive. I'd asked for a V50 S or equivalent machine, but I'm not exactly sure what it is that I've received. I was expecting a bottom feed machine, with continuous drive motor for the bell knife and a separate clutch motor for the feed wheel, as I thought this was standard with the V50 S. On the machine that I've received, the bell knife and feed are both driven together, which really limits it's effectiveness. Is it possible to simply install a separate motor to isolate the knife from the feed stone? My knowledge of machines and motors is pretty pathetic so I'm trying to consume as much info as possible from the internet at the moment, I'd really appreciate any advice! Photos attached. Cheers Edd

Hi I have a working Fortuna Skiver, pictured below. Can anyone tell me anything about its age please? It is labelled "Fortuna New York" and L F 15240 The mechanism for setting the roller is "interesting" to say the least, and it workd well on thick leathers that are narrower than teh roller, as a splitter, but I would love to get a manual to use it effectively as a skiver. Any knowledge sharing would be really appreciated. I am also keen to get a different length guide. Thank you H

Hi I have a working Fortuna Skiver, pictured below. Can anyone tell me anything about its age please? It is labelled "Fortuna New York" and L F 15240 The mechanism for setting the roller is "interesting" to say the least, and it workd well on thick leathers that are narrower than teh roller, as a splitter, but I would love to get a manual to use it effectively as a skiver. Any knowledge sharing would be really appreciated. I am also keen to get a different length guide. Thank you H

Hi all, How do you prevent your leather from being over skived by this bit of the bell knife? I circled it in the photo. As you can see, I have my skiving width set with the guide against the pressure foot, but as I feed my leather through, the bell knife trims off more of the leather too, resulting in uneven skive. It's like it got sucked in. Is this technique or something I can adjust? I appreciate any help. Thank you

Hi I’m needing to setup my Consew single motor skiving machine to a two motor skiving machine. Can anyone help? Thank you in advance. I also would like to change the stone roller feed to a rubber or neoprene roller feed. Anyone know of a compatible rubber roller feed that would fit my Consew dcs4?

Hey y’all, I am north Texas and have two great machines for sale. Make me an offer! I wont take less than 2k for the skiver, its in perfect working order and less than 5 yrs old. Anyone who has been looking for this level of machine you know it’s a great deal! This site wont let me upload the pics but i can text them to you. Kim 415-233-3884 text or call for more info!

Feedstone adjustor bolt breaking the stop off of machine. This has happened twice. Is this a shipping problem? Wasn't able to use machine.

Asking $200. Please feel free to DM any questions or reasonable offers, thank you.

I’m looking to buy a used skiving machine. I’m located in Southern California and can pick up. Anyone selling one?

Good evening. I'm looking for a bit of advice. I live on an island and have found a second hand skiving machine for half the price of a new Chinese machine. However, it's a dual feed machine with top and bottom roller, which I understand is for heavy leathers and rubber. I tested it with the leather I intend to use: a soft chrome tan about 1.4mm. The seller had it set up and only used for thick veg tan strap and he (or I) didn't really have the knowledge to set it up right to work with my light chrome tan (I saw it work perfectly well with thick veg tan). I had a feeling that the seller wasnt comfortable moving the top roller/foot so close to the bell. My question is, did it not work due to the fact that it is a dual feed machine? Are these top and bottom roller machines ONLY for thick leather? Thanks in advance.

Does anyone have any leads on an affordably priced skiving machine. I've had my eye on a used Cobra NP4 mainly because I really like the smaller pedestal it sits on. I don't have a ton of room left in my studio. However, I'm open to other brands and configurations as long as they work as well. If it came down to it, I have an extra clutch motor I could use, but I'd prefer one that comes with a servo motor. I'm located in North Carolina, but I'd be willing to drive 5-6 hours for a great deal. (Email: uncmph@yahoo.com) Thanks.

Does anyone have any leads on an affordably priced skiving machine. I've had my eye on a used Cobra NP4 mainly because I really like the smaller pedestal it sits on. I don't have a ton of room left in my studio. However, I'm open to other brands and configurations as long as they work as well. If it came down to it, I have an extra clutch motor I could use, but I'd prefer one that comes with a servo motor. I'm located in North Carolina, but I'd be willing to drive 5-6 hours for a great deal. (Email: uncmph@yahoo.com) Thanks.

I have a barely used Leather machine Cobra class 14 leather splitter for sale. I dont really use it anymore and its just taking up space in the shop. New, out the door with shipping is around $2500 usd. Selling it for $1900 usd.

As promised here are some photos of the Ellegi/Atom GL12 skiving machine I bought and the start of the modifications I want to make. The machine was owned by an older couple closing their shoe making shop and was in great condition. The model I bought has two motors: 1 for the vacuum and 1 clutch motor that runs the blade and feed wheel. The feeding speed was much too fast for my use. As I only paid about 200 euro for it I decided I would try to make the feed wheel independent of the blade. I also wanted to be able to finely control the feed speed, for example being able to very slowly feed the leather in and then gradually increase the speed as I skive. I researched every way possible to add a third motor for the feed wheel. There are three ways you can do this (that I can think of): 1. a direct drive servo directly behind the feed wheel as found in some new machines; 2. a motor underneath the feed pulley on the right of the machine; and 3, a motor on the top of the table behind the feed pulley, again on the right of the machine. Option 1 is far beyond most people's abilities, at lest mine! I tried very hard to make option 2 work but could not. My table has upper cross supports, a lower belt guard and a middle sheet metal "wall" between the operator and clutch motor. The only way I might have made this work was to replace the clutch motor with a small servo. I am too cheap to do this! The clutch motor works great so I want to use that for the blade as long as I can. That left me with option number 3 which is what I went with. I found a new Jake JK-513A servo motor for about $105 from a dealer 5 minutes from where I live. This was cheaper and easier than buying a DC or servo motor, the power supplies, controller etc. It is 550W which is much more power than I need, but the price was right. I recommend a motor where the motor, foot controller and power supply are separate. Without that I could not have done this. My table has so many under supports that I need this flexibility. I removed the belt from the main shaft that goes to the feed pulley. I then mount this motor directly behind it on the table top. It took a little bit of playing with the placement of the motor, the foot controller and power supply and it works! Not elegant, but it is doing what I want The feed is now controlled by the foot pedal and servo speed controller and the blade runs continuously. I have used a machine that had a separate clutch for the feed wheel. This offers even better control than that in my very limited experience! If you have space under your table that would be a better option. Here is someone on Instagram who has done this: Here are some photos. I will post some more when I get a chance. I need to cut a slot in the machine belt cover, mount the belt cover on the motor and buy a few parts for the machine. Hope this helps! -Adam

I have dug through old posts concerning bell skivers. The information is quite helpful, but with so many brands, I would like your expert opinions. As there is not a dealer within 800 miles, I will have to have it shipped. Which also makes phone/internet support very important. For that reason alone, I have removed overseas brands/shipping from my list. I also started with dealers which are on this site or were recommended in other posts, thinking they will be more leather oriented than perhaps other sewing machine dealers. Here is a list with basic info I found. Any and all details you have including, prices/value, shipping, support, setup, additions, deletions, accessories and dealers is greatly appreciated. As to use, it will be mostly chrome tanned or light (less than 6 oz) veg tanned leathers. It won't be running all day long, just occasionally. From what I gather, they are all similar (perhaps the FAV may be a different class), but you may know more. Have I missed something that should really be considered? https://store.keysew.com/catalog/product/b12c0c9db24c4a26b7d9513b9e58b80c Consew DCS 53 $1345 free shipping https://goldstartool.com/consew-dcs-s4-skiving-machine-w-table-and-servo-motor.html Consew DCS S4 $1149 ~$1 shipping https://www.leathermachineco.com/product/cobra-np-4-skiving-machine/ Cobra NP4 $1400 ~$300 shipping https://www.springfieldleather.com/Bell-Knife-Skiver Cobra NP4 $1400 ?? shipping (waiting on quote) http://www.techsew.com/machinery/cutting-skiving-machines/techsew-sk-4-leather-skiving-machine.html Techsew SK-4 $1295 ~$300 shipping http://industrialsewingmachineman.com/machines/mach.asp?dir=leathercutting&brand=Techsew&Model=SK-4+Leather+Skiving&ProductType=Leather+cutting++Machines Techsew SK-4 $1249 ~$7 shipping http://artisansew.com/leathercuttingmachinesandclickers.html Artisan NP-4 H NS $1350 ?? shipping https://campbell-randall.com/product/models-fav-av1-av2 FAV AV2TE $3900 (or maybe it was $2900 must double check) ~$500 shipping Either way double or better in cost, is it double the quality? http://www.solar-leather.com/cb801-bottom-feed-bell-knife-skiver Cowboy CB-801 $1295 [This one then turned odd. Sent request for shipping amount. This was part of reply: "The CB-801 will not skive chrome tan or vegtan leather, unfortunately. It is for finer leather like upholstery grade. At this time we do no carry a motorized skiver that will skive these leathers..." Made me go huh? Did check out Toledo Sewing, but didn't see a skiver on the site. Bob had helped me in the past and wanted to return the favor. Need to call? I know this isn't exhaustive, but it is exhausting. Spending money is nerve wracking. Thanks for your time. Kat

The King TK-801D leather skiving machine review I've tried both vegetable tanned leather and chrome tanned leather. The machine itself is very easy to use and split very well. The only problem is that, with vegetable tanned leather, it leaves some marks on the front; I may need to add another layer in between. Or if you guys have a better solution, please let me know. Thanks!

I found this Fratelli Alberti skiving machine that comes without motor and table at a very low price. Do you it's worth getting it?

I've recently discovered an ad selling a Pedersen skiving machine at a good price. I'm not familiar with this brand. Could anyone give me information on the machine?

I've decided to invest in a skiving machine. I'd love to know how to pick one, what features to look for, what makers are better in terms of durability and ease of maintenance, and finally where to buy one. I primarily work on handbags, wallets and smaller accessories, generally with soft and medium tempered leather usually up to 5-6oz (2-2.4mm). I want to use the skiver for both edges and splitting leather for lining. I understand that a band splitter would be better for actual splitting, but it seems skiving machine would be more flexible and financially more attainable. I'm in the states. My budget is around $1500-2500, though I'm somewhat flexible. I've done some research already, thanks to a lot of posts on this forum. So far it seems I should be looking at bottom feed machines where bell knife has a constant speed and presser foot controllers the feeder roller. And one that has vacuum suction. What other features would be useful for me? Which machines have these functions? I would appreciate any help in picking one. It's a fairly large investment for me and I want to do it right.

Hi. I just purchased a consew dcs s4. The store said it was new...charged me 1095 for it. I drove three hours to pick up from sewing machine.com in Atlanta ga. So I noticed that the table it was on wasn’t new and it was a singer table. Had a worn look to it but I dont care about the table. When I got home I didn’t have time to do anything. The next day my husband and I decide to give it a look over and see how to use it. Long story short...I know it’s a learning phase for this machine..but the leather doesn’t move smoothly at all and kept bunching. I decided to look under the machine. I saw a small chip on the cutting side of the blade..further inspection I found two more! So I’m thinking there is no way this is a new machine and I don’t think sharpening the blade will fix these nicks. So I would have to buy another blade then drive three hours one way to have the same company put a new blade in a machine I have had for 3 days! Will sharpening take the nicks out? Am I overreacting to want to return the machine? I was financing it with 12 months no interest....