stampingdelight Report post Posted September 21 wanted to ask can one by chance use a normal industrial sewing machine to put soles back on boots. any help would be great thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted September 21 18 minutes ago, stampingdelight said: wanted to ask can one by chance use a normal industrial sewing machine to put soles back on boots. any help would be great thanks It would help if we all knew what industrial sewing machine in question? What machine were you asking about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tastech Report post Posted September 21 Depending on the style you can sew some uppers on a flatbed industrial machine . As for soles to welt i would say definitely no. Some machines may have the technical punch but not the access to do a welt to a sole . The machine you need to stitch soles on is either a blake type stitcher or a curved needle out sole stitcher . Both require some experience and skill not only of operation but of repair and adjustment , They are old machines and very temperamental . If you don't need to stitch soles to make a living then just do it by hand . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wizcrafts Report post Posted September 21 I have successfully sewn leather soles onto a shoe with my cb4500 using a narrow inline foot set I got from @CowboyBob- at Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines. However, they had a 1/4 inch minimum width flange stitcking out past the upper toe box. A 5/16 or 3/8 inch flange would work better. Trim the excess afterwards. That said, the walking foot mechanism is wrong for sole stitching. It is best to buy a Landis 12 that somebody is getting rid of for peanuts after going out of the shoe repair business. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
