what model Consew do i have?

[ken sungela]

I just bought my first machine which is unlabeled.  Comparing pictures it appears to be a 225 or 226.  Can anyone confirm which model it is?  The seller showed me how it sewed 207 thread using a #16 needle into 3/8" of leather.  He said I should get a #20 needle though.  My first task will be sewing leather binding (~1/8" thick total) onto some square weave carpet (~3/16" thick).  What needle size would you recommend? Thanks in advance.

 

[Constabulary]

no reverse lever so it is the 225 then. Needle size depends on the thread thickness you want to use.

[CowboyBob]

Here's a thread & needle size chart.https://tolindsewmach.com/thread-chart.html

[ken sungela]

So if the 225 has no reverse lever, can I manually turn the wheel to reverse stitch?  

[nejcek74]

10 minutes ago, ken sungela said:

So if the 225 has no reverse lever, can I manually turn the wheel to reverse stitch?  

no, the stitch will not form. For reverse stitch only the feed dogs (and walking foot) moves in the opposite direction. The hook needs to oscillate in the same direction. In general it is not a good idea to turn the wheel in wrong direction.

[Northmount]

5 minutes ago, ken sungela said:

So if the 225 has no reverse lever, can I manually turn the wheel to reverse stitch?  

That would turn the hook backwards so it couldn't pickup the top thread and lead to jams!  You need to study the operation of a sewing machine a little to understand some of what it can and can't do.

Instead, you lift the foot very little, just enough to make it easy to turn the article you are sewing 180 degrees.  Turn it just after the needle enters the article or after it has risen 1/4" or so from bottom, after the hook has caught the top thread.  Interfering with the formation of the loop will result in skipped stitches.  If you lift the foot too far, it will release your top tension, messing up your stitch line.

With a little practice, it becomes automatic.  Practice on some scrap materials, similar to what you will be sewing, so you can learn to make it work for you.

 

[kgg]

21 minutes ago, ken sungela said:

So if the 225 has no reverse lever, can I manually turn the wheel to reverse stitch?  

No, you well screw the machine up and have a terrible mess on your hands. You will have to:

i) have the needle in the down position and just on it's way up so the hook has caught the bobbin thread 

ii) raise the presser foot just off the material and slowly turn the item around

iii) drop the presser foot down and sew

On 10/23/2024 at 3:49 AM, ken sungela said:

My first task will be sewing leather binding (~1/8" thick total) onto some square weave carpet (~3/16" thick).  What needle size would you recommend?

Chances are you will not be able to use V207 thread consistently in thick or tough materials or materials with pile layer like carpet. I would recommend V138 with system 135 X 16 (leather point needle) using either a size 23 or 24 needle.

Are planning on doing a single fold or double fold with the leather binding and how thick is the leather binding???

kgg

Edited 17 hours ago by kgg

[ken sungela]

The guy I bought the machine from used my carpet, leather, and thread to test out and was able to sew the binding(3 folds of leather) on the carpet with a 16 needle no problem I got the machine home and setup adding a servo motor, re threaded the machine and spent 3-4 hours trying to duplicate.  I had one problem after another.  Rethreaded the machine wrong, didn't get the thread started properly, broke the needle, kept breaking the thread.  Finally went with 22 then a 24 needle to get it working and this was the first result.