Walking foot

[Piko]

This is the foot my Sewing machine came with. My sewing machine is an Artisan 246. I cannot see the holes made by the machine well enough to backstitch right into them. Do I have options? Any suggestion to try out different feet? 

Thank you

[AlZilla]

A couple of rookie comments - that looks like a Singer 111W foot. Many machines use them and there are many variations available. Might be worth checking. 

Next, when I've read about machines bring adjusted to backstitch into the same holes, it's usually at a certain stitch length. Changing the stitch length, changes where it backstitches. Maybe this will cause one of the big dogs to jump in here and tell us if this applies to your machine.

[RockyAussie]

As @AlZilla says above this machine does use the same feet as a Singer 111W machine which has a huge variety of feet to pick from. That said if you need to see any better than the open toe center foot you already have you may be best to just widen the gap in it. I have seen where some people  have even cut one side of the center foot away all together. If you are doing veg work keep in mind that the less area that the foot covers the more it will leave feet marks. This following link shows a bit about the Cowboy CB246 I did awhile ago - 

 

 

[Piko]

21 hours ago, AlZilla said:

A couple of rookie comments - that looks like a Singer 111W foot. Many machines use them and there are many variations available. Might be worth checking. 

Next, when I've read about machines bring adjusted to backstitch into the same holes, it's usually at a certain stitch length. Changing the stitch length, changes where it backstitches. Maybe this will cause one of the big dogs to jump in here and tell us if this applies to your machine.

Thank you I'll look the 111W feet up!!

[Piko]

20 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

As @AlZilla says above this machine does use the same feet as a Singer 111W machine which has a huge variety of feet to pick from. That said if you need to see any better than the open toe center foot you already have you may be best to just widen the gap in it. I have seen where some people  have even cut one side of the center foot away all together. If you are doing veg work keep in mind that the less area that the foot covers the more it will leave feet marks. This following link shows a bit about the Cowboy CB246 I did awhile ago - 

 

 

Thank you! I've watched a video where the guy lifted the foot and lowered the needle to fit in the previous hole (like I see you do in this video as well) so I don't need a foo that lets me see better now. I'll look up the feet anyways to have them just in case. I see you swapped the feet when did the handle. Thank you again

[Tigweldor]

I would also look for a different bottom transporter - the hole in yours seems extremely large and with no sharp edges - when the needle penetrates through leather - it will push it into the very large hole and leave ugly dimples - like in your pic #5  that you posted in a different topic - the white bottom thread around the latch.

 

Edited April 24 by Tigweldor

[Piko]

11 hours ago, Tigweldor said:

I would also look for a different bottom transporter - the hole in yours seems extremely large and with no sharp edges - when the needle penetrates through leather - it will push it into the very large hole and leave ugly dimples - like in your pic #5  that you posted in a different topic - the white bottom thread around the latch.

 

That sounds like great advice. I didn't think I could change that hole. I have read elsewhere on this forum, which btw is amazing, and I have learned that I could change the pressure of the presser foot (of both presser feet actually) so I did and the dimple is much less noticeable. However, I would like to know hot to change the bottom transporter. I am not sure I know exactly what it is and, is it something I can do myself? Do you have any suggestion on where to find parts that work on my machine? I know it is aclone of a juki dsc246 but when I look on Amazon, ebay or jus tgoogle it nothing really comes up in terms of parts that I could be sure would be compatible. Thanks for your help. 

[RockyAussie]

47 minutes ago, Piko said:

That sounds like great advice. I didn't think I could change that hole. I have read elsewhere on this forum, which btw is amazing, and I have learned that I could change the pressure of the presser foot (of both presser feet actually) so I did and the dimple is much less noticeable. However, I would like to know hot to change the bottom transporter. I am not sure I know exactly what it is and, is it something I can do myself? Do you have any suggestion on where to find parts that work on my machine? I know it is aclone of a juki dsc246 but when I look on Amazon, ebay or jus tgoogle it nothing really comes up in terms of parts that I could be sure would be compatible. Thanks for your help. 

I don't know if this will load or not due to the size but if so on page 8 part 6 is a small rod which holds the feed dog up 1.2mm above the needle plate. I sanded mine down about .3mm. The feed dog has a little funnel at the top lip which you could sand away if you wanted to but does make it a little more dangerous for a beginner as the needle can sometimes go sideways and strike the side of the feed dog.

dsc246.pdf

[Doc Reaper]

Am I the only one that's afraid to download this??? Aw he'll it's Rocky Aussie, he's mostly safe

Edited April 25 by Doc Reaper
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[Doc Reaper]

It's for a Juki, I thought there was a puppy