center presser foot on Artisan 4000R

[Art]

Hi Doug,

I noticed that the first time I did a 90 degree corner. That thing is really not necessary and a file will get rid of that problem in a few strokes. A grinder works also, but go easy either way. It is good to round over any edges you may create with filing or grinding. Laying the stitches in a groove will accomplish the task better than that little nib anyway.

Art

I am relatively new to using a sewing machine. I have an Artisan 4000R which works great and will sew most things I need to sew, however, I have a problem when sewing around a tight radius curve with the center presser foot groove maring (sp) the leather and sometimes pushing me out of the stitching groove. Does anyone else have this problem? I'm sure the answer is simple and maybe my inexperience is the only problem.

Thanks in advance.

Doug

[Doug C]

Thanks to everyone for your help. I think I'll go ahead and grind off that "bump".

Doug

[esantoro]

Thanks to everyone for your help. I think I'll go ahead and grind off that "bump".

Doug

I really like the standard blanket center foot that came with my machine. It's much wider than my inner groover foot I use with my narrow double toed harness makers foot. Tonight , however I'm going to experiment with that wide inner foot ant the rt. side foot that works so well on gussets. It just might be the perfect combination.

Ed

[esantoro]

Hi Doug,

I noticed that the first time I did a 90 degree corner. That thing is really not necessary and a file will get rid of that problem in a few strokes. A grinder works also, but go easy either way. It is good to round over any edges you may create with filing or grinding. Laying the stitches in a groove will accomplish the task better than that little nib anyway.

Art

Hi Art,

would it be possible for you to repost those pics of your double toed foot from artisan.? I got the same foot in today from artisan and thought it would work with my current center foot groover. I may have to get Artisans inner groover foot, but would like to get a look at the dimensions.

Thanks,

Ed

[Art]

Hi Ed,

Is this it?

My blanket foot is 3 or 4 times that wide.

Art

Hi Art,

would it be possible for you to repost those pics of your double toed foot from artisan.? I got the same foot in today from artisan and thought it would work with my current center foot groover. I may have to get Artisans inner groover foot, but would like to get a look at the dimensions.

Thanks,

Ed

[esantoro]

Hi Ed,

Is this it?

My blanket foot is 3 or 4 times that wide.

Art

Hi Art,

Yup, that's the one. I got that same double toed outer foot from artisan, though mine seem to have a wider spread. Steve at Artisan told me that many people bend those outer toes inward and snip off the ends of the toes to be able to stitch narrowre areas. Did you do any of that with yours.

I asked for the pic because I wanted to get a visual of your setup, as I am uaing a non-artisan inner groover with my new artisan double toed foot. I'm sure we have the same blanket foot which is much wider, though I really like the inner blanket foot, for it holds the leather down nicely. I'm even thinking of slightly filing the edges of my inner blanket foot to work with this new artisan foot.

Thanks for the pic.

ed

[Art]

Hi Ed,

My inner blanket foot is way wider than this one also, not sure it would fit in these narrow outer feet, it also has big aggressive grooves to move fabric, they would mark leather badly. I bent these outer toes in so they would clear the inner foot closely, it didn't take much though, they are pretty narrow to start with.

Art

Hi Art,

Yup, that's the one. I got that same double toed outer foot from artisan, though mine seem to have a wider spread. Steve at Artisan told me that many people bend those outer toes inward and snip off the ends of the toes to be able to stitch narrowre areas. Did you do any of that with yours.

I asked for the pic because I wanted to get a visual of your setup, as I am uaing a non-artisan inner groover with my new artisan double toed foot. I'm sure we have the same blanket foot which is much wider, though I really like the inner blanket foot, for it holds the leather down nicely. I'm even thinking of slightly filing the edges of my inner blanket foot to work with this new artisan foot.

Thanks for the pic.

ed

[esantoro]

Hi Ed,

My inner blanket foot is way wider than this one also, not sure it would fit in these narrow outer feet, it also has big aggressive grooves to move fabric, they would mark leather badly. I bent these outer toes in so they would clear the inner foot closely, it didn't take much though, they are pretty narrow to start with.

Art

My inner blanket foot has the teeth or grooves filed off, so it's smooth. I'm trying to decide to either file the sides of that smooth inner blanket foot a smidgen or squeeze the artisan toes a bit to accommodate the narrow grooved inner foot I already have. I'll post pics later.

Thanks, Art.

Ed

[esantoro]

Hi Ed,

My inner blanket foot is way wider than this one also, not sure it would fit in these narrow outer feet, it also has big aggressive grooves to move fabric, they would mark leather badly. I bent these outer toes in so they would clear the inner foot closely, it didn't take much though, they are pretty narrow to start with.

Art

I just realized another issue. The inner blanket foot attaches with a screw that sticks out to the left, which may nix the whole idea of using a filed down inner blanket foot.

Quick question: With your narrow feet from Artisan, can you remove the inner foot without first removing the outer feet?

Ed