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Hi Ray,

My son grunts a little when he picks up the big Highlead. He turns a shade of red or slightly purple when he horses around the No.9. The both of us are needed to pick up the Campbell, and we're big boys. The 35" puppies are fork lift time.

Get your throat plates from Ryan or Steve, theirs have a little adjustment in them which is really handy for the slotted or raised ones. I've seen some from other distributors that are fixed, no play, which requires a boatload of precision on all the parts and I have seen instances where the needle scrapes the slot.

Art

Art

As Badger so rightly says... I've probably got it coming!

I'll be in touch as soon as I have sight of the machine again, Ryan. Many thanks for the information it is most helpful.

The naming ceremony is in a few weeks time, Mike. Would you like an invitation? I'm glad you joined in this conversation, but remembering your scurrilous comments about my dear old Pilot all those months ago I ought to remind you to play nicely this time. Some people are very sensitive about their nice new machinery... LOL

BTW: Having humped this thing down a flight of stairs, halfway across a field and all the way home from Bonnie Scotland, I'm inclined to agree with MASSIVE. I promise you, the further you carry it the bigger it seems...

Tony - I do declare you're a bigger wind up merchant than the irrepressible (and apparently dyslexic) Badger. We ae talking production machine here not historic artefact! I had a museum piece for a while (it is now Badger's - a British made BUSM Pilot called Biggles) and now I need to do some proper work - okay?

For heaven's sakes pilgrim, make yourself a strop!

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Hi Ray,

My son grunts a little when he picks up the big Highlead. He turns a shade of red or slightly purple when he horses around the No.9. The both of us are needed to pick up the Campbell, and we're big boys. The 35" puppies are fork lift time.

Get your throat plates from Ryan or Steve, theirs have a little adjustment in them which is really handy for the slotted or raised ones. I've seen some from other distributors that are fixed, no play, which requires a boatload of precision on all the parts and I have seen instances where the needle scrapes the slot.

Art

Art

I've found out that the Dremel is my machine's best friend. If any of the needle plates don't allow the needle to go through the center of the slot, you can always grind a smidgen off the machine-end of the plate.

ed

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Yep, that's what they use.

Art

I've found out that the Dremel is my machine's best friend. If any of the needle plates don't allow the needle to go through the center of the slot, you can always grind a smidgen off the machine-end of the plate.

ed

For heaven's sakes pilgrim, make yourself a strop!

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I'm sure that Badger wont be trading his BRITISH made Pearson for a Highlead, will you Badger?

Tony.

I have it on good authority that the Badger's beloved Pearson may soon be relegated to the second tier and could even be up for sale if the price was right... so much for predictions, eh?

Ray

"Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps"

Ray Hatley

www.barefootleather.co.uk

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The Pearson will never be second tier Ray, but always in a league of it's own.

It isn't relegated, but has it's own special place in the workshop. The new machine will be the workhorse and the Pearson will live a happy life of semi retirement. Because of the way the Pearson stitches, the look will always be right for certain kinds of work.

Badger

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The man has got it bad... Pearsonitis is a dreadful affliction too. If you are not careful you end up seeing double!

I'm sure the Singer/Seiko will go a long way towards restoring normality... <grin!>

I'll stop now.

"Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps"

Ray Hatley

www.barefootleather.co.uk

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