Rein Rounders

[Singermania]

So great to see people talking about making things themselves instead of importing them from China... We can all sit on our fat bottoms watching a game on the big screen tv, but what about showing our kids how to make things for themselves too. I've been to China, I have Chinese relatives, they are great people, however I don't see why we should be letting them run us out of town. Let's use our manufacturing knowhow to push back into the market place. We are now re manufacturing the Pearson No 6 rein rounder attachment and matching plate and are thrilled with the results, we've been able in a few short weeks to move the price back from $550 a set to $390. We are not big enough to re manutacture and improve on the old Pearson, Landis or Randall but someone sure must be able to learn from these machines, throw on a reverse etc and get up and running.... if they do we need to support them.

[Singermania]

If anybody is needing one, we now have the Pearson Busmc No 6 rein rounder attachment and matching needle plate available. These are new items made of hardened steel, the blade in the needle plate is replaceable and the set comes with a handy instruction sheet. Regars Steve, stevebonnett at dodo dot com dot au

[NWBicketLeatherCollc]

On 2/22/2010 at 3:32 PM, amuckart said:

Thanks DJ, I appreciate the explanation.

Where in the heck can I find a "Round Rein Attachment?" That sounds like a tool that needs to be on the hot list in my shop!!! Will it fit the Cobra Class 4?

[BigSiouxSaddlery]

The round rein attachments to fit machines were an available option to most of the stitchers manufacturered in the early 1900's.  They usually consisted of a knife to cut a channel in the bottom side, a knife of some sort to cut the top channel (usually built into the foot) a special plate, and a left and right guide.  Sometimes the knife attached to the machine itself, sometimes to the needle bar in the case of a hook and awl machine.  As far as I know, no such package exists to fit the modern machines such as the Cobra, Cowboy, and other "clone" machines.  I try to keep a vintage machine set up with a knife in it to sew rounds, so I do not have to spend time switching feet and resetting the knife every time I want to channel the bottom side, whether it be rounds or harness traces.  A good machinist may be able to fabricate such a package for your Cobra.  The stock needle plate doesn't work very well, because the opening for the feed dog is too wide, and when the dog drops, fine work drops down with it and doesn't feed correctly.  Even with a proper set-up on an old machine, there is a significant learning curve to making rounds.