Boss Is Here!

[Reaper]

I think we've all made reasons and kept putting off purchasing a stitching machine. They do take a bit of an investment so it's not a decision to take lightly though. Glad you got your new toy...I mean, tool I remember the day my Cobra arrived. All the adrenalin of the excitement helped me and my husband carry that beast upstairs to my work room.

True, I did trade a CZ RAMI 40 to get a complete Singer 29k58 Patcher, but I need to get some holsters out to get the money to put it in the shop for a complete cleaning, possible parts changes and tuning. I'm also thinking of putting a reduction setup and digital motor on it. Or I will just get the work done on it and sell it with all the lasts that I got with it.

Dunno, but with Open Carry being passed and waiting for Gov Scott to sign (wonder if his claim he would sign it was another lie) there is going to be a need for leather retention holsters here in Florida.

[mlapaglia]

Congrats on the Boss. Is it a cast iron one or cast aluminum model. A magnet to the case will tell you quickly, Another way is the needle plate. The cast iron model has 2 screws to hold the needle plate in place. The cast aluminum model has one screw.

I have had mine for about 3 weeks. A tip I can pass on is, Don't forget to adjust your stitch length when you change thickness of your leather. I find I go from a 6 spi to a 8 spi when I go from 8/9 oz leather total thickness to 16/17 oz total thickness. About a 1/4 turn on the stitch length dial brings it back for me. Another thing is mark all your adjustments somehow. I used sharpies. This way you know how much you moved them and how to get them back to base line.

Once you have the bobbin thread tension right, about 1 lb pull, dont adjust it as long as you have the same thread in the bobbins. do all your adjustments on the primary and secondary thread tension adjustments. 99% of the time I only adjust the primary tension adjustment. You will almost always have to adjust thread tension when you change to the next project unless its the same thickness. Even then Id double check it on a scrap.

Good luck and enjoy.

Michael