John Bianchi's Leather Stitcher

[Muleskiner]

John Bianchi uses his Ferdco for some work and his new Cobra Class 4 for other work.

The motor on the Ferdco is an Efka. not positive on the model.

The Cobra Class 4 has a NPS servo motor.

AFAIK, all NPS systems have a synchronizer that attaches to the main shaft near the hand wheel.

Heel down on the pedal raises the needle out of the work. If you take your foot off the gas the machine will stop with the needle down, just after the shuttle hook has caught the loop. This enables tight turns without any skipped stitches.

The needle positioner motors are a godsend. It greatly speeds up difficult stitching.

Both the Ferdco and the Cobra John uses have needle positioner motors. The new motors offered by Leather Machine Shop are much less expensive than the older NPS motors and give you the same results. (The ability to control the top speed. Stop the stitch in either needle up or down position.

I hope this helps clear up any remaining questions about what John's machines are.

If not let me know!

The picture is of the motor on John's Ferdco.

Matt Whitaker

General Manager

Frontier Gunleather

John Bianchi uses his Ferdco for some work and his new Cobra Class 4 for other work.

The motor on the Ferdco is an Efka. not positive on the model.

The Cobra Class 4 has a NPS servo motor.

AFAIK, all NPS systems have a synchronizer that attaches to the main shaft near the hand wheel.

Heel down on the pedal raises the needle out of the work. If you take your foot off the gas the machine will stop with the needle down, just after the shuttle hook has caught the loop. This enables tight turns without any skipped stitches.

The needle positioner motors are a godsend. It greatly speeds up difficult stitching.

Both the Ferdco and the Cobra John uses have needle positioner motors. The new motors offered by Leather Machine Shop are much less expensive than the older NPS motors and give you the same results. (The ability to control the top speed. Stop the stitch in either needle up or down position.

I hope this helps clear up any remaining questions about what John's machines are.

If not let me know!

The picture is of the motor on John's Ferdco.

Matt Whitaker

General Manager

Frontier Gunleather

John Bianchi passed away before cobra machines ever came out big lie

[MattW]

John Bianchi passed away before cobra machines ever came out big lie

Muleskiner,

I don't know where you got your information but John Bianchi has not passed away. He is now 78 years old. His father has passed away many years ago and bears the same name. The article at this link was also written by an uninformed person who didn't do due diligence before publishing a fabrication. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2001/apr/27/john-bianchi-founder-of-temecula-business-dies-at/

Before you go around claiming that someone told a lie you better get your damn facts straight.

John and I taught many years at the southwest leather trade show in Wickenburg, AZ.

Uninformed people who pass on their ignorance piss me off.

[Trox]

By the way it was probably a Efka DC 1600 motor on his Ferdco (it is uses with the control box in the picture) Very smooth motor who was replaced by the current sold DC 1550 (stronger an smaller like all "new" things are) I use them both and are very satisfied with them (they run on 220 V single PH only)

Tor

[Darren Brosowski]

Needs to be the right treadle for the machine!

The 45k treadle is huge but compared to a 7 it is a toy.

Darren,
Any tips on how to manage that? I've found treadles are great but for slow speed stuff they're no patch on a servo because they need some good momentum to keep going and have penetration power.
Cheers.