Techsew 2700 - Adding A Speed Reducer After The Fact.

[Phatdaddy]

I see that TechSew offers a speed reducer addon that wasn't available as an option a year ago when I purchased mine. I've been in contact with them and they will sell it with the belts needed.

I was curious, have any of you have purchased one after the fact and added it yourself?

Did you notice a big difference? Was it reasonably easy to upgrade your existing table?

Thanks for any info.

Kevin

[Greystone]

Thanks I'm looking, to add a speed reducer, after the fact to my machine,

interested in how the table mods and cutting or machine position are affected

db

[Wizcrafts]

The reducer should be fitted as directly inline, laterally and vertically, with the machine's pulley as possible. However, the lateral position is more important, to minimize shake from an off-center pulley. You will probably have to relocate your bobbin winder assembly so it makes contact with the new belt position.

[Art]

Just replace your current motor with a reduction motor. I think Bob sells them. You might need a new belt if the pully size changes. Should be a bolt for bolt, hole to hole replacement.

Art

[billymac814]

I've put a speed reducer on my patcher after the fact. It was a fairly simple procedure if your able to drill a few holes. You'll have to move your motor and just line everything up.

I prefer a seperate speed reducer rather than the gear reduction ones personally plus a speed reducer and the belts are cheaper if you already have a servo. Of course you could sell your servo and recoup some of that money if you went with the gear reduction servo.

I seem to get a little more belt slippage from the gear reduction servo than I do with the servo/ speed reducer combination. To be fair though I haven't tried comparing the two on the same machine so it could be just the differences in machines.

[Northmount]

I replaced the servo on my 2700 with the SewSlow gear reduction unit from Bob. It helped a lot, but still wasn't slow enough for me. At the slowest speed, it couldn't punch through hard 8 - 10 oz leather. Added pulley speed reducer as well. Now I can go as slow as 3 seconds per stitch and still have the torque needed to punch through the same leather. Flat out is now a little slow with the servo pot turned up as fast as it will go, but it's fine for me. No trouble going around the point of a belt, just have to be a little patient going down the side.

Tom

[Phatdaddy]

Sorry, I was away for the weekend with the kids being on March Break. This is good news, I think this will help greatly and I will gain the confidence to use my machine. Once I can slow it down and maintain/gain some power at slow slow speeds then hopefully I'll be able to get it adjusted properly also...but that will be another story.

As always, I appreciate and value all of the info offered here.

Kevin