Landis Regular Lock Stitch Wax Thread Sewing Machine

[Bruce Evans]

got everything except the wax pot rebuilt,painted and put back together,it all works,now to get back on making it stitch,think my shuttle is to tight,think I put to thick of leather on the shuttle.

[Bruce Evans]

wont show video,dang

Edited December 6, 2015 by Bruce Evans

[Bruce Evans]

Getting closer,got it to pick up the thread,now just to correct it skipping stitches..had all kinds of things out of adjustment,just had to start going through the book and adjust 1 thing at a time,but hey I have never got it to do this much,so I guess I am winning...took a break and went back to look at it and found a problem with he way I have the spool set up,will fix that tomorrow..Also noticed that I had forgot to tighten the 2 adjuster screws on the wishbone shaped arm on the back,may have something to do with things not adjusting correctly.

[Bruce Evans]

Oh yea another problem,How do I wind a bobbin with out that atachment they had with this machine?????

Edited December 7, 2015 by Bruce Evans

[dirtclod]

If your talking about winding a bobbin, get a piece of dowel rod that bobbin fits good on. Put the dowel in a cordless drill and your good to go.

[Bruce Evans]

this is what i need

Edited December 7, 2015 by Bruce Evans

[pcox]

I have a bobbin winder but you can chuck on end in a drill and support the other end in a small hole in the end of a table. run the thread thru a screw eye at least 3 feet away and turn on the drill. You are a blacksmith you will figure it out

[Bruce Evans]

thanks Mr,Cox

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

What Pcox said above about winding the bobbin, did it that way for years until I got a bobbin winder. Now I have two, but I don't want to sell either one:-) For a couple years, I worked out of a shop that had a metal turning lathe sitting unused, and that worked very well for winding the bobbins. Just chuck it in and go. And make sure your bobbin is wound tight and even; this is very important to the machine sewing consistently. Also, set your bobbin tension so that there is a pretty good pull. That makes a tighter stitch.

[Bruce Evans]

Thanks for the help on the winder..Today I made a new thread holder and tray to hold needles and bobbins and other things.