Pedal Reverse?

[Colt W Knight]

I think you are talking about my bobbin winder. This is an old Consew 206RB-1, and doesn't have the fancy built in bobbin winders like a lot of machine. It is mounted externally to the table.

[SARK9]

I think you are talking about my bobbin winder. This is an old Consew 206RB-1, and doesn't have the fancy built in bobbin winders like a lot of machine. It is mounted externally to the table.

I too noticed the shopmade handwheel pulley, which is a larger diameter than the stock one. It would reduce the RPMs to the head.

When backtacking a starting stitch, I've just been using my elbow to depress the reverse lever on the Juki LU-563's and the Consew 206RB5. It does free up both hands to guide the workpiece, but it feels kind of....awkward. I've been waiting for the right piece of PTO cable to connect mine up to a pedal as well.

-DC

[stelmackr]

<<<snip>>>My machine you hold the lever up, not down for reverse, so the wire runs over the top of the machine and down the back through a tube. You can buy 1/4" or 3/8" tube in the plumbing section. Of the hardware store. You can also buy the high tensile wire as well to connect it to the pedal. The pedal can be constructed as simply as using a door hinge and a piece of wood. <<<snip images>>>

Here my "el cheap-o" reverse solution. I just have a wooden dowel that I jam in when I need to sew in reverse. It lets me have both hands free to guide the material:

Bob Stelmack