Need Help Getting Control Of This Thing

[Troy Burch]

While you are going through the effort to get a more friendly setup there is an adjustment you can make that will help. On the long arm that connects to the throttle pedal there is a screw with a wing nut on it. If you turn that screw in, it will stop the clutch arm sooner and prevent the runaway but be advised, you will be, in effect, slipping the clutch all the time so getting reducer or servo that will allow for reduced sewing speeds and increased torque at full clutch engagement will be better long term solutions for substantial amounts of use, but this may be adequate (and free) if you will only be making small amount of use and you do not run into torque issues. And this way, pushing down with cane will not cause runaways.

Thanks oltoot, I'm definately going to get it set up right or I'm just going to sell it. I'll try that adjustment to see If I can get by for now. Thanks Troy

[Troy Burch]

Thanks everyone for your advice you've been a big help. I know what direction I need to go now. A special thanks to Wizcrafts, I'm not in the dark now. Cowboy Bob has send me a pm with some possible help so I should be in good hands. Troy

[silverbullet]

We all learn when we are willing . I tried today to use my Adler 104 to sew a sheath for a knife, didn't workout to well when I started at the point end punched the holes and was sewing till it got to wear the thickness increased to about half inch the feed dog and upper foot left the leather cock sideways just enough to run off the edge. Lucky it's for my pleasure but the thing couldn't be sold all my time tooling and gluing . Oh well not enough machine guess I'll be selling some and buying a cowboy or cobra my self.