Newbie Needs Help Picking A Machine

[CowboyBob]

When you reset the clutch you need to push the button own,turn the handwheel backwards until you here a clicking noise(clutch popping in gear) then you can release the button.Is the clutch kicking out when you first start sewing?If so this can be cause because the needle thread needs to be held the first 3-stitches when you start sewing(so it doesn't wad up underneath the material)

[Carrieanna1172]

Ok I guess I'm working on the problem backwards and therefore am confusing myself and everyone else

*******The problem is the machine is not moving the leather though it's not pushing it through

********It sews ,moves and sounds fine but my leather won't walk or move

This happened before when I first got the machine and I think I caused it by turning the small knob I. The center of the big wheel the belt is attached to

Don't know how I fixed it the first time just jacked with it a lot and poof it worked again

**This time no luck and hours of turning it this way and that trying to reset clutch

Reading countless very confusing articles on timing and such

( I do not speak mechanic)

I don't believe the timing is off and I checked all the little screws under all the little face plates I could get to

But I don't know what to set that little knob to? There are numbers on it

And how to make it walk again?

Help! - Bob I am going to try to call during business hours while sitting in front of the machine

Perhaps you can walk me thru so adjustment on it

[Constabulary]

sounds like the set screws of the hand wheel are loose. There is a grove or flat sport on the shaft the hand wheel is attached to and one of the screws should sit in the grove.

[Wizcrafts]

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********It sews ,moves and sounds fine but my leather won't walk or move

This happened before when I first got the machine and I think I caused it by turning the small knob I. The center of the big wheel the belt is attached to

The small knob in the center of the handwheel is the stitch length regulator. Turn it counterclockwise to lengthen the stitches and clockwise to shorten them. If you are unable to get the knob to turn ccw, open the metal plate on the top rear area of the machine. Inside you'll see a shaft that culminates in a circular plate with a movable assembly attached to it. Rotate the handwheel until you see a set screw inside a threaded hole. Caution: there are two threaded holes. One has a screwed on cover that holds a heavy coil spring against the shaft. You don't want to unscrew that cover, believe me.

Once you identify the hole with the set screw, use a narrow flat blade screwdriver to turn the screw in further, which increases the stitch length. Test a few stitches. If it isn't moving far enough, turn it in more.

Sometimes, the little knob gets cross threaded, or jams up and won't move freely. Oil may be your friend here.

While the steel cover plate is open, oil everything that has an oil hole or wick. Place oil in the gaps on the movable block parts that control the stitch length.

[Carrieanna1172]

Thank you so much wiz and bob!!!

you two are awesome!!!

Did as you said and then oiled everything then called Bob

He had me take out that little lock screw and the other longer one I there and re insert the thread length

Knob tube thingy

And then put the screws back in and viola !

Working like a brand new one ; )

Thank again!!

[CowboyBob]

Carrie you did a good job today repairing your machine,I'm glad it was just a minor problem & an easy repair.