Will A Singer 25K Do The Trick

[flanman]

how do I post pics. I have tried using the image and links buttons but they only lock up the browser. I have tried cut and paste a photobucket link but that did not paste...

sorry

[Wizcrafts]

how do I post pics. I have tried using the image and links buttons but they only lock up the browser. I have tried cut and paste a photobucket link but that did not paste...

sorry

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[Darren Brosowski]

Not sure what I was smoking when I read your post

The 25k class is probably the most popular leather machine ever built

[flanman]

let me see if i can get my pics posted with a new browser

here are the pics.

A couple of questions I still have-

where can I get good replacement needles?

Adjusting the tension has helped but not eliminated my issue with skipped stitches, any other thoughts?

Any suggestions on where I can find someone to redo the woodwork on this treadle. Much of the veneer is ready to go or has come off. One drawer was reglued but too much glue was used and now it will not close all of the way.

I am still looking to use this to sew a buckskin shirt. I am getting better with sewing fabric and hope to soon have this adjusted well enough for thin leather.

Thank you once again for your guidance

flanman

[cdthayer]

That machine looks more like a Singer Model 27 than a 25, Flanman.

The 27 takes a common household needle 15x1, 2020, HAx1, or 130-705H.

CD in Oklahoma

[Wizcrafts]

That is a model 27 and probably one hundred years old. It is not meant to sew leather; just textiles. You would have to remove the original solid presser foot and the presser bar and convert it to a modern foot and bar system. This would allow you to install a roller or Teflon foot to help feed buckskin, which otherwise might not slide under the foot very well.

[flanman]

That machine looks more like a Singer Model 27 than a 25, Flanman.

The 27 takes a common household needle 15x1, 2020, HAx1, or 130-705H.

CD in Oklahoma

Thank you CD.

[flanman]

Wiz, thank you. Yes the serial number check has confirmed this is more than 100 years old. I had hoped that the quality then would handle thin leather and figured with no mechanical/electrical engine so to speak it would be able to do so. Alas I am slowing accepting that it will not.

flanman

[Wizcrafts]

Wiz, thank you. Yes the serial number check has confirmed this is more than 100 years old. I had hoped that the quality then would handle thin leather and figured with no mechanical/electrical engine so to speak it would be able to do so. Alas I am slowing accepting that it will not.

flanman

Your experience is similar to what many other people go through as they strive to sew leather on machines. That is why I published the sticky article about "The type of sewing machine you need to sew leather." It is among the other sticky topics on top of the Leather Machines section of the forum (this section). The information in it can save others from going through what I endured, learning about what type of machine it takes to sew real leather projects.

To be fair, some old machines can sew some types and thicknesses of leather, with what I regard as upholstery grade thread. In my own experience, this meant about 1/8 inch with #69 thread. It also required changing the presser foot to either a roller equipped foot, or a Teflon foot. Ancient machines, like your 27 type, have a solid presser foot that usually mounts the wrong way compared to modern machines. This requires changing the presser bar to use newer feet that flex, or have rollers or are made of Teflon.

[Darren Brosowski]

Every sewing machine ever built - including toys - will sew leather but the trick is knowing how much they will sew and with what thread.