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[Uwe]

In general, to minimize marks on your leather, you want the surfaces touching the leather be as smooth as possible with no sharp edges, have the surfaces be as big as possible to distribute the pressure over a larger area, and have the pressing force be as low as possible while still holding on to the leather and letting the machine make good stitches. No matter what kind of sewing machine you have, it'll take some experimenting with various feet, needle/throat plates and pressure settings. Report back if you find a combination that works well!

[OLDNSLOW]

well being a newby to the machine and sewing in general I guess I now need to figure out how to adjust that pressure.

[Uwe]

Most of these industrial sewing machine have some kind of thumb screw at the top that allows you to adjust how hard the presser feet push down. Many people never adjust that foot pressure because it

works fine as it is for most tasks and some don't l know they even can adjust the foot pressure. The owner's manual for your machine probably talks about it. On the Adler 205, it's the screw that I'm removing at the beginning and then tighten again at the end of this video:

[OLDNSLOW]

Thanks for the info I will look to see if I can find a utube video on it, again much thanks for the info.