Members NoPleather Posted January 15, 2016 Author Members Report Posted January 15, 2016 I wanted to add, Alexander slowed the motor down to possibly its slowest setting, and that's ok. But I will likely speed it up just a tad, as the motor on my Cowboy seems to stumble; either on or off, but no ramp-up speed, and that bothers me a little bit. My motor appears to lack crisp speed control, it's "chunky" in its operation. I recall Alexander mentioning something about it as well, suggesting it may need another motor. I may follow-up with him on that. Quote
Members TinkerTailor Posted January 15, 2016 Members Report Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) I wanted to add, Alexander slowed the motor down to possibly its slowest setting, and that's ok. But I will likely speed it up just a tad, as the motor on my Cowboy seems to stumble; either on or off, but no ramp-up speed, and that bothers me a little bit. My motor appears to lack crisp speed control, it's "chunky" in its operation. I recall Alexander mentioning something about it as well, suggesting it may need another motor. I may follow-up with him on that. Is your speed reducer on the smallest pulley or on the middle? My 5100 came setup on the middle setting, not the lowest. It would do the same thing when slowed down. The motor did not like the slowest setting. It felt like i had 3 speeds slow, slower and slowest. As soon as I sped the motor up a couple of notches I would lose my slow speed. When I got a belt to fit the speed reducer on its slowest setting, I was able to turn up the motor speed and get rid of the notchyness. I can now sew slower, and faster at the same time with much smoother speed changes, if that makes sense. Edited January 15, 2016 by TinkerTailor Quote "If nobody shares what they know, we will eventually all know nothing." "There is no adventure in letting fear and common sense be your guide"
Members NoPleather Posted January 16, 2016 Author Members Report Posted January 16, 2016 Interesting question. It's a little cold here today and while my garage is somewhat temperature controlled, it's still cold. I'll take a pic. My problem is that the pedal has no control over the speed; it's either going or not. Hang on... Quote
Members l2bravo Posted January 17, 2016 Members Report Posted January 17, 2016 Hey Nopleather, any luck with that pic of the routing?? Quote
Members SolarLeatherMachines Posted May 5, 2016 Members Report Posted May 5, 2016 Hi Guys, This is Alexander from Solar Leather Machines, in Arlington, Texas. We're just outside of Dallas. We're the only Cowboy Dealership West of the Mississippi. There are lots of ways to route the thread on 4500 machines, for sure. However, it's important to use the same method that was used when the thread was balanced. If your technician balanced the bobbin thread with one path, and you change it, the thread tension might be way off. The method that cowboy recommends is shown in our videos here: http://www.solar-leather.com/supporthelp/ I do make "house calls" within a reasonable distance. Alexander Quote Alexander
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