Edge Guides Cowboy / Cobra

[JLSleather]

2 tapped holes on the back of the cobra... do these fit the drop-down edge guide available with Cowboy machines?  Looks like they might, but guessing from pictures, and I admit I don't care for $100+ guesses.

 

[Wizcrafts]

Yes, but ask the dealer for the correct guide that fits the hole spacing. Also get the proper screws with the guide, for that brand of machine.

[Uwe]

Can you post a close-up picture of the machine's back side showing the hole locations? You may need an adapter bracket (hopefully it would be included). Either way, the manual foot lift lever tends to get in the way of the swing-down guide on the 441 class machines. If you do what Al Bane did in his video (remove the ball on the lever), you're losing the gravity-operated foot lift release because the weight of manual lever no longer pulls down enough. Swing-down edge guides on a 441 class machine are a  compromise, not an elegant solution.  

[JLSleather]

I'll have to get out a measurin' stick or somthin' to check the holes.  Without giong to the machine, I'm gonna guess they's 6mm holes, one vertically above the other, right in the area that lever will swing (IF I was to ever use it).

Too bad I don't have a mill or a lathe any more.... as a former tool 'n' die guy, I know 27¢ worth of steel when I see it

But this little slidin' thing that came with the machine, pain in my back.  I checked... they're like $85!  Somebody can have this one (I did try to use it a dozen times or so) for HALF that price.

Shoulda bought the cb4500, I guess (again)... which would have come with that.

 

[MADMAX22]

I cant find any pics of the mounting side of the swing down guide. Looked at the one on the techsew site and it says it will fit theres but possible drill and tap may be required. The only pics are of the arm side not of it mounted to the machine. I have an older neel's version (cowboy) and it has those two tiny tapped holes on the side you sit at and it has a bigger single tapped hole on the other side where I think it would mount.  

[JLSleather]

Same thing here.. two holes in teh front, two holes in the back.  "Manual" is basically useless, and I'm not seeing anybody posting any of it.

 

[treyman]

Cobra may be coming out with its own. 

 

[Constabulary]

Looks pretty much as the guide I´m using on my 111G156. Where is the development in this guide? Maybe I´m missing something but this is the same as the Kwokhing with just another mounting bracket. Could not be too difficult to make a proper mounting bracket for the "standard" Kwokhing guide.

Edited July 7, 2016 by Constabulary

[JLSleather]

Yikes.  Another video.  Well, at least this one had SOME value... saved me spending $100+ on a cheap litle bracket.  The roller guide would be the only thing on that costing more than $2.  .. roller bushing maybe $10?

[Uwe]

The KB205 adapter bracket for Kwok Hing guides may actually work on a Cobra, or at least be a good starting point for a custom bracket. While the Adler 205 is a totally different design, the general dimensions are not that far off from a 441. I had contemplated drilling holes and installing a swing down edge guide on my 441, but never got around to it. If the vertically aligned holes are already there, it may be worth a shot.