Gritzner sole stitcher?

[Constabulary]

at least closer than the 45K in Germany Who know´s maybe you start a carpet business soon.

I just wanted to give a hint for a similar machine (like the Gritzner)

Edited June 1, 2017 by Constabulary

[verc]

hello I'm a collector of sewing machines I have the same sewing machine Gritzner, I lost a while but I managed to make it work perfectly, I also have the original French language manual (missing 2 pages) if you are still interested I can photograph it and send.
This machine works horizontally to sew the outer edge of the shoe the same function as the Frobana or Junker.
Best regrds,
Vittorio

 

On 24/7/2016 at 9:12 PM, Wizcrafts said:

If that machine can sew along the edge of a sole, or a narrow edge of a shaped project, with heavy thread, I'll take it.

 

[mikesc]

If you can photograph it and upload it, I can translate it to English and re-upload.

[mariemoo]

His very I got 4 pages you sent one with the bobbin shuttle but can't figure out the position to place the bobbin shuttle into its holder so it works with the needle

[mikesc]

I put the pages onto another HD ( not on this machine )..and forgot all about it, ( and of my "tax year" here,- business tax year, personal tax years are approximately May to May - and have been very busy too, I mostly look in and maybe post late at night ) so the translation is going to be late, but I'll get on it. The missing pages may well be the ones that cover where the bobbin goes ( I read through the pages very quickly and noticed that the missing pages were a "bit critical" to be able to thread it, but, we'll see ) I'll try and get it all ( the pages that Verc sent to me ) translated and assembled into a PDF with the original photos, up before Xmas hits us..

Edited December 13, 2017 by mikesc

[mariemoo]

Thank you so much Mike. .I really want to try and get this up and running..it looks indestructible and fun to use. It'  wasted in storage. Xx

[mariemoo]

On 13/12/2017 at 8:36 PM, mikesc said:

I put the pages onto another HD ( not on this machine )..and forgot all about it, ( and of my "tax year" here,- business tax year, personal tax years are approximately May to May - and have been very busy too, I mostly look in and maybe post late at night ) so the translation is going to be late, but I'll get on it. The missing pages may well be the ones that cover where the bobbin goes ( I read through the pages very quickly and noticed that the missing pages were a "bit critical" to be able to thread it, but, we'll see ) I'll try and get it all ( the pages that Verc sent to me ) translated and assembled into a PDF with the original photos, up before Xmas hits us..

How' you get on with the translation Mike? Xx

[mikesc]

I didn't forget this time, but have been unexpectedly very very busy over Xmas, ( was just settling down for a relax, and ...lost some roofing in a storm, been sewing temporary tarps to hold out the weather today, weather woman says tomorrow is less rainy/stormy, hoping to get my tarps finished and in place by Thursday, and be able to take a breather, and put the PDF together, go food shopping etc ) ..the weekend coming is for splitting logs, long range forecast says colder and more stormy..we are right on the coast, less than 5 minutes walk from the beach. Can get cheap Chinese tarps here ( 240gm per square metre ) , but they are the wrong dimensions, so have to cut them up and sew them them back together ..in the house..as the workshop roof is what got damaged..fortunately I have one industrial sewing machine ( although it isn't a tarp sewing machine ) in the living room.Cutting and resewing 4m x 6m tarps in the living room is very awkward..as is attaching them to the roof in a storm, hence I hope that the TV weather woman was accurate about Wednesday's and Thursday's weather.

[mikesc]

OK..the French TV weather woman wasn't telling the entire story, Wednesday was mainly sunny , but with severe hail showers about every 30 minutes ( falling right out of clear skies , like they do ) ..so..I didn't get my tarps on until Thursday afternoon..But I did translate the original manual from venc during Wednesday night and into Thursday morning ( took quite some time because I had to go exploring French websites* about "old style" French shoemaking to try to understand some of the technical terms ) finished and proof read ..just the once..because as someone here says .."life is too short".

I converted the original manual which included the images of the machine and it's parts ( it was in French ) which was posted by  venc..
( Thanks venc :-) ) to a PDF..and made my translation of the French text to English into an accompanying PDF..

I suggest that anyone who wants them downloads both..and opens them side by side..they will make more sense that way than if I had tried to "blend" them ( which was what I had originally thought to do ) into one PDF.

The original French manual from venc is too big for me to upload when converted to PDF ( I kept the image quality high so as to keep the photos of the machine clear ), so I'll be contacting a mod  to help me with the upload and hopefully they will place the link to it in this post..here

The English translation PDF is much smaller ( no images, text only ) and so I can upload it here directly..please download both..unless of course you read French, in which case you'll only need the French one..

English translation

*My main source for the meanings of French shoemaking technical terms is a website run by "tic tac"..who I know from his blog is a visitor to here sometimes..to tic tac.."chapeau bas et merci"  ( my hat is doffed to you and thank you ) .M

Gritzner Manual Sole Sewing Machine English Translation of Original French Text.pdf

[Wizcrafts]

Here is the rest of the Gritzner sole stitcher manual, with the original French text and images, as supplied to me by @mikesc.

 

Gritzner-sole-stitcher-manual-French-text+images.pdf