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Union Lockstich by Randall

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New guy here.

I've been hanging around the local leather shop for the past couple of years.  Learning how to build a saddle and britch'n, a decker pack saddle, gloves and other stuff.

There was a Randall stitcher, off in the corner not being used for 20 years.  Apparently it was too finicky for them.  Guess what?  I brought' home.  Now what?

I've read every thread on here regarding the machine.  Watched all the videos.  Sam at the company sent some reading.

several hours of learning about timing, tension, needle - thread size relationships and needle alignment and aton of tweaking the young lady presents a darn nice stitch and seems to be consistent from day to day.  Knock on wood - they tell me...

Question: this big hunk of iron also sew moccasin weight leather?

At the moment it won't but having it for only 3 days there's probably a ton of adjustments I'm not aware of.

Tnx

Roy

 

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Depends on what you mean by moccasin weight, deerskin,no, Walter Dwyer type moccasin, yes, that weight anyway. One of the problems with these machines is they like to sew FAST, the speed is what gives them momentum, look at a Campbell and the weight of the handwheel is what gives it momentum. I'm wondering if a 3/4 horse servo motor would do the trick. Then you could go slow but still have plenty of torque supposedly.

 

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I researched this for a man I did some work for. You can Google a guide for this machine. Or go to Randall  and email them. They are more than happy to help. 

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