pressor foot mods. Post any that you have done

[Gregspitz]

cut out the pressor foot on my Techsew 2750 pro and it worked great for edge sewing. I can see the needle like I wanted to!

[Constabulary]

I see you are using titanium needles - are they really so much better?

[Gregspitz]

someone here recommended them so I went with it...best I can say is that I have not had ANY issues and they sew great...

[Wizcrafts]

I use only Titanium System 135x16 needles on my Singer walking foot and 2 Singer patch machines. They penetrate Venture Tape without gumming up in the eye. Regular steel needles always gum up from Venture Tape. They are available in sizes 18 through 24. I use numbers 19 through 23 with the walking foot 139w109 and either 18 (#69 thread) or 19 (#92 thread) on the 29k patchers.

[mixmkr]

I'd try some 135x17 #16 or #14 ...but the smallest I could ever find where the #18.  I use a lot of basting tape.

 

That watch band looks great!! :-)

[dikman]

Good one, Greg. Cutting off the pressor foot hadn't occurred to me.

[mixmkr]

I kinda have a similar setup on my LU562, so I can swing my right angle binder in and get it close.  The presser foot plate is ground out a bit too.

 

 

Edited December 21, 2016 by mixmkr

[Uwe]

I made an in-line walking foot for a Pfaff  545 a few weeks ago:

 

 

[mixmkr]

Uwe...Your JUKI LU563 vid was fantastic.  Besides the exceptional quality, VERY useful.

I have one question.  Since it appears stitch lengths can be independent of each other in forward or reverse, I assume the forward stitch length could be increased to a max of 7.5mm (or more), not worrying about matching up with reverse?  I have no need for matching holes in detailed leather work, but in my marine canvas, the longest stitch length up to 10mm is desirable.  Backstitching is only for locking and appearance is a LOW 2nd in this small area.  I'd love to increase my LU562 (assuming it's the same as the 563) to the machine's maximum. Currently I'm getting about 6mm.   I'm going to need to spend some quality time and match your video to my JUKI.

Great work and thanks!!

[mixmkr]

Never mind...I read in the YouTube comments that answers my potential 10mm forward stitch length.   Hoping on this end that I don't have the "factory set length" type of machine..   but I do have reverse on my 562

[Gregspitz]

great so far.//would love to see more.

I was afraid to do this as I thought the leather would not feed well..but my mod was fairly minimal and worked great.

UWE....extreme and awesome!

[Uwe]

Here's a simple little mod that I just did for a different topic. Cutting a simple slot on the inner presser foot that allows you to quickly pull the thread in and out instead of threading the hole. 

[mixmkr]

I've got some extra inner feet and may end up doing this as well...rather than the slit the long ways.    I ordered some in the other thread already cut... will report back

[Yetibelle]

On ‎12‎/‎21‎/‎2016 at 10:48 PM, Uwe said:

I made an in-line walking foot for a Pfaff  545 a few weeks ago:

 

 

WOW - I like that - I will have to try that one out.  Looks like a Star Wars mod.  The Imperial Walker-Foot.

[GPaudler]

I needed to move the edge guide closer to the needle on my Adler 105, but the local dealer said that presser feet for that machine are upwards of $300. Needless to say, I made my own. The bottom portion is cut and bent from a piece of stainless angle and the slotted back is cut from a piece of plate, all TIG-welded together, though, without a welder, one could do the same with silver solder.

 

[OLDNSLOW]

Uwe, would that inline foot work on a Cobra 4 machine as well or is it set for the type of machine you made it for?  In the event it will work with a cobra are there more available or is it a one off?

Thanks

[brmax]

GPaudler, that's a nice job you worked up on that foot, I like the width also, always good to see some tips thanks!

Oldnslow, I cant see the standard needle foot being used,  As its so straight in back and with a 5 stitch per" setting doesn't look to have any feed dog left for other to sit on, with any rear foot mods. We may have to look at some newer feet, I seen Al have some aluminum or a tool steel set recently in a vid so maybe options out there, I will have to look at that one again. If ya see any post up 4sure

Floyd

[Uwe]

GPaudler: great job on those custom feet! 

OLDNSLOW: The inline feet I showed in the video only work on Pfaff 545 class machines and foot mounts. Those exact feet will not work on a 441 class machine.

However, I do think certain Juki TSC-441 style feet (Cobra Class 4, Cowboy 4500, etc.) can be modified to make in-line versions as well. The blanket feet are a good candidate, which have a similar foot print to the Pfaff feet I had used, just larger. All you need is some foot print directly behind the inner presser foot (and a flat-top throat plate for that rear foot to rest on). 

Nobody on this forum seems to use the blanket feet anyways, so it seems like a good candidate for a modification into something more useful. 

You may need to combine this with a flat-top throat plate to give the outer binder foot something to rest on.

(45 minutes later ...)

Since I had nothing better to do right now, I took the blanket foot from my Cowboy 4500 and modified it for in-line foot. Worked out quite nicely, actually.

It turns out the Adler 205 flat-top harness maker throat plates I have (UT205HM) also fit the 441 class of machines - yay! (I just have to find new 3/16"-28 screws or suitable washers - the original screw heads are too small and fit right through the larger mounting holes of the UT205HM throat plate. The foot shape of the 441 style mount seems easy enough to machine from stock. I think I'll just try to make some from scratch and see how they work out. Here are some before pictures with the blanket foot set and the flat-top throat plate (just sitting on the arm, not screwed down right now):

 

After cutting, grinding, and polishing the outer blanket foot like the Pfaff version shown in an earlier post, it looks like this:

 

 

Edited January 9, 2017 by Uwe

[OLDNSLOW]

Cool,  but you have a much greater vision of what yer doing than I do, I sort of gave up on grinding and tig welding and that a few years ago.  there's a lot of rust in its place.

[GPaudler]

Nice work, as always, Uwe. Is 3/16-28 really a screw size? #10-32 would be pretty close and quite common - though close isn't very helpful when it comes to screw pitch. Sewing machine screws are a constant source of bewilderment.

 

 

[Uwe]

The Juki Parts lists include screw sizes, which is super helpful. The Juki TSC-441 parts list shows a 3/16"-28 spec for the screws that hold down the throat plates.

[GPaudler]

That's what I mean by bewildering: A machine from a Japanese company specifying a fastener with an Imperial size designation I've never seen. I did find a reference to a 10-28 screw, which might be a distinction without a difference. But why not a M5-.8 or 10-32? It's a rhetorical question, it does keep life interesting. The 100 year-old French Cornely I've been working on has a goofy mishmash of screw sizes too.

 

[brmax]

Uwe, I'm quiet about saying things like (shh) I didn't have anything better to do, my kids say that a few times, like they have a clue on being busy

Anyway ya did great there figuring that out, that plate looks pretty happy there. Iwas looking earlier at the hightex site for presser feet, and should have looked at plates , maybe tomorrow!

I have a quick ? did you adjust the feed dog height any in the photo and or is there available adjustment with that top plate curious. I mean hey you said you weren't busy

thankyou

Floyd

[Uwe]

After an evening of beating Adobe Fusion 360 into submission, I finally have a CAD model of the in-line presser foot I plan to make for the 441 class of machines:

[Uwe]

That should say "Autodesk Fusion 360", not "Adobe ..." in the post above.

Edited January 10, 2017 by Uwe