Who uses a Pearson #6

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

3 hours ago, Singermania said:

Looks like you've done a great job setting up the no 6.   These machines run well on slow revving servo motors especially with a speed reducer fitted.  They are not really fussy with threads, but bear in mind they were originally intended for running non synthetic thread thru a wax pot.   I've never encountered a thread they cant handle, its more a matter of matching a needle to it.   Some of my collection.

Omg, I want to come visit you!  All this talk of the Pearson #6 is making me want one.  And I need another machine like a hole in the head.

[T Moore Medicine Hat Saddlery]

I could have bought one of the Chinese clones and had money left over but didn't and am glad  the Pearson is much simpler and more robust than  those and honestly easier to sew with. It is better machined than a landis#1 even though they look similar and in my opinion much superior to any other machine I've sewn on . It would be your favorite machine pretty quick I bet .

My plan is to get another machine and have one set up for light work only  and one for heavy sewing only with a good supply of needles on hand 

[ddp]

thanks @Singermania i put a speed reducer under it as well. Seems to run at a nice speed. you have a crazy collection, i love it. I got the round rein attachment in good order by the way, now i just have to try it a bit to figure out how it'll all work.

 

@T Moore Medicine Hat Saddlery i felt the same way as you i was eyeing up the cobra class 4 pretty heavily then this Pearson came up for sale in Armstrong, b.c.  well i was down there for holidays anyway, went and checked it out and could leave without it.

cheers, Matt

[leathersmyth]

   I have a #6, It still does a Beautiful stitch.  I also had a #9 at one point because the shuttle nose of #6 sometimes gets in the way stitching but ended up selling that because even though had basic design of the pearson it could not do as nice as stitch as.

Also hearing the clickity clack of everything messing as the machine is stitching makes a wonderful sound to listen to.

[PeterMain]

....I love my Pearson. I have rebuilt another three of these in years gone by.

[plinkercases]

I was seriously looking into a Landis #1 but an now (very excited about) negotiating currently for a Pearson but has no stand or bobbin winder... Aaron Martin has a stand with no fly-wheel... I would sure love to find or find out how to have one made to try the treadle.....they also have their version of a hand bobbin winder and an electric winder but seem pricey.. I would rather spend for an original if they are still around or go the other way and make one. 

When I get it I can drive to Aaron Martin's and spend some time with them in person. They are great and so far all I have done is buy materials from them and his Brother's (Levi Martin) store Harness Hardware.

I am also close to Henry who is a Pearson guru as far as I can tell.

Peter Main those are works of art... I read somewhere else your description of the years of the rebuild process.

After this machine I MUST STOP..... really.

And yes perhaps this thread becomes the Pearson Owner Group thread. I hope my deal works out.

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

53 minutes ago, plinkercases said:

After this machine I MUST STOP..... really.

. . . You do know that it doesn't ever really stop, don't you?!   A friend of mine says a chosen few of us have an obligation to rescue this vintage equipment.  Lol.

[plinkercases]

As has been said above I love the idea of having my hands on machine that has been making saddles and harnesses for almost a century. Perhaps father to son. 

Why spend even more on a machine with no life inside it.

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

22 hours ago, plinkercases said:

As has been said above I love the idea of having my hands on machine that has been making saddles and harnesses for almost a century. Perhaps father to son. 

Why spend even more on a machine with no life inside it.

I agree.  Not only do those new machines have no life, there is no way to make them lay down a stitch like the machines that were designed to be saddle and harness stitchers. 

[Singermania]

I also love old machines, however a machine is a machine is a machine, the life in it is the life you see in it with your own eyes.  If you see it then good, if you don't then that machine will suit someone else.