Sneak Peek: UT441 flatbed table attachment for 441 class machines

[Uwe]

I've been working on a flatbed table attachment for the 441 class of machines for a while now and it's finally far enough along to share a few photos. It's intended as an alternative to the standard table attachment available from the machine vendors.

After initial trials I decided to incorporate the throat plate opening into the metal plate to come as close as technically possible to the original flatbed version with a continuous flat surface without gaps. The center metal part is made from a 1/16" stainless steel top plate bonded to a 3/16" aluminum base plate. Small oil access holes in the metal plate allow oiling the machine without having to remove the board.

My Cowboy 4500 served as the testbed for development and test fittings. The flatbed attachment should also fit the original Juki TSC-441, Cobra Class 4, and various other copies of the Juki TSC-441 design with a standard length arm.

This post is about sharing the design and concept of this prototype flatbed attachment. It'll put a separate post in the marketplace section when the production version of the flatbed attachment is available for sale in mid-January 2017 ($159)

 

[RockyAussie]

Where is the like button, I can't find the like button. Very nice Uwe

[OLDNSLOW]

yes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^what he said

 

[mixmkr]

quality

[Constabulary]

EXCELLENT !!!! 

[dikman]

Very nice. Tell me, Uwe, do you actually use your machines? They always look so......clean .

[Joon1911]

Uwe,

that looks a world above the flatbed that ships with these machines.  I've only used mine a couple times and they leave a lot to be desired.   

Do you have any ideas of price point at this time?

[Hockeymender]

14 hours ago, Uwe said:

This post is about sharing the design and concept of this prototype flatbed attachment. It'll put a separate post in the marketplace section when the production version of the flatbed attachment is available for sale in mid-January 2017 ($159)

Answers price point question.

Edited December 27, 2016 by Hockeymender

[Yetibelle]

WOW - everything you do looks great.  I want one.  haha

[MADMAX22]

Uwe we need some different size feed dogs for these things with associated plates. You gonna start making some?

I think these machines could use a feed dog setup for 138 and lower thread needle combo or even 207 and lower, then one for the larger 277/207 and larger combos. Right now what we have is a catch all for 138 or 92 if you can get it to work all the way up to 416 or whatever size they max out at, jack of all trades master of none. The setups they have work good for large stuff but the smaller end performance could be improved considerably. 

Thats a nice looking setup you have made. Great job.