Edge Guide for Consew 225 (and clones)

[Northmount]

23 hours ago, brmax said:

May have to be a registered buyer, I do recall this issue its been several years ago but I dont remember the work around.

Floyd

Assuming you are referring to Lee Valley.  They are a retail business.  Not sure if you have to register for an account, likely handled much the same as Amazon.  You register for an account with them too.  Lee Valley is about 25 minutes away from me on a good traffic day, so I always go to their store.  Have pre-ordered on the web so it is ready for me to pick up.  They have some really nice stuff, and some very expensive woodworking tools!  Most of those tools are way beyond my price range.

Tom

[KeithHideWorks]

I ended up buying this after doing a bunch of magnet research. I only hope that the magnet doesn't throw off the bobbin timing or throw it out of whack.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UU6W3Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Edited January 21, 2017 by KeithHideWorks

[Uwe]

Please report back after you get it. I enjoyed reading the Amazon review of the football player who struggled to get this magnet off his fridge. 

Edited January 21, 2017 by Uwe

[NCArcher]

This is my take on an Edge Guide for a 226. Two rare earth magnets fixed underneath. They grab on to the machine bed rather than the bobbin cover.

Took me about an hour to whip up but I did have to dimension the piece of timber with hand tools.

I'll put a couple of coats of polyurethane on to protect the timber and the leather.

You can see from the straight lines on the test piece that it works really well.

[dikman]

Thanks for the ideas, folks, this is my version. I have plenty of old hard drive magnets but unfortunately they don't have convenient screw holes in them, so I used a small steel bar and super-glued two to it. Rather than wood I used a piece of hard nylon that I had and milled the sides flat and a rebate in the bottom for the bar. I had already made a guide roller for a different fitting so I milled a groove in the top and screwed it to the nylon. (I have to use a screwdriver to lever the bar from the machine base to move it!!!).

 

[KeithHideWorks]

So I got the Magnet it in. Lets just say its a little too powerfull for this machine. Going to look into getting a smaller one and trying that.  This one is WAY WAY to powerfull and takes everything I have just to move it. I really don't want to operate the machine with this massive magnetic field that attracts everything metallic within 8inches.  I am thinking a smaller, round one will work better as an index.

This is a N50, 71LB magnet and is 3x.5x.5.   Something with much less than half this magnet power, I'm thinking in the 25lb range would be a much better choice.

Debating between:

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=BX884DCS&cat=173

or 

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=DA8

[mixmkr]

http://www.sailrite.com/Deluxe-5-1-2-Magnetic-Sewing-Guide

[brmax]

If we could locate some with the switch it would make the whole process a lot better. I have the normal stands for dial indicators to use in the craziest places and its just great. I took a look around for that type and a few are available, but it may be better to just make a couple nice brackets as Dikman posted and implementing something. Its possible though still not cheap one of these newer fandangled switchables from woodworkers place can fill the need.

Them at sailrite are pretty slick, i can see these being real handy, really key in on that nylon or pvc bracket material again cool!

Floyd

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/magswitch-magjig-60-switchable-magnet-for-jigs-and-fixtures?gclid=CP6p_Ymk4dECFQkPaQodkOgPjw

 

[Northmount]

more switchable magnets http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=56000&cat=1,43838,47843

Tom

 

[dikman]

Switchable magnets would certainly be easier to use and those that northmount linked to would probably be easier to adapt to a guide.

Keith, if that magnet is a bit strong try putting a few layers of tape on the bottom, that should reduce its "grab" a bit. I wouldn't worry about the magnetic field affecting other parts of the machine, as once it's clamped to the metal base that should contain the field and stop it extending beyond where it's clamped.

I think I need to figure out some sort of fitting on mine so that I can easily break the magnetic contact to remove it, as using a screwdriver to lever it isn't very elegant.

Edited January 27, 2017 by dikman