Question about my bell skiver

[chuckgaudette]

I hate it when that happens. Just can't get good help anymore. Thanks for trying. 

[cjmt]

On 21/01/2017 at 8:35 PM, gigi said:

I'm interested in this too: any other opinions from people using skivers without vacuum device? Is it worth buying one without this device? How are you dealing with it? What kind of leather are you skiving?

Seems the vacuum is important in the functioning of the skiver, but that version is more expensive.

I have a Fortuna with no suction. It occasionally picks pieces up on the feed wheel if I'm doing long skives of softer leather. Does the job very well on the whole. I'd likely buy one with vacume next time but not a big problem not having it imo

[gigi]

Thanks a lot for the information!

[chuckgaudette]

5 hours ago, cjmt said:

I have a Fortuna with no suction. It occasionally picks pieces up on the feed wheel if I'm doing long skives of softer leather. Does the job very well on the whole. I'd likely buy one with vacume next time but not a big problem not having it imo

Hi Charlie, What feed wheel do you have? Metal with milled lines or a porous stone?

[cjmt]

The stone, it mostly skives goat

[Trox]

Campbell Randall has pressers and feeding wheels for skiving machines, the feed roller are sold on width, 50 and 30 mm (and more) they are pretty universal parts that fit most skiving machines ( Chinese Fortuna clones). I have a steel wheel that I'm using on vegtan and heavier leather, stone wheel for upholstery type leather. My machine has a suction/exhaust system and I never had this trouble with any of my feed wheel.

Tor