BoMo Report post Posted January 27, 2017 Dear leatherworkers, I am a South African living in the Eastern Cape in the small town called Grahamstown. I am a independent tour operator and take tourists throughout Southern Africa, that is SA, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. I am new to leatherworks and always wanted to work with leather as a hobby since a little boy. Now I spotted and bought a Singer 29K71 Patcher for South African Rand 2000.- which is about US$ 140.- from a local antique shop and can't wait to get started. It is in a wonderful condition, I have cleaned it and threaded it , adjusted the bobbin rotation as per manual but I can't get the needle to pick up the yarn from the bobbin. I went through all the settings as per manual but have to give up after a while as it is very frustrating to be held back. Please, if you can give me advice as to how to go about solving this problem I would greatly appreciate this. if you want to visit Southern Africa give me a shout too. Many thanks and hope to get leather sewing soon. Boris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimi Report post Posted January 28, 2017 Hello Boris, can you upload some pictures of the shuttle and needle area. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
