Redneck ingenuity

[JKHelms]

I bought a Ferdco 2000 cylinder arm machine and wanted a narrow right, center, and left presser foot set. 

Orderded them from one of our LW advertisers, got them in and the L& R feet were a 1/4” to long. 

Dont know if they were the wrong ones or what, but couldn’t adjust the pressure to keep from marking the leather. 

So being the redneck engineer, welder, machinist that  I am, i cut one into and shortened it a 1/4”, tig welded it back together so it was the same length as my double foot. 

Works perfect . Have to do the right one now.

Moral of the story is, never under estimate a determined South Georgia redneck,,,

[Uwe]

You can also raise the presser foot bar up to where it's supposed to be.

[mikesc]

:)

[Constabulary]

Really? Cutting and Bubba welding instead of adjusting the machine? And when you need a truck but have a sedan you cut off the roof?

Edited October 31, 2017 by Constabulary

[KingsCountyLeather]

11 hours ago, Uwe said:

You can also raise the presser foot bar up to where it's supposed to be.

Oops! 

[alexitbe]

Well I do admire his get up and go...and refusal to be beaten... (honestly)

 

However, maybe a few minutes thought would have been appropriate...

Alex

[RockyAussie]

57 minutes ago, KingsCountyLeather said:

Oops! 

What do you mean Oops??? If he raises that presser bar he'll have a higher clearance for thicker stuff

[Dwight]

17 hours ago, JKHelms said:

 

Moral of the story is, never under estimate a determined redneck,,,

 

Thanks for the laugh, JKHelms, . . . and the inspiration, . . . I changed your last sentence, hope you don't mind, . . . there are a bunch of determined rednecks outside of South Georgia, . . . 

May God bless,

Dwight

[KingsCountyLeather]

3 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

What do you mean Oops??? If he raises that presser bar he'll have a higher clearance for thicker stuff

Showed this to my wife for a laugh!  She goes... that’s like something you’d do!!   Sad thing is, She’s right! 

 

[JKHelms]

On 10/31/2017 at 2:56 AM, Constabulary said:

Really? Cutting and Bubba welding instead of adjusting the machine? And when you need a truck but have a sedan you cut off the roof?

I don’t see anything “bubba” about it. I’ve owned my own welding and machine shop for 40 years until my cancer forced me to retire last year.

Where I’m from, we figure out a way to make stuff work. (Lots of farm equipment and industrial repairs) 

And I do drive a truck, not much use for cars. That’s for city folks.

And the presser feet were a 1/4” longer than my standard feet on this machine. I didn’t want to have to adjust the presser bar every time I changed the feet. Would be a PITA.