226r

[1sam16]

Hello-

I've benefited in many ways reading your posts...thank you! I just picked up a older Consew 226r. It stitches pretty well but I can't get it to produce its largest stitch (5 spI)...I have the stitch length on 5 and adjusted all the way out...the biggest stitch I can get it to make is 6spi...is there a simple adjustment/solution? thanks in advance! 

Greg

[Matt S]

What thickness leather are you sewing? With pendulum-drive (As opposed to square-drive) needle-feed machines the stitch length reduces with increasing work thickness, even without adjusting the stitch length regulator. Just a fact of geometry.

[1sam16]

Thanks!

Right now I'm just sewing through binding material to test the machine...I overlap it several times but its less than an 1/8 of an  inch thick. I have another 226 that stitches a perfect 5spi stitch in the same fabric.

Greg 

Edited December 27, 2017 by 1sam16

[1sam16]

Still working on it...here are a couple pictures. Thought I had found a lead in an old 111w navy manual...but no luck...the 111w is built differently...Could it be that like the Juki 563, there is a way to check forward stitch length as I'm adjusting the reverse length? I included a link to a diagram that Bob Kovar posted some time ago...in diagram 2-a there is a hole on the main body right by the knee lift linkage...inside there is a screw....wondering what that adjusts...yes, I'm at that point  lol!...any of you have access to a good service manual?

Thanks again!

Greg 

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[CowboyBob]

If you tilt the head back,hit the reverse lever,you'll see a shaft moving that has a set screw w/a locknut on it(towards the front in the middle).They set your stitch length for forward & reverse.Turn it out for a longer stitch.You will probably need to turn both of them since one is reverse length.

[1sam16]

Thank's Bob! BTW this is Greg from Grand Rapids...is this picture the area that you're talking about? If so this all might be all my fault...When I bought the machine the reverse handle when released was banging against the body of the machine and chipping the paint...so I backed it off:)...so if I open it open it back up again is there a way to adjust the over-all movement of the reverse handle so that I maintain a 5spi max stitch and yet keep the handle from continuing to damage the machine? Greg

[1sam16]

 OK… Never mind on my question I just came down to my shop and noticed the handle adjustment  on the side of the machine underneath the pulley… Thanks a ton :-) 

[CowboyBob]

Hey Greg,Great,I knew you could do it.