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[leathersmyth]

Yup, Those r what my stools look like.....   Work Great!   

[Joon1911]

On 3/12/2018 at 0:21 PM, garypl said:

I tried to sew sitting on a stool, but I cannot control the speed consistently unless I am standing up.  Seems like when I am sitting I try to feather the pedal and I end up pressing too hard and it takes off!

Gary

I put the foot ring of the stool at a good height for my heel to rest on and just use my toes to feather the pedal.  I find this reduces the times my machine runs away on me to next to zip.

[Matt S]

10 hours ago, Joon1911 said:

I put the foot ring of the stool at a good height for my heel to rest on and just use my toes to feather the pedal.  I find this reduces the times my machine runs away on me to next to zip.

I take advantage of the size of the "go" pedal and put the ball of my left foot at the bottom left and the ball of my right foot at the top right. I press the pedal only with my right foot -- the weight of my left keeps the pedal under very careful control. It also helps that I learned to drive on a series of vehicles with dodgy clutches ;-)

[tomsmith85717]

 I went to the university surplus place and got a stool it isnt perfect its too short,  it was made in 1997 (doesnt look a day over 10 though) its built like a tank had to have cost them like $600 new... but at $25 USD I will gladly try to mod it into a great stool, I will also swing by that place on the semi regular as they have some cool and weird shit at garage sale prices.  Honestly if you needed a cheap sturdy work bench they  had old lab tables and ridiculous desks for like $20