Members JeannieH Posted April 19, 2018 Author Members Report Posted April 19, 2018 Ok thanks that gives me some ideas! Quote
Members Nuttish Posted April 20, 2018 Members Report Posted April 20, 2018 Thick and stiff leather is more difficult to split or skive than thinner softer leather. It requires a very sharp knife, clean emery or steel feed roll, higher feed roll spring tension balanced with the distance between the bell knife and leading edge of the presser foot, and correctly setting the curvature of the presser foot to be concentric with the bell knife. If your piece is getting stuck, your knife is too dull, there's not enough tension on the feed roll spring, or your knife is too close, or a combination. I'd start by making sure your knife is actually sharp. If you take a corner of any leather and dip it against the running knife it should cut with no drag. I'll post a walkthrough with pics of skiving and splitting thicker leather on a similar machine if you want. Quote
Members Sonydaze Posted April 20, 2018 Members Report Posted April 20, 2018 Wet leather may not be a good idea for your skiver. It can cause rust and some leathers will release chemicals that are not metal friendly. Reading this thread may help: http://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/73087-skiving-machine-woes/ Quote http://www.bound2please.com Sewing machines: 3 - Sunstar 590BL, Artisan Toro 3200, Juki LK-1900HS, Juki DDL-8500-7, Juki DDL-5550N, Pfaff 138-6/21, Pfaff 546-H3, Pfaff 335-H3, Adler 221-76, Singer 144WVS33, Singer 29K-51, Siruba 747B
Members JeannieH Posted April 21, 2018 Author Members Report Posted April 21, 2018 10 hours ago, Nuttish said: Thick and stiff leather is more difficult to split or skive than thinner softer leather. It requires a very sharp knife, clean emery or steel feed roll, higher feed roll spring tension balanced with the distance between the bell knife and leading edge of the presser foot, and correctly setting the curvature of the presser foot to be concentric with the bell knife. If your piece is getting stuck, your knife is too dull, there's not enough tension on the feed roll spring, or your knife is too close, or a combination. I'd start by making sure your knife is actually sharp. If you take a corner of any leather and dip it against the running knife it should cut with no drag. I'll post a walkthrough with pics of skiving and splitting thicker leather on a similar machine if you want. Ok I will check those things. Yes please post pics for me! 8 hours ago, Sonydaze said: Wet leather may not be a good idea for your skiver. It can cause rust and some leathers will release chemicals that are not metal friendly. Reading this thread may help: http://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/73087-skiving-machine-woes/ Ok thanks. I won’t try wetting it anymore. Checking out that thread now! Quote
Members AdamPCain Posted April 27, 2018 Members Report Posted April 27, 2018 Here is another good video Quote
Members JeannieH Posted April 29, 2018 Author Members Report Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 8:29 PM, AdamPCain said: Here is another good video Thanks! I’ve actually seen this video before a while ago. It does work. I will try it again on the WC. Quote
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