Members Ken Nelson Posted October 9, 2018 Members Report Posted October 9, 2018 Or you can turn it over, take a shoe hammer and tap them down. Quote
Members shoepatcher Posted October 9, 2018 Members Report Posted October 9, 2018 Bob Kovar probably will not have the feed dog. I think those are made by Weaver as an exclusive. Silver solder still cheaper and easy to file once soldered. Just my 2 cents. glenn Quote
Members dikman Posted October 10, 2018 Members Report Posted October 10, 2018 JBWeld should work for that little job, try and roughen up the slot a bit and clean with acetone to make sure there's no oil contamination. Heck, I've got JBWeld holding a fitting inside the crankcase of my bike and it works fine. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members R8R Posted October 10, 2018 Members Report Posted October 10, 2018 21 hours ago, dikman said: Heck, I've got JBWeld holding a fitting inside the crankcase of my bike and it works fine. People who use JB Weld on everything use JB Weld on EVERYTHING. Quote
Members lazyd Posted October 11, 2018 Author Members Report Posted October 11, 2018 I put JB weld in it yesterday. Sewed with it today. Stitches lay a lot smoother. Not as smooth as the Landis #3 I used to have ... Thought I was updating Ha! Quote
Members Big Sioux Saddlery Posted October 11, 2018 Members Report Posted October 11, 2018 Have you tried tightening up the tension on the bobbin case? There is a point in (over)tightening it that it actually starts to get looser. You'll never get as tight a stitch as the old stitchers, but you may be able to improve it a little more. You'll have to match any increased bottom tension by adjusting top of course. Quote
Members Matt S Posted October 12, 2018 Members Report Posted October 12, 2018 5 hours ago, Big Sioux Saddlery said: Have you tried tightening up the tension on the bobbin case? There is a point in (over)tightening it that it actually starts to get looser. You'll never get as tight a stitch as the old stitchers, but you may be able to improve it a little more. You'll have to match any increased bottom tension by adjusting top of course. Well that's a relief -- I'd noticed this phenomenon but never having seen a reference to it, and it not fitting the normal rules of behavior, thought I was getting all confuzzled. Quote
Members Big Sioux Saddlery Posted October 12, 2018 Members Report Posted October 12, 2018 17 hours ago, Matt S said: Well that's a relief -- I'd noticed this phenomenon but never having seen a reference to it, and it not fitting the normal rules of behavior, thought I was getting all confuzzled. No confuzzlement, true story! Quote
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