consew stitching, singer takeup cam, vibrations

[ensitmike]

i had a couple question and thought I’d put them all in one thread so I don’t spam the forum

 

1) the first one is about my stitching. I’ve managed to balance the stitches and to get the loop in the center of the material, but the backside is very ugly. Is there a way I can fix this? For reference this is a consew 206rb-2

https://imgur.com/a/AC8ivjr (backside is left two stitches. Top is on the right)

2) how hard is it to replace the takeup lever cam wheel on a singer 15-91? The wheel that the takeup lever rides in and causes it to go up and down. Also where would I look for a replacement?

3) I’ve already put 6 layers of 1/4” Eva foam under the feet of my table of my 206. There is a rug under that. How might I quiet the vibrations even more? Running a clutch motor currently and it’s really loud. 

 

Thanks guys!

[Northmount]

18 minutes ago, ensitmike said:

1) the first one is about my stitching. I’ve managed to balance the stitches and to get the loop in the center of the material, but the backside is very ugly. Is there a way I can fix this? For reference this is a consew 206rb-2

https://imgur.com/a/AC8ivjr (backside is left two stitches. Top is on the right)

Are you using leather point needles?  They slice and don't blow out the back so much.

Tom

[ensitmike]

1 minute ago, Northmount said:

Are you using leather point needles?  They slice and don't blow out the back so much.

Tom

No, that is my next buy though. Will that fix a lot of this?

[Northmount]

1 minute ago, ensitmike said:

No, that is my next buy though. Will that fix a lot of this?

It will improve the back a lot.  But it will never look as good as the top side.  Hammering the stitch line with a smooth hammer will also help a little.

Tom

[ensitmike]

43 minutes ago, Northmount said:

It will improve the back a lot.  But it will never look as good as the top side.  Hammering the stitch line with a smooth hammer will also help a little.

Tom

Great. I’ll do that and get some matching thread to minimize it visually. 

Do you recommend diamond or the S type. I think it’s s, basically the sharpened standard tip vs diamond. 

Edited December 27, 2018 by ensitmike

[Northmount]

4 hours ago, ensitmike said:

Do you recommend diamond or the S type

I think mine are S type.  Depends somewhat on what your suppliers have available.  Away from the shop for a few days!

Tom

[dikman]

Machine stitching (at least using the usual upholstery type machines such as the Consew, Singer, Seiko, Juki etc) will never look as good on the reverse as hand stitching, regardless of the type of needle used. Leatherpoint needles will minimise it slightly.

As for the motor, in all honesty the best thing to do is replace it with a servo motor, the single best thing you can do for sewing leather.

[chrisash]

I think I would loosen off the bobbin a small touch, to me it looks a bit to tight and cutting in, a fine balance between looks and thread tension

[ensitmike]

4 hours ago, chrisash said:

I think I would loosen off the bobbin a small touch, to me it looks a bit to tight and cutting in, a fine balance between looks and thread tension

I think I agree with this because it does seem to be cutting in quite a bit.  I did it based on a video I saw where you “yo-yo” the thread and it drops then stops. I think I was on the tighter end of that yo-yo trick though.