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1 hour ago, Northmount said:

My guess is not the foot itself, but the balance between the inner and outer feet.  I doubt that the foot is too long. There are others here more expert than I am.

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The basic rotational setup has the inside foot making contact with the throat plate at the same time as the tip of the needle. As the wheel turns, the outer foot lifts as the needle and inside foot move the material. At the end of the stroke, the needle comes out, the outer foot drops down and the feed dog drops down and moves forward. Do you see these four motions?

There will be a means of balancing the ratio or amount of lift of the two feet, somewhere on the back or on top.

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Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.

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Feed dog might be a sliver high, but doesn't look like it should be a problem.  And the upper spring still works against the direction, so if that's fairly loose that maybe isn't the issue at all.

Still, if your pressure is "backed off", seems like both feet are pretty deep in the leather.  Either spring pressure or spongey leather ...

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11 hours ago, TheHollerLW said:

Yeah I’m not giving up on this machine haha I love it, the photo is two 9oz pieces. But I have tired it on many thickness with same result. I will look online to lower the fees dog, is there a foot that is different? That isnt a round hole? 

I've seen some other feet from other machines if similar make that have the open toe, but not sure if it would change anything other than the shape of the impression. The videos and manuals are under the support section, http://www.solar-leather.com/supporthelp

I believe the feed dog is covered under the throat plate video as you remove it completely to attach some of them

Machines currently in use: Cowboy 3200, Adler 67-372, Singer 66, Singer 15-91

 

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There are different coil springs available for these machines. My stock spring is much weaker than the heavy duty I obtained down the line. That extra heavy spring always leaves an impression if it is engaged at all. Maybe the OP's machine has that E.H. spring installed.

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Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.

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I don’t know much about machines but I have the 3200. If your needle foot is not installed correctly it will leave those marks. I ran into that problem when I cut the front out of my needle foot. I didn’t want the hole because it made it harder to see exactly where my needle was landing. So I cut a groove in it. Reinstalled it but it did not “bottom out”. I loosened the screw that holds it on the rod and worked it up to where it “seated” and tightened screw. No more problems. 

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17 hours ago, Clintock said:

I don’t know much about machines but I have the 3200. If your needle foot is not installed correctly it will leave those marks. I ran into that problem when I cut the front out of my needle foot. I didn’t want the hole because it made it harder to see exactly where my needle was landing. So I cut a groove in it. Reinstalled it but it did not “bottom out”. I loosened the screw that holds it on the rod and worked it up to where it “seated” and tightened screw. No more problems. 

Could you post a photo of your modification? 

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On 3/1/2019 at 4:12 PM, TheHollerLW said:

I’m using 207 with 200/25 needle here

Each his own, as they say, but I think tha's a BIG needle for that size thread (I use a 23 with 207).

Woulda said sumthin earlier, but was tryina leave room for somebody addressing the original issue.

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Sorry I didn’t get the picture earlier this week. It’s been a hectic week with 14-15 hr work days. Here’s the mod I was talking about. Just took a dremel and cut a groove so I could see what was happening. Hope this helps. 

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