Help a guy out with his new skiving machine!

[Scoutmom103]

I'm very interested in this thread and the suction funnel.   I'm scheduled to pick up a Fortschritt (Has 2136 with Germany on a Tag, could be a inventory tag)  in Mid January.  It's being stored in a warehouse until I am traveling a couple of hours from the warehouse, so I can't get any measurements at this time.  I will have to remove the skiver from the worktable to fit it in my Outback so I'll be able to get lots of measurements once I get it home.  

You do amazing work with the ways you come up with solutions to problems and ways to improve production and use of machines and processes.  Thank you for being so willing to share and utilize those skills for others.

 

Edited August 11, 2019 by Scoutmom103
Not enough coffee yet this morning.

[RockyAussie]

13 hours ago, Scoutmom103 said:

I'm very interested in this thread and the suction funnel.   I'm scheduled to pick up a Fortschritt (Has 2136 with Germany on a Tag, could be a inventory tag)  in Mid January.  It's being stored in a warehouse until I am traveling a couple of hours from the warehouse, so I can't get any measurements at this time.  I will have to remove the skiver from the worktable to fit it in my Outback so I'll be able to get lots of measurements once I get it home.  

You do amazing work with the ways you come up with solutions to problems and ways to improve production and use of machines and processes.  Thank you for being so willing to share and utilize those skills for others.

 

Sounds good. Do you have any pictures of it? As you are taking it off a table I am wondering if it is presently set up with suction? @Constabulary gives a little history on this brand in this earlier post and @David Bruce has one and likes it.

 

[Scoutmom103]

I only have a few pics and they aren't great.   From what I can see, it probably doesn't have suction.    Thanks for the link to the post.  

[YinTx]

Update:  So I've had more success with the machine, following more diligent sharpening and a bit less aggressive deburring on the inside.  I imagine it will only get better as I do things like put in a smoother sharpening stone, add vacuum, roller foot, practice, etc.  Thank you all for helping me learn to use this thing better!

Learned a really cool thing, and that is the type of foot you have installed affects the type of skive you get, beyond just adjusting the angle of the foot!  Now I have to decide which feet to spend $$ on... 

Here is a photo of the recent skive, not perfect, but no holes blown out, and the thickness I wanted, on 5 oz veg tan even.

YinTx

[RockyAussie]

Congratulations @YinTx it looks like you are getting there. That is pretty good for that wide a skive I think.. On the spring pressure adjustment on the left at the side it varies how easily or hard the feed wheel drops down when the leather goes in. Try turning 1/4 off anticlockwise and test then try some more. You will find an ideal point for a given thickness and hardness and will help avoid them holes and generally go through smoother.

I just did a check back and saw that some of these Chinese machines don't have a fine adjustment knob on the end of the spring pressure adjuster. They may only have the lift it out and stretch or release type of lever with slots. I don't know what yours has yet so I will have to check.

Edited August 26, 2019 by RockyAussie
mistake maybe.

[keithski122]

Found some pics on instagram of a skiver that someone had converted to vacuum collection  so I thought they might be useful.