Cb3500 in line ft swap..lil help?

[Rodzhobyz]

I may be using the wrong key words to search the archives but after 1-1/2 hrs trying I've not found what I'm after & I don't have a full service manual to reference yet. 

  I need to install the in line pressor ft set and I found a good video on YT, but it didn't quite get me there. 

I understand from the video how to install / adjust the rear pressor foot but to adjust the front foot height and balance the feet, the guy said to loosen the HEX bolt, which was out of frame of the camera while he turned it and I cannot figure out where that hex bolt is. 

 And I am a little fearful that doing this foot change / jacking with the feet heights could completely foul up a machine that is currently giving me perfect stitching regardless of what type or thickness of leather I throw in it or what weight thread I use, it just looks great and I'm not ready to give that up for hair pulling sessions just yet so I'd be willing to put finishing the projects off that require the swap if anyone tells me that is a real possibility. 

Any advice would be much appreciated. 

Thanks, Roger. 

[Wizcrafts]

I wrote a blog article about using the inline feet

[Rodzhobyz]

18 minutes ago, Wizcrafts said:

I wrote a blog article about using the inline feet

The video in this article is actually one of the two I watched on YT earlier today. The 2nd video detailing the foot installation process is what had me concerned about having to reset the action that is currently working so well with the feet that came on the machine. 

 Reading the article, optimistic that the in line set I got from Bob Thursday are like your 2nd set, also plug n play with no need for shaft length adjustment, I just installed mine and tho not perfect, I can get both feet horizontally aligned by installing the rear foot at it's highest placement & lowering the front foot x 3/32 on its shaft. 

 I will test on some scrap & see how it goes, thank you very much for your help. 

Roger. 

[Wizcrafts]

I'm glad to know that my video helped somebody. The original rear inline foot was too short. The new one is almost spot on. You can fine tune the alternating lift by loosening the big  bolt on the crank on the back left end of the head. It controls the inside foot height. If you lower it the outside foot lifts higher and vice versa. Normal positioning places the inside foot on the top of the leather just as the needle breaks the surface. You can alter the inside foot height for the best lift for the project. It also affects the stitch length to a degree.