ECO-WORTHY Cobbler Shoe Repair Machine Hand Sewing Machine Dual Cotton Nylon

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Ive just had it doing running stitches fast and slow through 3 different types and thickness of leather and material, all without snapping or having any hiccup!

For example,they mention that it functions well, is robust, and does not break the thread when stitching. All the parts were there, but required a good deal of polishing and adjusting before it worked correctly. The problem was that the bottom bar with the teeth that runs the bobbin back and forth was not aligned. Fourth, there’s no getting around the proper clearance between the needle and hook and proper timing.Mainely Acres on YouTube was the channel I found most helpful in getting mine polished up and the timing correct to sew without breaking my thread. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. You will likely need something like adhesive Velcro to attach it to your machine as the magnet won’t work for most home sewing machines today because they have plastic cases rather than metal.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. This was meant to be a new machine but it’s had been used several times and you could see that from the dents and used of the machine. The patchers are interesting little machines, and when all the issues are sorted out they do make a stitch, but you’ll have to fix a half dozen issues just to barely have a reliable machine.

I can't afford a real leather sewing machine but I'm pretty good at hand stitching and I don't need yet another project that may or may not result in the desired result. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. The Tippmann Boss comes with a one year warranty on all parts and labor and a 30 day money-back guarantee. The only thing that might present a problem is getting the bearings out of the frame if you was to upgrade those. It has a metal construction, wear-resistant that is hard to destroy and will serve you for a very long time.

Use some 400 grit sandpaper and polish off sharp corners that the thread has to drag across - including the little holes in the hook that the thread gets dragged through. I'm using it to sew multiple layers of leather which it doesn't bat an eye at, effortless even doing it by hand. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Fix and eliminate as many small issues as possible and the solution to bigger problems will be much much easier to diagnose.Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. You have to get the first tooth engaged at the beginning of the path of the bobbin holder (with the wall on one side)that the carriage . I’ll definitely have to try this because I’m still having problems, now it’s snapping after the needle making me think it’s the foot being too sharp and ripping the thread or some point being too tight, but I’m almost certain it’s not my tensioners as they’re the loosest they possibly can be! Now adjust the top tension so the knot is centered in the material - normally the bobbin tension is close enough to get you started so just leave the bobbin alone and make adjustments with the top tensioner. I just purchased one of these and while they do come pretty rough, if you take the time to polish and knock down the rough spots it makes for a pretty great little sewing machine.