As someone who loves to buy old machines and rebuild them to a level beyond the original specs, I really appreciate this video You sir are an amazing craftsman. I recently purchased one of these patchers and immediatly saw the potential for improvement. I would love to see a very slower video with some details about some of your observations. I see alot of really well thought out modifications and scratch built parts, that I would love to to know more about. Beautiful work
I rarely comment on videos but I am just blown away by how nice this build is! Such amazing craftsmanship on your part sir! Well done. Taking it from how it came to where you brought it, is just incredible!
This is what happens when you give a rough draft of a project to a machinist. Very well done. I had to do a double take to make sure that I was looking at the same machine
Hi Sir, that was a pleasure to watch and the reconstruction build was a beautiful work of art and engineering at its finest. Thank you for sharing, keep up the good work.
Aaaaaaaaaa….. I would love to place an order for one please!! OMG that’s what I’m talking about, good old American know how. That’s is a work of art, great job!!!
OMG! You've proven you CAN make a silk purse out of a sow's ear! I'll bet you love the old stationary steam engines, too !!!!! Have you entertained making one of them, yet? That's an absolutely beautiful piece of work/art ! We would love to hear it in operation, also, with no background noise.
Props to an artist ... I have been involved with and viewed many projects similar to this one, but few were to the level of detail and craftsmanship that you've demonstrated with this patcher. Congrats on one fantastic job, cheers!!
Thank you! I went into it with the thought that there's not much I could do to make it look any worse. lol! I hadn't really planned to go that far with it but it was so much fun I couldn't find a stopping place.
Hay que entender que los chinos si pueden hacer algo así y hasta mejor solo que sería incomparable...de modo que para ser asequible lo hacen así rudimentario
Yeah, but does it sew? .LOL! I am beginning to believe that there are people who buy this thing primarily to sew and others who buy it to tinker with and if it sees that”s a bonus. Either way, for the price, it’s all good. You are a brilliant machinist sir!
I am working on a work table like that, with a few difference. I don't have all those tools for cutting and welding, so most of it will have to be bolted together. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful ! That the way to do 👏, those Chinese machines got some good raw materials and price but in did need to be "refurbished/finished", at the end if it's do it right (or awesome, like you do), you got quite an industrial, inmortal machine and a unique pice of art, thanks for share.
🤩Oh my goodness! I’ve watched several of these rebuilds. And some have really been good. But this is by far the absolute BEST!!! You sir are a true craftsman! Can I send mine to you? Name your price!
This tutorial is great, but I packed mine up and sent it back. I spent hours trying to get mine to work properly, in addition to watching many “how to” videos. Oh, I had it all bolted together and threaded properly, but the thread would keep snapping after every few stitches. I’m not a mechanic or engineer, I just wanted to enjoy leather craft as a fun hobby. It’s easier to just stitch it by hand. My view is that if I have to take a machine apart and rebuild it, then I shouldn’t have to pay over $100.00 for it.
Really cool upgrades. The only thing I saw that I would do differently is that chain final drive. I would use a belt instead. Why? well if (Heaven forfend) anything at the business end jams up, a belt will slip while a chain will continue to apply force, likely increasing the damage. While the probability of a jam up may be low, good old Murphy is always lurking in the wings!😁
Very nice job at machining all Tahoe parts and improving the aesthetics of the machine. Beautiful job. I have 3 of these set up with different threads. One is motorized. Mine are moded heavily but not like yours. The biggest draw back of these machines is the lack of feed dogs. I like that it can sew in different directions but it does not even come close to my cylinder arm machine. The raceway bearings are also a weak point. Have you made mods on the bearings?
This is a piece of art Wow! But not many people have the skill or the equipment to do that and now that cobbler of 125$ become one that would sell for as much as a regular shoe patcher by looking at the quality of the work. How that machine would compare with a regular shoe patcher. Could you still unmount the cobbler from the big heavy stand if you want to make it portable again? Because the reason for buying those Chinese cobbler is to save money and carry them, it mostly defeats the purpose. I agree with other people, the best ever seen.
I would love to see better details of parts of the machine especially the replaced thread tensioning arm.. Great idea on the sprocket to belt configuration.
Fantastic job but I see you greased the am & rollers. The rollers should be allowed to "roll" as opposed to "skidding" on the grease, chasing them to flat spot & muck up tolerances to ect.
I concur with all of praise you’ve received on this build! I own two of these, and my biggest question is why you didn’t install bearings on the inner cam like they put on the outer one?
WOW that’s amazing what u did to ur sewing machine .. I’m looking on purchasing one my self I was thinking on putting a some type of motor on it but when I seen yours I was like WOW .. have you ever thought about selling any parts for the sew machine just like the one got right there ..
Wonderful craftsmanship! How much would you say it cost you to build this fantastic unit? Did you sell these machines? I own one of the units and would love it to look and function like this!
Wow ohhh wow💞💗🥰Beautiful work. I have this Chinese cobbler machine. So afraid to open the box. As all reviews say you need to file clean up etc. I would love to learn. Those who can teach. I'm so inspired. I'm in London UK. Would love your advice and help. To turn my dream into my reality.
You Sir took a D+ project and turned it into an A+. Any chance you'd put together a video showing the rest of us how best to go about turning this machine into a solid C/C+
well done video ,fast no bs,,just the way it should be. could you go through the electrical work,what size motor and how is your peddle feed set up,i see a box. thanks for sharing man.
Excellent outcome, it looks brilliant... on a practical outlook - it is a complete waste of time and effort as the time and effort and cost involved could buy a high end sewing machine. but it is clearly done for the pleasure of the process and the beautiful result, for that, i applaud your effort
Beautiful! Did you simply move the motor from the plastic housing and fabricate a custom bracket? I assume it was a plastic housing. Looks much better without it.
