Manual Leather Sewing Machine Hand Shoe Cobbler Stitching Repair Mending Machine Patcher Dual Cotton Nylon Line Sewing Machine

Crude, cheap, and works. Arrived with all parts, zero defects and adjusted. You will have to remove dirty oil. It is best if the owner understands how sewing machines work and how to adjust them because this is not a machine for a beginner. The instruction book is nearly worthless. There does not seem to be a source of replacement parts other than bobbins and bobbin cases. If you are not an expert, photograph the machine's parts to capture its adjustments and threading. For example, the needle thread goes down a slot in the needle bar and the walking foot adjustment screw is rather coarse; if you change it, resetting it to work could be a challenge without having recorded its original position. I suggest reading The Sewing Machine Master Guide: From Basic to Expert by Clifford L Blodget if you are not expert at adjusting sewing machines. The purpose of a patch machine is to sew patches in a way that other machines cannot. It has a walking foot and no dogs and the foot rotates around the needle so one can sew in any direction without moving the work. Say you want to patch a hole in a tube such as a sleeve or boot leg, You push the leather or fabric over the cylinder arm, sew across one side of the patch, rotate the sewing machine's foot, sew the next side and so on. The point is that the walking foot rotates around the needle bar. This is something that a cylinder arm or free arm machine cannot do. Although some people use these machines to sew leather holsters and sheaths it would not be my first choice for that work because the bobbin is too small to use with heavy thread (have to reload too often). If you want to patch a hole in a tight place, it works. The serrations on the foot are sharp and grab well but will damage some leathers and fabrics.

This machine will need some fine tuning, some sharp edges knocked down, components need polishing and you will need to build a stand. If you have time to tinker to get this set up then it's a diamond in the rough, if you want something that works perfect right out of the box, then you will be disappointed. The stand is a joke, I threw mine away and built a tabletop stand out of some scrap wood. Watch some youtube videos and join the Facebook group for info. Once it's set up right it has been wonderful

If I could give it zero stars I would. Please don't believe other reviews that tell you that it is decent for the money. You couldn't pay me to keep it. Save your money and buy a quality product. Very disappointed.

Contrary to what many reviewers have led me to believe, this machine actually worked right out of the box. As advised by many YouTubes videos, I threw away the rickety tripod and built a quick and easy mounting block to secure the unit onto the top of a Black and Decker Workmate stand. Once that was done, I fully assembled the machine (mounted the crank/flywheel) and ran some test stitches on some scraps of 3–4-ounce leather I had laying around. I was able to put sown some fairly even stitch lines without problems. One thing I noticed is that the presser foot has some pretty aggressive teeth on it, and if you're using some finer leathers, it may mar the leather. I plan to remove the presser foot and blunt the teeth with an emery board or file. This machine isn't on a level with something like a Tippmann Boss, but unlike a Tippmann Boss, it doesn't cost $1,000. All in all, I'm pretty happy with this purchase and look forward to some decent service from this machine.

Was a lot of work to figure out how to get it to work!!! You better be good at assembly and adjustments or you might want to think about an easier to assemble and use product!!!

I ordered this same machine from 2 other sellers and had to send both back because they were either b-stock or someone else’s return. It seems that all of these come with a partially sewn piece of leather stuck under the foot and thread already threaded through the machine. The other ones both showed up partially painted with a bunch of pitted steel but this one is full painted, solid and with more accessories than the other ones. If you’re a tinkerer, getting this thing going isn’t too hard, I had it stitching stuff in like 5 min. The biggest benefit of this machine for me is that it can stitch through foam sheets whereas my regular sewing machine cannot.

I was really hoping as plain and "no frills" as this thing was, that I would at least be able to use it. It came with a few instructions on how to assemble ~ after getting it assembled, it seemed sturdy enough. The machine was COVERED in dark grease and what looked like dirt (assuming this was from oiling the product) The grease had seeped into the Styrofoam that the machine came in. The 3 legs that it comes with are sturdy enough to hold the machine up, but if you bump it or move the turning wheel to hard it tips over. I had to go on YouTube to figure out how to thread the machine. The bobbin loader was bent and ruined so I had to load the bobbin by hand. After 3 hours of trouble shooting and someone else trying to figure it out, we can't get the top thread to stop breaking. I would think for the $100 I paid, I could've at least sewn one thing, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

It came out of the box ready to use with just a little bit of assembly which wasn’t even bad. I didn’t even need the instructions. I sewed on a side rocker and a patch on my leather motorcycle vest and this thing had zero issues. I’ve been wanting to buy this for years and glad I finally did. Well worth it.