Sewing machine problem
David Hendricks
Description
Collection
Title:
Sewing machine problem
Creator:
David Hendricks
Date:
12/18/2003
Text:
Dear Colleagues:
I need help! We are sewing the straps for our HippO(TM) with a home sewing machine, which is working fine, but I want to get a commercial machine designed to sew through this thick material. I purchased a brand new Consew with a walking foot. It is a very nice machine with a walking foot. The only problem is that it flies! Way too fast to control for a little strap. I got the slower motor (1750 RPM) and put a slighty smaller pulley on the motor shaft (as small as possible), but it's still way too fast. By the time it develops the torque to go through our strap fabric, it does the next dozen or two stiches before it can be stopped, unless the operator keeps her hand on the wheel and uses that for a brake control.
What I think is needed is to install pillow blocks with a second set of pulleys to gear the thing down. Is this doable? Is such a kit commercially available? Is there a way to put a rheostat on the motor to slow it down? Would that decrease the torque along with the speed?
Thanks, in advance, for your help.
David
David Hendricks, CPO, FAAOP
President
StatFab (a division of HOPE Inc)
1307 E Landstreet Road
Orlando, FL 32824
ph: 800.613.8852 407.850.0411
fax: 888.440.1217 407.851.8922
www.StatFab.com
I need help! We are sewing the straps for our HippO(TM) with a home sewing machine, which is working fine, but I want to get a commercial machine designed to sew through this thick material. I purchased a brand new Consew with a walking foot. It is a very nice machine with a walking foot. The only problem is that it flies! Way too fast to control for a little strap. I got the slower motor (1750 RPM) and put a slighty smaller pulley on the motor shaft (as small as possible), but it's still way too fast. By the time it develops the torque to go through our strap fabric, it does the next dozen or two stiches before it can be stopped, unless the operator keeps her hand on the wheel and uses that for a brake control.
What I think is needed is to install pillow blocks with a second set of pulleys to gear the thing down. Is this doable? Is such a kit commercially available? Is there a way to put a rheostat on the motor to slow it down? Would that decrease the torque along with the speed?
Thanks, in advance, for your help.
David
David Hendricks, CPO, FAAOP
President
StatFab (a division of HOPE Inc)
1307 E Landstreet Road
Orlando, FL 32824
ph: 800.613.8852 407.850.0411
fax: 888.440.1217 407.851.8922
www.StatFab.com
Citation
David Hendricks, “Sewing machine problem,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/222227.
