Shoe Repair Machine Hand Cobbler Sewing Machine dual Cotton Nylon Line Sewing Machine Manual Leather Machine for Shoes Cloth Bags

Everything has to be set up perfectly, once I got it all figured out ( which took a few days of head scratching and reading) it works flawlessly and I love it…

First off, all the pieces are there. However, if you are looking for a assemble and go product, this isn't it! While this is a very well made machine with great potential, the best way I think I can describe it is a partially finished kit. The machine comes assembled, well coated with packing grease that needs removed before you even attempt to use it. (I consider that a A+) Next, you will need to do a considerable amount of work with some fine files, and a dose of sandpaper to make most all of the moving parts smooth enough to work freely, then set up and time the machine. I spent probably 2 1/2 hours of filing, sanding, tuning, and ended up with a smooth operating, good sewing machine. While I am still tinkering and tuning, playing with different needles and thread options, I have to say I am very pleased. For such a cheap machine, this machine has real potential. If you don't mind having to do a lot of finish work, this is a great option for even fairly heavy leather.

This is an awesome machine. Before you buy, realize, you are not buying a 100% perfect machine. It may sew when you get it and it may not. This is a tinker's dream. You need to polish parts, you will need to oil parts, you may even need to adjust parts but you can make a fantastic machine if you spend the time.This machine will sew very thick leather and other heavy duty materials like canvas and canvas/leather.The machine came in a box and was very easy to assemble. It did not come with instructions, but again it was simple to figure out. It came threaded so, pay attention to the way it is threaded or - check out Google, YouTube and Facebook. There are a lot of things you will learn about this machine. Search for Shoe Patcher.

I didn't expect much after reading about this online, but thought I knew what I was getting into. When it came, the chrome finish was chipping off the crank wheel in chunks, the legs for the stand were wobbly, it kept breaking thread no matter what I did, wouldn't crank smoothly at all and the instruction manual is horribly translated. The best thing about this was the free return through Prime.

I know the headline sounds trite, but in this case it was fact.There was less packing oil than the videos show, but it was gritty and pervasive. It was functioning ok when it came, but I still tore it down to clean it up.In the process I polished the very unfinished castings and greased parts as recommended by some of the vids I saw.I am not done yet with that process. I stopped so I could try it out and learn its adjustments.If you don't have the time or skill to do machine work then you might be better to buy a different machine. (read more expensive and ready to go)But if you do have time and a bit of skill, then this appears to be a great deal.

The tripod is useless but the actual machine is awesome! Easy to control stitching by using the crank, but adding motor would be a very helpful.

We put the machine together. No instructions provided as to how. Afterwards we put it on our glass top table. A few seconds later it fell over smashing the glass. So we lost our kitchen table. So I built a mount for it to stabilize it. Then I contacted the vendor asking about threads and received no response. If you want this machine, buy it from someone else. I still haven't used it because it is so full of crap and oil that I haven't finished cleaning it. OK. Why did I keep it? I can eventually get it to work for about $150 where other ready to go are a lot more expensive.

Hard to find the right bobbin tension. Other than that easy to use