Answer:
That lip you're referring to is a great way to
keep from stitching the upper to the welt on
soft Italian shoes, but it can keep you from
getting close enough with that bead on the top
of a plastic storm welt.
K24-8h
K24-8K |
There are also tables with a lip block
on the top to produce a standard margin
(usually reserved for shoemaking)
producing the original holes in the welt
the same place each time.
Check with your machinery supplier. They
have the standard tables without the lip
on the bottom or top. It will allow you
to get the stitchline closer to the
inside of the welt. This style works
well with your adjustable margin guide
for hitting the original holes.
I think this one the K24-8H is the one
without the lip and this one the K24-8K
is the one with the lip, this is
assuming your using a standard Landis
12K. |
Bob Galvin
Answer: My
Landis has an adjustable back stop. I think it
is a Baltimore attachment.
Chuck Gerald
Answer: I also have the adjustable table
-- wouldn't be in business without it.
With the storm welt, or narrow welt, it doesn't
always work to adjust the table so it goes the
deepest, hoping you won't slip off. Remember the
old French Shriners and the out-turned welt?
I found out that, when I kept the adjustment
tighter, I was able to stay on the welt better
than when there was more room to play with. The
trick is to pre-trim the soles as if you are
finishing the edge so you don't have any ripples
or changes in the thickness of the welt edge. I
know I will have to retrim the sole edge anyway.
Those French Shriners were terrible.
Gene Hartsock
Hartland Shoe Repair Co.
St. Paul, Minnesota
