YUEWO Leather Hand Shoe Repair Machine Small Heavy Duty Cobbler Sewing Machine for Manual Sewing Dual Cotton Nylon Line Green

Recieved yesterday, was pleased with what I opened after all the bad reviews about these things , payed extra 15 bucks , 115 for it and took a chance . Glad did , parts are chromed and painted, came set up with fishing line and sample piece under foot . Was a little oily but wiped down easy no big mess like some talk about . Extra bobbins and parts . Works smooth, I bet sews like it should as already has proved it . Legs seem ok but we will see before go to trouble mounting on wood . Not got going be set up all the time anyway. so comes apart and will pack up . Packing was great , no busted up styrofoam or damaged box . Hand crank was crome also . Happy Customer.

Let me start by saying that this is a great manual machine. I received the machine earlier this week and it was packaged very well. The instructions are not very user friendly if you are not mechanically inclined but the machine is simple enough that most people should be able to figure it out. The fit and finish leave a little to be desired but it is nothing that will stop the machine from performing as it should. The tension spring on the bobbin carrier however will stop the machine from seeing correctly. The one I received came with a spring that was broken in half. The piece that was still screwed onto the carrier was jagged and would just cut the thread as it tried to feed from the bobbin. How would I go about ordering replacement parts for this machine?

These units are sold by a number of sellers on Amazon and competing sites. Overall finish quality is relatively poor but if you are willing to do some work yourself, they are a great value. Packaging: outer shipping box is substantial but the Chinese can’t seem to make durable styrene cushioning. The large cell expanded styrene falls apart in shipping, especially with heavy cast iron product. I had to straighten a couple of bent components as a result. OUT OF THE BOX In my case, the machine had been properly assembled and tested (sample leatherette stitched example under the presser foot) and worked out of the box. FIT & FINISH In general the chrome plating quality is poor with much peeling, missed spots (contaminated surface not prepped) and uneven. Lots of rough edges required filing and graduated sanding to 600 grit to prevent leather marring. (See photo of screw head that had to be smoothed) The spool post would not support a large spool of thread so I fabricated a circular base plate and cut and drilled a piece of dowel stock to make that work (see photos of spool & dowel). MAJOR DEFECTS BIGGEST problem was the incorrect bobbin winder position and spindle diameter. Required rework of stamped metal bobbin winder base. I welded an custom fit a small piece of 0.034” steel to allow for placement of pivot hole so bobbin winding tire would contact the drive wheel. Also added inner tube rubber to the drive wheel to improve function (bobbin tire slipped on chromed drive wheel surface). Used contact cement to affix rubber to steel. (SEE PHOTOS. Pencil point shows original hole location and another with plate screwed in to hole in proper position to allow bobbin to contact drive wheel) DESIGN As others have said, the base and legs are wimpy but will get you started. See multiple YouTube vids for operation, threading, problem fixes and improvements to these machines. The consistent complaint is inconsistent QA. This 100 year old design can be made into a beast fully capable of sewing any canvas, fabric or leather you can get under the presser foot for 20% of the cost of brands that are truly ready to go. CONCLUSION: Buy this only if you are able and willing to spend several hours tinkering.

Wow! Where to start. Now this is NOT a review of the seller as I ordered and received product as normal via Amazon. Also note the stitcher was still packaged in the original box from China with a new shipping label applied for my purchase. I assume the seller opened the package to insert the leaflet with request for 5 star reviews. Now to the machine itself - junk. It’s metal is so poor the machine pieces were chipping away leaving razor sharp edges in the casting. The machine is covered in shipping oil which appears to be and smells of diesel fuel. The fit of pieces is so poor the machine could not move. The hearing inside the bobbin arm (straight tooth bar turns bobbin) was chipping away at casting. The flywheel crank was heavily damaged and the handle was bent into the crank. Even removing and fabricating my own didn’t help. It does come with a large spook of very cheap black thread, 3-4 bobbins, extra bobbin case, needles (unk #), very basic tools, and a piece of sample leather. I find it impossible to believe the leather sample was created with this machine as it would not function. I cannot speak to the ability of this machine as it did not function at all. Stay away. Please read many reviews before making purchase. While you may receive a serviceable unit according to most reviews (not just Amazon) it is rare.

Read a ton of stuff on this machine, bought it instead of the cheaper versions because this one will sew up to 15mm, the others only 6mm. I gave it a wipe down to get the packing grease off of it and made sure the bobbin was in proper time (it wasn't) and it ran and runs like a charm. Love it!

This machine is an excellent deal. It was almost ready to go (there was a sample sewn by the machine clamped under the presser foot and it was stung and contained a full bobbin) and only required cleaning off the anti-rust oil, #600 wet/dry sanding of some edges and surfaces and some minor assembly. The only thing you may want to order is some actual leather needles because the ones included are general purpose needles. You do not need anything else. It includes what looks like a lifetime supply of black fairly heavy thread. Within a short time and a little fiddling I was able to sew all sorts of leather ranging from 2 layers of thin upholstery leather to a measured 1/4" thick of tooling leather. I think it will sew up to 3/8" tooling leather, maybe even thicker with proper needles. There are plenty of YouTube videos on how to set up and use this machine and a facebook group dedicated to these machines. You should wait and see what you need before ordering any extras. The parts kit for $35 would probably be useful because of the two extra bobbins and bobbin holders and the bobbin holder. I imagine that these machines were designed for people to be able to buy one and have a portable shoe repair stand in some market somewhere. I mounted mine on a board and clamp it onto a table to use it. You could easily make a small table for it that would provide a larger flat surface for your project.

This is a good machine overall that works for sewing thicker materials like vegtan leather and heavy canvas. However, it took a massive amount of tweaking to get it to work acceptably. Everything needs to be cleaned of the oil it’s shipped in. The spool holder had to be modified and the mount was badly threaded. The walking foot was very sharp and had to be sanded and polished. The platten is very rough and the chrome coating was flaking off so it will need to be fixed before serious use. The bobbin winder was not working and also required rebuilding. Even when fixed the bobbin winder did not work so I added electrical tape to the crank wheel and that fixed the problem.

get some 1000 grit sand paper and take care of any sharp edges and mount it on some boards. the stand is totally useless, don't now why they even have the parts in there. Nobody uses it. I added some parts to it to make it electric. had it year and sold it to commit to a brand name sewing machine for leatherwork. no regrets buying it. would have kept it but i only have the room for one sewing machine in my workspace. would reccomend seller. Lots of youtube videos and there is a facebook group also. Chinese Leather Shoe Patcher. Lot of info and support there

Came well packed and other then replacing the thread they gave this worked right out of thebox. there was some cleaning and a nut or bolt to add. totally worth the money saves me so much time!