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How well does a roller foot sewing machine do with chrome and veg? Is there any type of machine that will not mark up the backside because of the feed dog. Is the a triple feed better than a needle feed when it comes to leather?

Canvas duffle bags, leather wallets and the occasional leather bags are what I'm stitching, mostly chrome tan leathers or canvas materials. Is there a way to prevent the 45k from scratching the underside of the leather? Im interested in vintage manual machines because they seem less complicated to use, the singer 29k is perfect with its rotating feature but the needle and bobbin are too small. Are there any heavier duty singer 29k alternatives? Junker and run machine looks like it is too heavy duty for what I'm doing. For shoes it looks perfect though.

Two machines I'm checking out is the singer 45k and the heavier duty singer 133k. I am looking for something that is like a luberto cub (hard to find) or tippman boss (hear it isn't too great). A sewing machine that is a manual or treadle type. Will a singer 45k treadle be able to handle up to 6mm of leather as thing as 2 pieces of thin canvas and on the odd occasion 10-12mm of leather?

Nice job! What weight leather do you use on the gusset? Do you skive the edges?

It shouldn't matter because its just a title.. both require a great deal of skill at its highest level. Out of curiosity those who make bags, wallets, wrist straps professionally what are they called? On the business side if I was to get this done from you I would get a quote on how long it would take and a base per hour charge. There is no wrong way of pricing only one that you prefer to work with. Another way this can be done is charging based on the size of the design and the level of detail. An extra per hour charge for design ideas is needed too.