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Thanks everybody, I went to the dealer today to test drive the Consew 206RB with a servo, it was AWESOME- Decision made. Can't wait to get it home and start sewing.

J Hayes, Thanks for sharing your experience with the servo. Sounds like it should work for me. I plan on going to the dealer soon to test drive one.

So did you get the speed you wanted from the reducer? You got me to thinking about the pulley size... the guy said it was a 1" so I went out to measure. In reality it measures closer to 1.5 inches. Maybe he wasn't a technician and was just guessing.

Ok, so I am new to industrial machines. I did a little research, went to the dealer and purchased a Juki LU 562 walking foot. It is an older machine that works great, but boy was that clutch pedal hard to control. I plan on making leather handbags and I really need slow, controlled stitching. I called the dealer a little stressed out about the control issue and they suggested putting a smaller pulley on the machine. It came with a 2.5" pulley, so we replaced it last night with a 1". The machine is a little slower but it is still not the controlled speed I want. Now I am faced with a dilemma. I just paid 700 for the used Juki and I can either add a 150.00 servo to it and later pay for a nicer table or.... put that money toward a new Consew 206RB with servo and new table for 1250.00. My concern is continuing to putting money into the older machine and ending up within a few hundred dollars of buying new. However, I'm having trouble with the new price because it is SO much money!!! To top it all off today I read on leatherworker.net about a guy saying he needed to add a servo AND a speed reducer to get his machine to a manageable speed. If that is the case, we are talking about even more money. What I need to know is will the servo motor alone be a speed I can handle or will I need a speed reducer also? If you want to give your opinion at to which set up you would do I'm listening. (sigh) Where is the "industrial sewing machine fairy" who can magically give me what I need, so I can just start sewing....