lukeoliver1776

Noted! Leather point needles in size 19 are best for the thread I'm using. I had not considered the presser foot pressure. I'll look in to that as well. Thanks again

Great information! I'll definitely look in to the proper size needles. Thanks for the link. I was told my machine was recently serviced before buying it but I will also grease/oil anywhere that needs it. I also recently bought a new foot pedal off amazon which seems to work fine. Would you recommend something else? I appreciate all of this information. I am still under the impression that this machine should be fine for my uses, hopefully all of this will solve my issues. Thanks!

I haven't checked for slop in the bobbin/hook shaft. You may be right about the machine not being intended for my use, however, I did research and came to the conclusion that it should be able to sew up to 10oz leather easily. I'll take a look at the article and the slop in the bobbin/hook shaft. Thanks!

I don't think I was pushing/pulling the leather through but its a possibility. I'm having trouble going slow because my machine just wants to go fast with a thicker material. I was able to sew perfectly fine before doing a larger bag. This could rule out the needle hook timing? You seem like you use a lot of Singers. Any experience with 50s models and do you recommend needle and thread size?

Recently bought a 15-91 for sewing chrome tan leather for bags. I got everything tensioned as far as I know, and it was working great for awhile. I eventually felt confident enough to sew the side of a bag. And I suddenly started breaking needles. I was using size 18 leather point needles with tex 90 thread. I thought this may be the problem so I started using tex 70 with size 18 needles. Kept breaking needles. Eventually used some smaller needles because I ran out of size 18 needles and kept breaking needles. I know size 18 needles is kind of reaching the max this machine can sew, but It was having no trouble before. For context I am sewing together two pieces of 5-6 oz chrome tanned leather together. Recommendations or critique would be great. Thanks in advance.

Hey y'all. New to this forum but I've been leather working for awhile. I've never owned a machine and always hand stitched. I've been wanting to get a machine to make my bag making much faster. I found a Singer 211G165 with a table on Facebook Marketplace listed for $100. I've read a couple forums about the machine but it would be great if I could get some opinions on this machine and find out if its worth it and able to do what I need. For context I make a lot of leather tote bags using 4-5 oz chrome tan leather. I also make a lot of wallets with thinner 2-5 oz veg tan. I really just want to make my production times much faster. I'm also interested in using canvas and other textiles. I can provide more info if needed. Thanks, -Luke