Lego Mum

Thanks AIZilla...for the suggestion of a speed reducer! I have heard about them...and will consider getting one....I have just (minutes ago!) received my servo motor.....so I'll give that a try; and perhaps I will need to slow down even more...! (That clutch motor is incredibly fast...!) Thanks for your information!😊

WONDERFUL help....truly! 😊 I am soooo grateful for any/all input, help and information. I am completely NEW to this leather world....! (This is an incredible "on-line" community with such a vastness of experiences and information....and people willing to share what they've learned!) Thank you....!

Thanks RockyAussie for your ENCOURAGEMENT....yet again! It is MOST helpful!! I will try to keep you all posted...as I LEARN my machine....and try not to purchase too many others (dikman!)....although if I won a million dollars....I KNOW where that cash might go! 😄

Thanks Mr. dikman....addictive indeed....I can SURELY see how....! As a matter of fact...I have a servo motor on the way...it is in the post...and due to arrive at any time...! The clutch motor that it came with...well...I think I could stitch pavement together with it....WOW...it's fast...! Thanks for your reply and information! Happy sewing to you as well! 🙂

I want to say HUGE thanks to kgg and to RockyAussie, for sending me such HELPFUL information, as I endeavoured to purchase a previously-owned leather sewing machine. I recently bought a Juki Lu-563 and I wanted to share a photo with you...! I cannot WAIT to get it going....just need some oil and I'll be good to go! 'Hope all is well - with each of you (!) in the Leather-Sewing-World! Thanks again for ALL of your help....so GREATLY appreciated!🙂

Thanks Digit, for letting us know what machines you used. Your bag is beautiful!!🙂

That is an INCREDIBLE handbag...Congratulations Digit! May I ask, did you use a sewing machine to create your bag; and if so, what sewing machine did you use? Bedankt! Merci beaucoup! Danke!

How wonderful to see (and read) your MOST helpful comments, kgg and RockyAussie...Thank you BOTH greatly! Yes, of course 🙃...I should have included the model of the specific machine (!) in order to receive specific answers! That's great advice as well....thanks! I am looking at a Juki LU-563 for sewing leather bags, purses, etc. I have been considering the "order/sequence" of sewing various "bits" to make the flatbed work...although a cylinder machine sounds amazing (!)....it is out of my price range, at the moment....alas... Kgg....you have educated me well 😊..on the "feeding" of material (including leather) through a machine. RockyAussie...I can't WAIT to view your kindly offered videos 😊...but I soon have to leave the house...so later in the day, I will watch - and learn! Yes...I can surely SEE how a cylinder arm can be turned into a flatbed machine...quite easily. (Perhaps I will learn a bit on this machine...?...and when I start making my millions 😃 (!?!?!?)....I'll be able to afford a cylinder-arm machine! 'Much appreciation again - to you ALL - for helping me understand these things. As mentioned, I am NEW to leather work and to industrial machines (but not to sewing!) and am DELIGHTED to hear from you VERY helpful folks! Thanks greatly!

Thank you SO much for intervening...🙂..and moving my question to the correct location! Yes, I have looked up the terms "cylinder bed"...and that makes great sense! That is why I wonder, if a JUKI walking foot machine (with no cylinder bed) will still make bag and purses easily....?!?! Thanks Northmount....greatly appreciated!! Lego Mum🙂

Hello Everyone! How wonderful to find your group! I am considering purchasing a second-hand (third hand?!) Juki sewing machine, and am hoping to sew purses, handbags, etc. with it. As an avid sewist for many years, I am wondering about the fact, that the model that I am considering does not have a 'free arm'. I have used that feature many times on domestic sewing machines, and am wondering what any of you might have to say about sewing leather, without (!) a 'free arm'....?! (As I mentioned, I would like to sew purses and bags, and suspect that 'getting into a hole/opening' might be easier with a 'free arm' than not...?!?!) Also, I am wondering if it's easy to install zippers with a leather sewing machine? Thanks in advance! Lego Mum