Stocksuspension

well today i went to downtown la. i went to this industrial sewing shop in the fashion district. The owner recommended i run a teflon foot and a smaller pulley on my machine. well i spent 50 bucks. That got me a teflon foot, smaller pulley, and a couple spools of nylon thread. I fitted the new accesories to the machine and gave it a shot. big difference. I did some random stitches on a scrap piece of leather i had. I folded it in half and seemed to operate pretty good. another pic

well theres no need to get upset. i've always been interested in leather upholstery. i spoke with a local upholstery shop and he advised me to buy an old iron/steel looking sewing machine to sew leather. i checked craigslist locally and came across this machine rather cheap. i found a video of it 'sewing" leather on youtube so i purchased it. I have no problem with upgrading to a better machine i was just curious if could possibly use this machine. With that in mind what machine do you guys recommend for sewing leather in the range from uphosletry to 1/4 thick?

Today I saw a video on YouTube with my machine sewing leather. I'm open to upgrading machines but I want to learn how to sew first , then when the budget permits I'll upgrade

It has settings 1-5 I set on 5 and it was still too tight. I will try that tomorrow

I'm just now realizing that maybe this machine may not be enough for what I want to do.I'm gonna give it the old college try. Although I would like another machine it's out of the budget. Today I purchased size 19 needles for leather and some nylon threadl . Still need to practice. My stiches are very short and tight. Is there a way to make the longer?

Thanks for all the tips and pointers guys. This week I'm going to try to go to industrial sewing store and pick up an assortment of needles and thread

am I supposed to leave some thread hanging out of the bobbin cartrige?

How's it going guys. First of I wanna say I'm new to sewing/ leather work and interested in leather upholstery. I just purchased a juki ddl-5550. I already figured how to thread the machine. Problem im having is "threading" the bobbin. How do I getthe thread to come up from the bottom? Also I went to Joan fabric store and purchased so leather needles. Currently there is a size 90 needle In my machine. They sold me 90/14 leather needles. They don't fit? Also is there a way I can slow the machine down?