lincsleatherman

Thanks Uwe got myself turned around with numbers there. Might have to spend a few hours on the relavent companies websites and try to come up with a short list, guess it's then a case of trying to find someone within range who carries some or all of the list to go and have a look at. Don't know how things work in the states but retailers in UK don't come and spend hours and hours trying different setups with you it seems to be pretty much tell them what you want and it arrives in a box. Right work to do I reckon.

Thanks Uwe, your right I mistakenly put down the Adler but I am actually looking for a cylinder arm. I wonder if my experience so far has been tarnished because of poor service? I sent the company samples of my product & leather which they said was no problem and claim to have trialled & set the machines up but when they got here they couldn't repeat the performance and 1 by 1 they all went back. Have to say it left me very disillusioned so when I found the 105 I snapped it up and haven't looked back. Half the problem is being in Lincolnshire every dealer is at least a 2 or 3 hour drive away and I just don't have time to waste driving round the country. Wonder if Juki do a cylinder arm version of the machine you mention, is it a better machine than the 1341?

Thanks for that, really was looking for some specific feed back. I have had a machine supplier bring a couple of machines over to test on my products (a Juki, Global & Wimsew) but none of them could produce a decent consistent stitch with 6-8 mm of leather and varying layers. All of them were described as compound feed, medium to heavy weight servo machines.

Looking at a new machine and wondering how these 2 machines compare? I currently have a very old little Singer for my lightweight materials and an equally old Adler 105 for the heavy stuff. However there are increasingly times when I need something less hefty than the 105 but considerably stronger than the old Singer. I'm talking about a machine to do upto 8 or 9mm of veg tan leather but with control and finess. The Adler, on paper seems to be the sort of thing I'm looking for if fitted with a servo and the Juki would appear to be the equivalent but don't really know anything about Jukis. Any input would be much appreciated as well as any other recommendations. Please remember I'm in the UK so no cowboy machines etc that aren't available over here. Many thanks all. Jon

Thanks Darren, yes forgot that I am thinking about a cylinder arm yes. Any other suggestions?

Hi all, thought I'd ask on here for recomendations for a new/used machine to do my light weight work. I already have an Adler for the heavier weight leather I use but obviously it doesn't like seeing just a couple of layers of pigskin. With a lot of my bags and accessories I'm wanting to do internal pouches and the like that will mean I'm stitching together just a couple of layers of 1mm pigskin. I'm wondering if a machine designed for denim, fitted with a leather needle might do me, which may give me the option of more variety of stitch? So over to you guys, what do you use?