Hello, I usually sew heavyweight nylon goods such as Cordura, now i would like to expand my machinery capabilities to stitch LeatherGoods After countless browsing on this forum, i narrowed my choice between 2 machines on my budget
Juki DNU-1881
Typical GC 20606-1
As Far as I know, The Must Have Feature on leather Sewing Machine :
TripleFeed/Compound Feed/Unison Feed
High Foot Lift (Typical GC 20606-1 = 13mm[The manual book said it's 16mm] , Juki DNU-1881 = 16mm)
Servo Motor (This is the only one i could get HMC ZYT116-13H)
Speed Reducer if Possible
Unfortunately In my place(Indonesia) most of the machines listed in LW Forum considered as 'Exotic Machines'. Even Juki 1541 considered as 'Not Affordable' by the Machine Dealers The Machines i could find in dealers mosty China brand & i don't have access to acquire another machines such as except two above. Juki 1881 is a 'Top-Bottom feed' which considered not optimal for sewing leather goods & some of LW member said that it will mark the leather
Meanwhile the Typical GC 20606-1 is a 'Triple Feed' machine, but it seems like a 'high risk bet' if i ended up purchasing it meanwhile this machine isn't familiar with LW members I see on youtube a leatherworker from russia using the typical ones, but unfortunately i can't speak russian & using translate tools doesn't help me to understand his opinion regarding his machine I would like to hear any opinion about those machines, especially about 'what they can do' & 'what they can't do'