ksungjune

Thanks a lot everyone! I will do my research again based on advices and get back when I have updates to report.

Hi, I am a carpenter living in Toronto. At first I got interested in sewing to repair my own bags and work clothes, then my interest moved forward to making my own leather tool bags, pouches and belts, which carpenters use everyday. That was about 2 months ago and I am still researching and googling to buy right sewing machine. I hardly have any actual experience in sewing except youtube videos and articles I saw recently. Thanks to people here, now I know a few things like, I can't just buy 'industrial' sewing machine. walking foot is used for heavy garments or thick leathers. I saw Brother DB2-B756 was on Kijiji and was gonna just grab it and start from there. Then another searching found that DB2-790 is not fit for heavy leather sewing, so B756 is not likely to handle it either. It is hard to choose right machine for me since I have no knowledge and also full time work doesn't allow me to spend more time into study. Can I get some advice in buying right machine that can handle to sew thick leather to make leather tool belt and pouch? I am thinking to buy old machine and restore it myself, buy extra parts if needed, and start from there.