PhilR

We need to buy a machine to sew heavy leather for English saddles and tack. Seems like the consensus here is that a cylinder machine is more versatile but the instructors at the saddlery school are saying that a flat bed machine is more precise and that cylinder machines are not needed. Can someone who works on English tack help clear this up for us? We already have a Juki 1541S for blanket and lighter leather work.