Adler

Thanks very much for your input. In my area, (Antwerp, Belgium) ive found nearby a Juki DMN 5420-4, which is a needle feed, double transport machine, for roughly 1000 euro, and a mitsubishi LS 2210 Needle feed machine for 650 euro. Both of these seem similar to the machine mentioned by Uwe. The adler looks really nice, but I can only find new ones for around 3000-3400 euro available. Im keeping my eyes open. Wizcrafts, you mentioned roller feed machines, is there any model or brand that you would recommend I look at? There are unfortunately not a huge number of dealers nearby me, so im doing my best to research these machines online before I contact sellers. Cheers

Hello, First, thanks to everyone posting here for this amazing resource of leather sewing machine knowledge, best on the internet bar none. I have a question that I felt was necessary to post, because I havent seen this topic covered in great detail through my searches (its possible that I missed a thread or two). I make leather garments, blazers, shirts, pants. The leather I use is almost entirely garment leather, sheep, goat, baby calf, maximum around 1.2mm, minimum .6mm in thickness. I also would like to have a machine that works well on delicate leathers like python, eel, etc. The heaviest thing I stitch would be horsehide split to 1.2mm. I would like to be using size 70-90 needles and 60-40 thread. I need to be able to have clean results with setting zippers, topstitching around pockets, collars, cuffs, etc. I have been working in a studio with an adler 167, which I find to be excessively heavy for the types of pieces that I make. I am basically looking for the lightest weight machine that still has a walking foot. What do you think would be an ideal machine for this kind of application? I was considering a pfaff 1245 but it also seems a bit on the heavy side.