Dave3006

Thank you all for the suggestions. I'll try and see which works best.

I've done hand stitching for a couple of years and wanted to move to a machine. I ended up getting the CB-341 from @SolarLeatherMachines, which was a great experience. So, I'm a newbie to using machines. My first project was a Dopp kit using bridle leather about 3-4 ounces. It went together pretty well with sewing the zippers. Then I ran into a problem sewing the ends where the leather goes from two layers of leather to the thicker four layers. See images and the green box showing the thicker section. The machine sews four layers without a problem - the problem is with the transition from thinner two layers to the four. The machine would hang up at the thicker part and not step up and onto the thicker part. How does one successfully make the transition from the thinner, two layers, to the thicker, four layers of leather? The image is from inside the bag, looking down and at the end. The green is there I was getting hung up. Thanks!