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It's Chinese. The words are Japanese to make it look cool. It's the equivalent of those shirts over seas with comically bad English on them.

Good customer service is a big deal these days. I passed on a techsew largely because their warranties didn't transfer. I'd probably buy one from you all, but you aren't open on weekends .. so I can't get to Dallas without missing work.

I have literally 100 of the first knife. (literally) I wish I could get rid of them. Had a Japanese friend translate it, mostly it's nonsense, something about the moon I think?

Yeah playing with it. I think a cylinder with a flat bed addition can really just do everything. Frankly, after playing with the machine I really don't get why people think I need 1 machine per task. I clearly was able to sew thick straps, thin lamb skin. Multiple layers. Long stitches, short lengths. Easily do wallets, bags, and straps like I said I want to do. He even showed me canvas he did. Granted some people will think I am including thick projects, like holsters. So either I am missing something major, but I got a bag full of samples for a wide array of tasks. I'm an engineer, the limiting factors I see with a sewing machine is, horse power, needle size, range for the presser feet, shape of the work area. That said the sell fell apart. Wasn't willing to even consider negotiation, and thinks its worth almost its full cost. I rather buy a cowboy in dallas for the same price. We will see what I do next. The shop hours are a real pain for us out of towners.

I'm considering the tech sew 2700 pro I saw last night. Though the guy is pretty firm with 2k. Looks lightly used and had the speed reducer. Looks like it does what I need. But I think he's over factoring his shipping cost as machine value. You can buy that new with warranty for like 2500. But more so it's 500 over my budget. What do you all think? Im considering just driving to Dallas and going to sunny at this point. For 2k I'd get a vacation and a machine.

Yeah I didn't realize that part. Thanks for the information. Yes I am thinking way too big because I do hand sewing mostly. But like my expencive Helm boots, they have smaller thread, and they do the job of holding the boot together, so that will really suite my needs to have a thinner thread. Photos would be good of what I make too. Here are examples of what I've made lately (site is really bad about max file size!) https://imgur.com/a/fPSjjaL With the goal of making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rS5vbJydQ0&t=441s

That's a good point. I'm basing it off looks and the spacing on my hand sew pieces. I don't care about looks in this case. You are right Someone is offering a local Techsew 2700 pro walking foot for 2k, with all the bells and whistles. Says it's brand new but not the right machine for them. Thoughts? Price is higher than I want for a used machine but would cost me close the 3k with tax and shipping new.

I feel like I'm not communicating my use right.. let me present it a bit differently. I am looking for a machine that will allow me to do projects of 3 mm to at most 7 mm layers of leather. Types of leather is Oak Leaf. Calf Skin (usually as liner), and more bag type pull up leather or rustic style leathers -- veg-tans. The only still labeled thread I have on my desk is 0.55mm. I would say that is 50% too small. Anything over 0.9mm would be more than adequate for my needs, and 1.5mm is too big. Anything that needs to be extra pretty, will be done by hand. I do not need to do thick projects like holsters. My impetus is, I don't want to do any more 1500+ stitch belt / strap style projects. They never get done. I also want to make a bag, but also don't want to do 4000+ stitches at weird angles by hand. Cheap is fine. I started looking when that cobbler hand crank sewing machine started hitting youtube. But the price shot up and the build quality were too low. It's not an issue of can I come up with the funds, its more I don't think its' responsible for me to spend 3k on a hobby toy, I'm not a pro, I make no money. Seriously, why isn't there just cheap human powered ones... Or really slow ones. Industrials seem like such overkill.

Yeah the problem is that's going to cost me 3k to aquire. Which is more than my ultimakers 2+ extended 3d printer. If I found one used.. but anything over 1.5k is a burden.

People are asking for more detail on what I want to make with it. I currently have 3 different belt projects I'm doing. I make a new wallet every few months. Lots of watch bands but I'm fine doing those by hand. I'm making suspenders. I want to make a right weight vest for dancing. Making a daily bag is the real impetus for this purchase. Sometimes I make laptop sleeves. Thread size I couldn't really say. I like finer stitch lengths but use a good medium thread.

I actually did but they had 0 leather leather h Well still looking. I've been watching craiglist and facebook market but so few come up for sale, and most are charging 1k+ for used machines. a Consew 206 RB-5 is the first industrial to appear in weeks. Though research shows its not really a leather machine, and they want a full grand. Dallas shops are closed on the weekends so, I can't drive up there, without taking time off work. Shipping -- everyone wants hundreds. Which is reasonable, but adds to a stretched budged. That Techsew 2700 would be nice, but that would be way over 2k by the time I paid tax and shipping... I'm just looking to do this for a hobby.. Hell the thing could be manually powered, so long as it did the job well enough.... .

Not a bad idea, but no guarantee it will be caimen or gater..

Hey I really am into making watch straps, mostly for myself at this point. I was thinking it would be fun to make something out of gator. I have looked before on ebay, and I didn't buy because I don't know what I don't know in terms of judging ebay gator leather. Is there a go to place in the US for exotics? I am also interested in other eotics like stingray (tandy always has them pained ghastly colors)

It was more fun to shop there before. Now there are no strong price cuts, and the manager seems to have less power on the prices.

Honestly this one calls to me most, though I don't want all those bells and whistles http://www.techsew.com/machinery/industrial-sewing-machines/heavy-duty/techsew-5100-se-heavy-leather-stitcher-special-edition.html I do need the table. The cylendar arm with a table attachment, and a wide work area is appealing, but without the beast of a machine that comes at 3.5k... more like the 2.2k version, that has a table and is a cylinder. You could convince me to get http://www.solar-leather.com/cowboy-cb4500-special-edition because it would be art in the apartment... but I am sure that is not the machine I want for doing small stuff. I will never make a saddle. Or sew 4 pieces. The Solar guy recommended one like this. http://www.solar-leather.com/cowboy-cb341 But it just looks cramped and has no table. Doesn't really feel like it beats something like this http://www.techsew.com/machinery/industrial-sewing-machines/cylinder-machines/techsew-2600-narrow-cylinder-leather-industrial-sewing-machine.html Course I am not confident is techsew because I see just the one youtuber, while everyone else talks about Juki consew and cowboy. I thought they were a clone brand. I think if I saw it in person it would help me judge how big these machines really are. A screen is not great. Though Solar isn't open weekends, so even if I spent a weekend (that I very much don't have) I couldn't go up. Aye waiting for a local one might be the answer, even though I have been at it a month now.

Well you haven't said exactly what you have or what you want. Its kinda like a mystery grab bag :-) The exotics are of interest more than the business

What do you have left? How much for all of them?

I don't think they want to sell as I can't even fathom what they want..

Yeah I am getting frustrated. Even if I wanted a random Juki or Consew, it looks like my options are dealing with mom n pop stores, and driving a day, stalking craigslist for 2 months and hope it works, or risk getting a counterfeit on ebay. That leaves me with just the cowboys and cobras as real options, but they don't quite hit the mark.

Haha well like 3d printers. You have the 200 dollar garbage kit to the tinker toys like the Dremel 3d printer, or the flashforge dreamers. (200 to 600) Them you have high end consumer printers like the Ultmaker 2+ extended like I have, the flash forge creator pros (have 2), etc etc which are in the 1-3k range. Then you get to the ultimaker s5, which is in the prosumer level and no one like me should every buy, they are like 6k. (3d printers are a bad example as true pro printer is 50k to millions) I want the Ultmaker2+, its older doesn't have the current top of the line garbage, but man that thing never has issues. Years later and its only needed one major maintenance. I need the sewing equivalent haha. Yeah, that would be hard for me. I think I leave Austin 2-3 times a year haha. I also have a sedan, so I wouldn't be able to get a machine in my car with a table, less it was really broken down. Well maybe.. But regardless, 6 hours driving just to check it out, 100+ bucks in gas, and a hotel room.. At that point I may as well give in and pay new, I hate to say :-(( That said I will see if there is any swing dance events, and maybe I can justify it...

True I mean, its just wood, I could make it myself fairly easily.

I went to a few stores that sold sewing machines, I didn't find any industrials. Do I need to look for a different kind of store? I seem to get recommended the consews the most. I do want to note, I see a few recommendations to do financing. The issue is more about how much I spend on something I do for fun. I seen this video But his machine is too professional for me. I just like that it has the flat bed attachment. 3.5k is just not happening. Also like I said I don't trust youtube recommendations haha. I'll look more into the ones you all posted, thanks guys!

Hey ya'll. So I want my first leather sewing machine. I do leather working for fun. a ton of double sided straps and belts, wallets, and I want to make a few personal bags. I think i can justify a sewing machine if I can also use it for non leather goods, which is a topic that I do not see covered (or maybe its thats what "adjustable presser distance" means). In addition I live in apartments, and while my current place is sound proof I plan to move out in a few months Originally I had been stalking craigslist but I am not seeing a machine that is the right fit All I really know is I need 1) a band where I can get parts easily, and is reliable. 2) Easy to use... but I build 3d printers for fun so by easy I mean less likely to end up sewn to my leather. 3) If it is a cylinder arm, that it has a flat table adjustment... and 4) has a quite type of motor. I want to spend 800 if it was used and 1500ish if it was new. I don't think I could easily justify 2k as I can build a CNC for around that. Is there anything else I am missing? Suggestions ideas? I am just overwhelmed, and frankly sick of these obviously sponsored youtube videos. I know there are likely similar questions but I didn't see any talking about doing non leather as well. Thanks!