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Hi KGG So the leather is listed on their website as "Hide Thickness (Weight) : 1.8/2.0 mm" which means that the fabric would be layered thicker along seams. I was hoping to stay in the $2k budget but could muster a bit more if necessary to get the proper machine. I just need to really justify and make sure that the machine I land on can do the job. But again it can't be so huge of a machine that I can't move it or get it up a flight of stairs without an elevator. It really sucks being so limited on space since I'm in NYC and a renter. Would I need a cylinder machine to do a leather jacket in the above leather? Can a flatbed machine do it? Thanks!

Hi Dwight, Thanks for the input, however I'm not wanting to do light wear. I'm thinking something rugged and durable and stiffer. I'm looking at the leatherwrks Monte Carlo leather specifically. I'll need to sew through multiple layers of it and probably line it with a suede or a quilted lamb. Think something like a leather straight jacket or a leather fencing jacket. I have that machine you posted and it's dinky and won't do even two layers of what I'm trying to sew. It's not a professional level industrial machine like what I'm needing. *** Also I don't know why I can't edit the main post but I meant to put TechSew 2750 pro not 2500

Ok so I've been struggling back and forth for a few months over what machine to get. Let me start with that I live in a very small NYC apt one floor up. Space is very limited and I can't have more than one machine. Ideally it would be something I can move when I need to move apartments. There is no elevator. I'm looking I do items like handbags and leather jackets. I have a commission for a slightly heavier leather jacket item. The customer is wanting a medium to firm 2.0 thickness leather. They want it to have some strength so if they were to pull heavily from attached d-rings the leather won't rip. I've been doing my leatherwork by hand the last few years since I moved cross country and sold off my old walking foot industrial singer (it was quite old and would break down often). Being in the city and not having a car I would ideally like a new machine by a company with good support and easy to get parts if it does need work. I don't have the luxury of being able to haul it to a repair shop if something goes wrong. Any suggestions on a machine? I basically need a sort of one shot machine that can do most things. This jacket is probably the heaviest item I plan to make although I know some of the leather bags and cases can get pretty thick where lots of areas attach together... I was thinking of a Sailrite Fabricator with the leather kit add on that has the speed reduction. However I'm actually not sure if I NEED a cylinder arm machine to do curves on the leather jacket like the shoulders and sleeves. I have never used a cylinder machine just as an FYI. But for cylinder I was liking the TechSew 2750 Pro cause it has that flatbed attachment so it looks like it has more versatility. The biggest problem is that the TechSew aside from being much more expensive... Is that I've never used one or known anyone to use one personally so I have no idea how reliable they are or if they break a lot or the parts are much more expensive to replace than other machines. I've already tried looking for places in the city that might have both machines I can try out but I haven't had any luck. This forum was suggested to me by a leatherwork Facebook group so here I am. Thanks!