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Sewing equipment and material available for sale, suitable for leather, shoe and bag production. Majority of machines run on 220V 3Phase clutch motors, some on 110V clutch motors. Some 220V motors can be replaced with 110V without eliminating machines full features. Location: Wauconda, Illinois, USA. Loading dock, forklift available. MACHINES CAN BE PICKED UP OR SHIPPED AT A SEPARATE CHARGE CALCULATED PER SHIPPING ADDRESS plus $75.00 crating charge.Reason for sale: semi-retirement from contract sewing manufacturingMACHINES FOR SALEsingle needle JUKI DDL 555-5, DURKOPP 277, MITSUBISHI 190, 180 cca $300.00-400.00bartackers JUKI, SINGER, cca $250-425.00double needle SINGERS various needle spacing 212, cca $375.00-500.00 (1/4," 3/8," 5/16." 3/4," 1,"1.5" with or without pullers)walking foot SINGER 211G155, cca $675.00cylinder CONSEW 227, cca $800.00high post single needle PFAFF, cca $1,100.00high post double needle SINGER, cca $875.00felling UNION SPECIAL 3500, cca $2,900.00hot gluing machine USM, cca $500.00single head creaser AUTOMATED COMPONENTS, cca $850.0012 needle waist elastic machine KASAI, cca $1,200.00die punching machine WESTERN, cca $575.00swing arm clicker USM, cca $2,900.00; PURITANs, cca $950.00; fusing machines KING, antique outsole stitcher BO, and MUCH more MATERIAL FOR SALE:fire retardant Nomex tan thread, military spec garment Nomex tan tape zippers various length,plastic or metal hardware,thread Spun Poly 35thread Nylon Bonded 45, 69foam,fabrics and much morePlease, contact for an appointment or receive pictures of individual machines: magmile at magmilebrand dot com. Late afternoons or weekends OK. OFFERS WELCOME, QTY DISCOUNT.

Feel free to post anything referencing this topic here. I’m looking to gather more info on setups. Speaking of flywheels, adapters, and cranking by hand on cylinder arm/bed machines, check out these two vids. They’re both in Japanese but we know more or less what’s being explained. Look at that table adapter later in video 1! And that handwheel crank in video 2!

After months of reading hundreds of forum topics and opinion articles, I'm finally breaking down and just asking outright. I'm looking for the "perfect" machine to be able to handle the types of handbags I make. At the moment, I do most of my construction with rivets and a non-walking foot Juki (terrible, I know) to skirt around forking out so much money for a proper machine, but the time has come. About my bags: I work primarily with 3-4 and 5-6 oz chrome and veg tanned leather. My current bag designs are simple and primarily rivet based (photos below), but I'm expanding to a line of bucket bags and backpacks that my poor tired flatbed has simply refused to sew. I would have to make drastic adjustments to the pattern that will chop up my minimalist design. A few months ago, I sold my cylinder arm Juki LS-321 (needle fed) because, aside from the needle feed mechanism not liking my seam overlaps, for the life of me - I could not get the thing to stitch straight unless I stitched as slowly as possible and held the leather tight from both the front and back. I have 6 years of rather intensive sewing experience on a flatbed, and tried to work with the LS-321 beast for a year so I don't think it was a learning curve issue, but I might be wrong. Now, my question is this: Is it possible to stitch handbags with a flatbed, or is it best to get a cylinder arm and a good flatbed platform for it? Further, what make and model do you recommend that is between $1-2k (preferably on the lower end) and has a good resource base of attachments that make production easier? I know this question has been asked a thousand times, but all of the topics I've read have had some caveat or compared craigslist ads they had found.

Wanted a used or new cylinder arm sewing machine. Need to have reverse and minimum of 5/8 foot lift, more is better. Any reviews on the Techsew 5100? Thanks, Bonnie

Hey Guys, I'm looking for info on the compatibility of Consew 277RFS cylinder arm parts. As far as needle plate, feed dogs, binding plate attachment etc. I understand that all parts are the same as the Seiko LSC 8, but after some searching I cant seem to find what the cylinder arm is based on. It seems very similar to both the Pfaff 335 as well as the Juki 246. Specifically interested in being able to use specialized needle plates, as well as binder attachments for Pfaff 335 on the Consew 277. Such as the attached images available from Kwokhing. I have emailed them asking about compatibility, but have not received a reply. Any information on what the 277 cylinder arm is based on / interchangeable with would be very much appreciated. I have also attached a pic of the badge of of the Consew. Thank you! -Sam

Wanted a used or new cylinder arm sewing machine. Need to have reverse and minimum of 5/8 foot lift, more is better. Any reviews on the Techsew 5100? Thanks, Bonnie

I just purchased a "new" (only new to me--actually quite old) machine for sewing leather. It is a cylinder bed Nakajima 381L machine with a Consew clutch motor. I figured it was a safe choice because I knew it was well maintained and the previous owner had used it to make exactly the kind of stuff I want to use it for (lightweight bags and wallets). Now that I have it at home, I'm realizing what a complete newbie I am at this, and how difficult it is to set everything up without a manual--so I decided to send an SOS to you folks to see if anyone knows more about this machine--or even a similar machine that would be easier to find a manual for. After googling a few different machines, it *looks* most similar to the Juki DSC series. It lost a bit of oil on the trip from NY, and the markings for where to oil it have all rubbed off. Any thoughts on what needles and thread to use?

I live in mountains with hiking trails. I like my hands as free as possible, and I'm thinking of making a lens case with a strap on it: a cylinder with a bottom and a lid attached with a small strap because I'm good at losing things. I'm not sure how to attach a bottom to a cylinder. As I'm typing I've decided to go look at some arrow quivers -- but good suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.

My local sushi bar is the best in the area, owned by a Japanese guy and nice folks. The treated me like royalty on my birthday and I wanted to repay the gesture so I thought I would trow together a pen and pencil holder to replace the ugly one (a coffee mug) on the bar. I thought it would be a good opportunity to learn to make a cylinder. The back is stitched with a cross double bar stitch. They loved the holder and they gave me a free sake! Comments and criticisms welcome! Cya! Bob

Hi everyone I make bags and accessories using mainly 4-6oz leather, every now and again up to 10oz. I have a PFAFF 1245 flat bed, and while I love her dearly, from what I'm seeing on the forums, she's just not the right machine for the job. From what I gather, people recommend a cylinder machine for bags - which makes perfect sense to me. But not knowing anything about these machines, I feel a little bit out-of-my-depth when it comes to making an informed consumer purchase. There is someone selling a DDN-738 YAKUMO on craigslist for $1550 (http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/hsh/4032840158.html) and I was wondering if anyone had: a) heard of this brand/machine had any experiences with this machine/brand c) knows whether this is a good price d) has an opinion on whether or not it'll be suitable for my purposes (my website is www.divina-denuevo.com if you'd like to take a look). I've tried googling reviews of the machine, but all I have found is a youtube video of someone using it. I hope someone can help! Thanks Victoria