Another binder question

[ArtD]

I’m looking to buy a dedicated binding machine for sewing leather tape to canvas. There seem to be several machine options, including the Consew 277RBFS and the Yamata 335. Today I called a nearby seller of mostly high end industrial sewing machines (they sell to and service many manufacturing facilities) and their recommendation was to avoid machines like the Consew and the Yamata, which have synchronized binding brackets integrated into their design. They said they prefer to work with a standard cylinder arm and build a synchronized bracket and gauge set from scratch to match the folder that they would also make. I’m wondering what everyone thinks about that. I’m pretty mechanically inclined. Is it beyond the capability of mere mortals to purchase a high quality but off the shelf raw edge binder to work well with dedicated machines like the Yamata and Consew?

[eblanche]

The Yamata is a clone of the Pfaff 335. Both the Consew and the Pfaff can be setup as standard sewing as well as synchronized binder setup. The pfaff 335 is a pretty common dedicated binder machine in the industry (factory or not). Seiko builds the Consew 277 machine in Japan to my knowledge.

 

Others to consider if you are sticking with a narrow/small cylinder: Adler 69, DA 669, Seiko BSC-8BL (consew 277 is cloned from this?) Juki 240 series (246 big bobbin), various other Chinese clones such as the Yamata.

[amuckart]

23 hours ago, ArtD said:

…their recommendation was to avoid machines like the Consew and the Yamata, which have synchronized binding brackets integrated into their design. 

I think this is sound advice.

If you have a dedicated binding machine, you have a dedicated binding machine; if you have a small cylinder arm machine with a synchronised binder attachment you have a flexible tool that can be adapted to multiple purposes.