Seeking machine recommendations

[friquant]

1 hour ago, eLeM said:

And I do love fixing things, which is why I'm kinda drawn to these older all metal machines.

So you can focus on buying a class of machine that does what you want, since you can fix it up.

Most "fixing" is actually adjusting, with some cleaning and oiling along the way. I have bought a new hook for a machine where I broke the hook trying to get it out. But there were aftermarket parts available.

[kgg]

4 hours ago, eLeM said:

I did manage to find a Consew CP206RL locally

In a nut shell don't walk away, run away from the portable walking foot machines. This is a poor cousin clone of the Sailrite LS. There has been a lot of discussion and their pitfalls on this style of walking foot machines.

IMHO the three biggest cons are:

i) it will sew approximately 1/8" thick material,

ii) as the thickness of what is being sewn the stitch length will decrease

iii) max thread size is V92

and the list go's on and on.

kgg

Edited 12 hours ago by kgg