Singer 29 Question

[badasp118]

Okay here's my question. I have a chance to buy a singer 29 hour has four of them that range from 400 to 750. They are tredel powered n in perfect shape. I do a lot of chap repair as well as making holsters and etc......would this be a good machine for making chaps holsters etc?

Badasp118

[Luke Hatley]

I M H O......that is not a reg sewing machine.... it was designed for Patch work.

For the same price you might find a consew 225 with a walking foot and be able to use 138 size thread For Chaps, for holsters check out the Cobra Machines,

[Wizcrafts]

The Singer 29-4 is a shoe, jacket and boot patcher. It is foot or hand operated, only sews 1/4" and has no edge guides. On top of that, it is a top feed machine, with teeth on the pressor foot. The bobbins are tiny and hold a limited amount of thread. You are limited to #69 in the bobbin and can maybe use #138 on top, if you balance the tensions carefully.

Chaps are best sewn on a flatbed walking foot machine, or a cylinder arm machine with a flatbed attachment board.

Holsters can require the ability to sew between 3/8 and 1/2 inch of hard, dense leather. Holsters are usually sewn with #277 or 346 nylon thread. This requires a #25 to #27 needle. Only the biggest machines can use these needles and properly tension that size of thread. These include Adler, Cobra, Cowboy, Artisan, Juki 441 and clones of the 441, and needle and awl machines, like the Union Lockstitch I use. These machines can sew 3/4" of any leather, with #346 thread.

[badasp118]

Thanks guys, you answered my question well.....

I appreciate it....

Badasp118