Sewing Machines

[sam carter]

I am looking to buy a sewing machine. I mainly sew belts, tack and some saddle work. Probably not more than 1/2 inch thick. What is the best machine for this?

[Wizcrafts]

I am looking to buy a sewing machine. I mainly sew belts, tack and some saddle work. Probably not more than 1/2 inch thick. What is the best machine for this?

Take a look at the Cowboy CB-2500. It is a bottom driven (feed dogs), flat footed heavy duty, cylinder arm stitcher, capable of sewing no more than 1/2" of leather belting, with #346 or 415 thread (with a slightly raised pressor foot). The bobbins are cylindrical, like the ones used in the bigger stitchers. They hold a lot of thick thread. The needles are longer then normal industrial machine needles, but shorter than the ones used in the big boys. Also, the price is nice (1/2 of the big stitcher price)!

Bob Kover, at Toledo Industrial Sewing machines, is the distributor. His number is 866-362-7397. Tell him Wiz recommended you and this particular machine. Tell him you need it to sew up to 1/2".

If you need a machine to sew over additional layers, a walking foot, heavy stitcher is the next step up; sewing up to 3/4". That would be the CB-3500 (9" arm), or CB-4500 (16.5" arm). Add dollars accordingly. Cobra Steve also sells these types of machine, under the Cobra brand.