lmcreations Report post Posted January 30, 2011 do a lot of "heavy" leather sewing with my Tippmann Boss and love it. However, I've had a lot of requests lately for products that we make like purses and handbags that the Boss can easily handle., but is a little slow at and doesn't have the reacht to sew deep inside (10-15") without a lot of material maneuvering. Any suggestions for a good machine that can handle leather weight (4-10 oz) sewing with easy material movement , deep reach and speed? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwinOaks Report post Posted January 30, 2011 A cylinder arm would be close to perfect for that type work. If you might need to use it for heavy duty sewing, go ahead and look at one of the 441 clones (Artisan, Cobra, Cowboy). If it will be strictly for lighter weight material, then something like a Consew 227 would work well. Techsew has a few, as does Tacsew, for a pretty decent price. But, do yourself a huge favor and if you would ever need to sew heavier material....get more machine at the start. If you need some really long reach, you might even consider calling CobraSteve and taking a look at the Cobra 4-25.... 2 feet under the arm. Or....You might check out the Singer 29 (and multitude of clones), which is a patch machine. it will get in really small spaces with the tiny arm, and the 'head' rotates so you can change sewing directions without moving the material. Applications are limited, but it can do what no other machine can.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lmcreations Report post Posted January 30, 2011 A cylinder arm would be close to perfect for that type work. If you might need to use it for heavy duty sewing, go ahead and look at one of the 441 clones (Artisan, Cobra, Cowboy). If it will be strictly for lighter weight material, then something like a Consew 227 would work well. Techsew has a few, as does Tacsew, for a pretty decent price. But, do yourself a huge favor and if you would ever need to sew heavier material....get more machine at the start. If you need some really long reach, you might even consider calling CobraSteve and taking a look at the Cobra 4-25.... 2 feet under the arm. Or....You might check out the Singer 29 (and multitude of clones), which is a patch machine. it will get in really small spaces with the tiny arm, and the 'head' rotates so you can change sewing directions without moving the material. Applications are limited, but it can do what no other machine can.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lmcreations Report post Posted January 30, 2011 Much appreciated. I will look into all of these. Good advice. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
