Help Picking A Machine

[Forkbeard]

Here are my choices as I see them. I have about 1400 to spend, no more.

The Boss-I have a freind who swears by his and loves the hell out of it. I am not a fan in lew of...

The Luberto Cub I found for sale, it looks brand new but I think they are out of buisness.

Then I started looking harder and found out Ferdco is selling the 440R for 1300 with a table and servo motor. New.

There are a couple things on ebay:

Consew 227

Singer 29-4

Techsew GA5-1R

Consew382 post machine

If someone could give me a little guidance here, I would surly apreciate it.

Thank you.

FB

[Wizcrafts]

If you are prepared to spend $1400 on a machine, you can get a Cowboy CB2500, bottom feed flat foot cylinder arm machine (same as Ferdoco 440R), with reverse, for a lot less than that. You could add the accessory foot and roller guide package and probably still be under $1400. They are sold by Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines. Their phone number is 866-362-7397. Several of our members have this machine and love it. It is just one step down from the big harness stitchers and is capable of sewing about 1/2" of dense leather.

[Forkbeard]

If you are prepared to spend $1400 on a machine, you can get a Cowboy CB2500, bottom feed flat foot cylinder arm machine (same as Ferdoco 440R), with reverse, for a lot less than that. You could add the accessory foot and roller guide package and probably still be under $1400. They are sold by Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines. Their phone number is 866-362-7397. Several of our members have this machine and love it. It is just one step down from the big harness stitchers and is capable of sewing about 1/2" of dense leather.

I tried to find the info on the cb 3500 you mentioned earlier and couldn't find anything. I'll call them tomorrw. Thanks man.

FB

[Wizcrafts]

I tried to find the info on the cb 3500 you mentioned earlier and couldn't find anything. I'll call them tomorrw. Thanks man.

FB

[Art]

Hi FB,

I though you said you had to be able to sew 3/4 inch veg tan. If so, the only things in your list that will do that are the Cub and the Boss. Ferdco has a 1010 on their list for $1500 that might work and a No.9 would also work. They might have a 6/6 on the swap board also. The CB 2500 will NOT sew 3/4 inch.

Art

Here are my choices as I see them. I have about 1400 to spend, no more.

The Boss-I have a freind who swears by his and loves the hell out of it. I am not a fan in lew of...

The Luberto Cub I found for sale, it looks brand new but I think they are out of buisness.

Then I started looking harder and found out Ferdco is selling the 440R for 1300 with a table and servo motor. New.

There are a couple things on ebay:

Consew 227

Singer 29-4

Techsew GA5-1R

Consew382 post machine

If someone could give me a little guidance here, I would surly apreciate it.

Thank you.

FB

[Shane in Baton Rouge]

Wiz, I have to say, you are one of the most patient forum members I have ever come across.

Us lurkers sure appreciate the time you spend to author informative posts about what I have learned is a very unexpectedly complicated topic.

There is no info on the CB2500 or CB3500 machines that you so frequently recommend. Is this actually two different machines, or a typo?

Thanks,

Shane

[Wizcrafts]

Wiz, I have to say, you are one of the most patient forum members I have ever come across.

Us lurkers sure appreciate the time you spend to author informative posts about what I have learned is a very unexpectedly complicated topic.

There is no info on the CB2500 or CB3500 machines that you so frequently recommend. Is this actually two different machines, or a typo?

Thanks,

Shane

If you send me a PM I will discuss them with you. Otherwise, I can say nothing more on this open forum.

[Reegesc]

I'll second that!  I think the same thing every time I read one of his posts.   It's not easy being patient and polite when you're an expert in something, fielding the same dumbo questions over and over.   But Wiz does it with class.   

 

On 2/16/2011 at 7:45 PM, Shane in Baton Rouge said:

Wiz, I have to say, you are one of the most patient forum members I have ever come across.