Members 276ccm Posted May 30, 2011 Members Report Posted May 30, 2011 Hi, I´m not sure what they are called, but it´s adverticed as a shoe maker machine.. Does anyone know if this would be good to sew really thick leather? I´m mostly working with motorcycle related products and uses veg tanned leather with 3 - 5 mm thickness, so where the leather is stitced together there might be up to 10 mm thickness.. anyone know? :-) Pictures of the machine: Quote Blog: http://276ccm.blogspot.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/276ccm
MADMAX22 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Posted May 30, 2011 Very cool sewing machines but from my understanding they max out at 1/4" thickness. They are apparently invaluable for those awkward areas that are hard to get to. Its a 29 class im pretty sure. I am no pro sewing machine guy though. Quote
Members oldtimer Posted May 30, 2011 Members Report Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) Hi, I´m not sure what they are called, but it´s adverticed as a shoe maker machine.. Does anyone know if this would be good to sew really thick leather? I´m mostly working with motorcycle related products and uses veg tanned leather with 3 - 5 mm thickness, so where the leather is stitced together there might be up to 10 mm thickness.. anyone know? :-) Pictures of the machine: Sorry, this is not the machine for you. You will need a machine with a higher capacity. This machine will only handle a 69 thread and thats way too thin for motor cycle bags and such stuff and it will sew max. a 1/4" of leather. Life will be better when your machine has some over capacity for the work it is supposed to do. My two cents / Knut Hej. Såg nu att du är Norrman ! Denna maskin klarar inte mer än 6-7 mm läder och väldigt tunn tråd så det blir problem när du skall sy motorcykelväskor i tjockt läder. Har skickat dej ett meddelande ! Hilsen / Knut Edited May 30, 2011 by oldtimer Quote "The gun fight at the O.K. corral was actually started by two saddlemakers sitting around a bottle of whiskey talking about saddle fitting"...
Members 276ccm Posted May 30, 2011 Author Members Report Posted May 30, 2011 Thanks a lot for the answers! What would be a recommended machine to look for which will handle my requests? Any tips? Quote Blog: http://276ccm.blogspot.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/276ccm
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted May 30, 2011 Moderator Report Posted May 30, 2011 (edited) Thanks a lot for the answers! What would be a recommended machine to look for which will handle my requests? Any tips? Here you go: Edited May 30, 2011 by Wizcrafts Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members 276ccm Posted May 30, 2011 Author Members Report Posted May 30, 2011 Here you go: This one defiantly loos sweet, but I was more thinking of brands and model names I could look for at the second hand market :-) I know in most cases it will pay off to get the top of the line machine, but right now I have to look for something as cheap as possiblebut still work for my purposes.. :-) Quote Blog: http://276ccm.blogspot.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/276ccm
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