Members ngordon Posted August 2, 2011 Members Report Posted August 2, 2011 I hate to take up space with something that has no doubt been addressed before so I will keep it short. I am just starting and looking at primarily auto, truck and boat seats. Would a Rex 26-188 @ $400.00 be a good machine for the price or should i be looking at something newer? Thanks for any help Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted August 2, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted August 2, 2011 Moving this over to sewing machines... Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted August 3, 2011 Moderator Report Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) I hate to take up space with something that has no doubt been addressed before so I will keep it short. I am just starting and looking at primarily auto, truck and boat seats. Would a Rex 26-188 @ $400.00 be a good machine for the price or should i be looking at something newer? Thanks for any help Yes, the Rex 26-188 is well suited to sewing vinyl and textured chrome tan leather seat covers. The presser feet have teeth on the bottom, as does the feed dog. The feed is accomplished by the outside foot and feed dog, and the aggressive teeth don't allow the material to slide out of alignment. You can really hold back the layers, taut, and the feet keep it in place. The pull of the feed mechanism is really intense. I work part time at a leather shop that sold the same machine for the same price. They are solid machines from what I can remember, what few times I sewed with it. While it's great for cloth or vinyl, you wouldn't want to use the Rex to sew any kind of leather that would retain the tooth marks. Edited August 3, 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.
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