Advice For The Right Sewing Machine Please

[CowboyD]

Howdy everyone!

Yeah, I'm new here and in need some some helpful advice and guidance on getting a leather sewing machine.

I apprenticed using a Juki Pro 2000 (cylinder type and also has a reverse) pictured below in a shoe, boot, saddle

& tack repair and custom leather shop.

Types of work to be sewn, include saddle skirts and sheepskin/felt replacements to the saddle skirts, harness

and other heavy tack repairs. Other things I'll be making include chaps, chinks, western vests and related items.

I also need to be able to sew lighter projects as well, kind of an "all-in-one" machine.

I can't go any higher than $1,500 - $1,800 max to include shipping and TX sales tax. Investing in this machine

so I can make more money to put toward having two surgeries as soon as I can afford to do so, so I'm not looking

for a new machine, but a used "in good working mechanical condition" so it doesn't have to look pretty on the outside.

Your suggests are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

CowboyD

[Wizcrafts]

You won't find any new 441 clones for what you can afford. But, if you look in the Market Place section of the forum, you may find some in the used sewing machines section.

Other than that, contact our member dealers who advertise via banners and ask if any of them have a traded-in 441 with the arm length you require.