In The Market For A Sewing Machine

[Techsew Ron]

I am talking about the GA5-1R that you sell. It is a knockoff of the Singer 45 and the Ferdco Bull 440 is also a knockoff of the Singer 45. Sewpro, Neals saddlery both sell a version of the Singer 45 I made no reference to the 2700.

It's no secret that most sewing machine dealers base our designs off existing models in order to ensure parts availability.

We've shipped hundreds of the Techsew GA5-1R to people making harnesses, blankets, holsters and much more. Our customers love it. Maybe you purchased your Ferdco machine for the wrong application? You should give them a call to get the proper machine for your work, I'm sure they'll be happy to assist their customers.

Ron

[Northmount]

I am talking about the GA5-1R that you sell. It is a knockoff of the Singer 45 and the Ferdco Bull 440 is also a knockoff of the Singer 45. Sewpro, Neals saddlery both sell a version of the Singer 45 I made no reference to the 2700.

The confusion started with neither machine being identified, so my comment was just to ensure that it was clear the 2700 was a walking foot type. No offense intended.

[Singermania]

Most cheaper machines today are Chinese copies of successful present and past day sewing machines.... so there are stacks of Singer 132K6 and Singer 45K clones out there, most dealers try to put across that these machines are there own design, sport their own label, produce them because of parts availability or some other sales patter. Up from those machines are copies of the three best leather machines available, namely the Adler 205, the Juki 441 and the Consew and Seiko CH-8B. Sadly no matter what the dealers tell you if you put the Chinese copy of say a Seiko next to the Seiko you will see there is simply no comparison. No point going on about it, that's how it is.

What does really bother me is that we can't manufacture our own machines these days. In Australia we don't produce any at all, in the States you did have the Luberto for a while, great shame that it didn't get better support.