Singer 29-4 What Are Vertical Tension Disks For?

[tnawrot2]

$300.00

In order to sew leather 1" thick you will have to add another zero to the left of the decimal point.

[Wizcrafts]

Hi I'm trying to find a sewing machine that is around $300.00 I'm on a budget. The thickest leather would be 1 Inch thick total on double shoulder leather. I tool the Holsters then sew it

People have told me that the Singer 15-91 will do the trick

Can you help me please!

If I read your request properly, you have $300 to spend on a machine that can sew up to 1 inch of leather and are wondering if a Singer 15-91 can do this?

Is this a joke? In case it's not, I'll answer you.

A Singer 15-91 is lucky to sew even 1/4 inch of leather and that with #69 thread, maximum. They were made for domestic sewing of cloth. They have pod motors built into the body that are not powerful enough to feed and sew holsters. And, nobody I know of would sew one using #69 thread.

In order to sew up to one inch of holster leather (veg or bridle), you need one of the following machines, listed by their capacity.

1. Campbell High Lift (1 1/8")
   
2. Luberto Classic (1 1/8")
   
3. Cowboy CB4500, Cobra Class 4, or Techsew 5100 (7/8")
   
4. Adler 205-374 (3/4")
   
5. Juki TSC 441 and other brand clones of it (3/4")
   
6. Union Lockstitch (3/4")
   
7. Campbell-Randall Lockstitch (3/4")
   
8. Other ancient harness stitchers
   

Since you have $300 to spend, you need to know what those machines typically sell for.

1. about $8,000, plus or minus
   
2. about $5,500 (not currently in production)
   
3. about $2,500 to $3,000
   
4. $5995.00
   
5. about $5,500
   
6. between $1500 for private sales, auctions, used, not rebuilt, to $4500 rebuilt to specs.
   
7. Randall Lockstitch machines sell for between $3,500 used, up to $7,000 rebuilt to specs
   
8. Old harness machines in working condition, with needles (and awls), typically sell for anywhere from $1000 to $5,000
   

All of the above machines can easily sew with heavy bonded nylon or polyester thread, in size #346, which has about 66 pounds tensile strength per stitch, using a #26 or #27 needle. The needle and awl machines (numbers 1, 6, 7 and 8) can also use glazed linen thread run through a wax pot, up to 8 or more cords, with the proper needle and awl combination.

You can now see that $300 will not get you a sewing machine that can sew 1 inch of leather, with any thread size. You will need about 10 times that much money to get to even 7/8 inches.

[rawhide1]

I bought a pearson #6 for $1600. After some cleaning and oiling it works great. What a dream to sew with. It will sew damn near a 1 1/4". The other day I sewed a 4oz piece and then around 36ozs and didn't have to adjust the tension! Needles are pricey but I don't think you'll break or bend many of the big bastards.

My point is there's deals out there just keep looking. (I usually see the #6 go for 3500-4000)But you will have to spend more than 300

Mike