Any Suggestions On Buying A Hand Powered Leather Sewing Machinge?

[leathervan]

I know about the Tippman brand but they cost way over a thousand dollars new. Pricey I would say. Any other brands of hand powered. Or don't you recommend a hand powered leather machine. It would be slower that is true.

[Dwight]

Let me be one that re-recommends the Tippman Boss, . . . I have one, . . . later model, . . . aluminum case, . . . and while you cannot say I jump up and down every morning at the prospect of using it, . . . I do enjoy using it.

1: it is faster and easier on your body than hand stitching, . . . and YOU determine where and when each and every stitch is placed.

2: it is manufactured in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, . . . very near US 30 on the East Side. They are very accomodating people, . . . back their product to the hilt, . . . I have called up on a Tuesday morning, . . . Ben said to give him 2 hours to clean off his other work on his bench, . . . bring it up to him. He personally has "fixed" my machine for me twice.

3: occasionally, . . . you will find one on Ebay for sale for a decent price. There was one on here a few weeks ago.

Anyway, . . . it may not work for you, . . . just offering some info.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Trox]

I am afraid one thousand dollars is not much when it comes to buy a triple feed industrial heavy stitcher new (or used). These are tools of the trade and starts on 2300 $ and up. The best thing you can do are looking in our "for sale" section or talk to members of this site. The member dealers (banners top site) often have used machines for sale too, give them a call (you can trust them) I will not recommend buying anything of the Ebay, even very experienced buyers can get burned there.

You need to try the machine before buying, bring with you a work piece of what you are going to sew (and your budget) and visit a dealer. When you buy private you will not get support or warranty, the you must calculate this important things in price comparing. You can call the dealers on free numbers and ask what they have in stock, they may be able to help you financing too.

Our member dealers Cobra, Cowboy, Techsew (and more) must answer to critics in this forum. They are all very helpful and gives help even if you have bought from someone else. The machines they sell are already set up to sew leather, when other machine often are not. It can be about 500 $ and up to set up a machine to sew leather (depended of brand and class). Often what seems to be the cheapest solution becomes the most expensive one. You are lucky to live in the USA where you have the option of several new Chinese clones leather machines. Do not buy several cheap machines that do not work and you cant get rid of.

Get yourself a 441 clone right away, thats the best and cheapest solution in the long run.

Good luck

Tor

[Chief31794]

For hand powered I recommend the Tippman Boss. I agree with the other two posts. I have a Boss and use it from time-to-time, I still mainly hand sew as a personal preference, but when I need a lot of sewing done in short time, the Boss handles my requirements. If I sewed a lot on a machine, I would probably get a good quality leather sewing machine. So if you aren't sewing every day then the Boss is excellent, if you are sewing a lot, then get a good machine like Trox recommended. Be prepared, either one you get is going to require a learning curve, adjustments due to different thickness of leather, and Maintenance.

Chief

[PappyUSA]

The Boss is hard to beat for getting into tight places. I used one for 12 years and passed it on to my son who took over my holster biz and he's been useing it for 1 1/2 years. The boss will do things my Techsew 3650 won't. The only draw back to the Boss is makeing belts will wear you out.