Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted January 9, 2014 Members Report Posted January 9, 2014 Karina, I cannot see why you would chose anything but the Singer 29k as long is it is a 29k58 or later. The Canadian seller stole my pictures of Fliker for his ebay ad and sells the machines as they arrive from China. I have dealt with them and roughly 1 in 3 works properly out of the box. I am the ebay seller in Australia and I think you would be mad to pay $200 freight. TBH I would rather you bought the machine direct from China then bought a support package from me. I can get this for $300 (just have to pick it up) or this for $299 (free shipping from Canada to the US) or this for $495 (machine cost $295, plus $200 shipping from OZ to the US) hummmm which one will I choose? I'm sorry guys, but for my money, it's the Singer all day. For those of you that have this machine and are happy with it, good for you! If you are happy with your purchase that's all that matters. To the seller that is having success with selling these units, and have hundreds of happy customers, I say congratulations on your success, and I wish you many, many more sales, but again for my money - it's the Singer all day, any day! ( JMHO.) The original poster asked for opinions about a machine being sold by leatherpatchers.com, I gave my opinion of it. This is simply my opinion, others are free to do as they wish. Karina Quote Darren Brosowski
Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted January 9, 2014 Members Report Posted January 9, 2014 In Australia where postage costs 20 - 60 the machine makes sense. If you want to fix shoes then buy a 29k but if you want to put a patch in a 200kg tarpaulin then the 10kg ABLE290 is much easier to take to the job than dragging the job to the machine. Horses for courses. I can get this for $300 (just have to pick it up) or this for $299 (free shipping from Canada to the US) or this for $495 (machine cost $295, plus $200 shipping from OZ to the US) hummmm which one will I choose? I'm sorry guys, but for my money, it's the Singer all day. For those of you that have this machine and are happy with it, good for you! If you are happy with your purchase that's all that matters. To the seller that is having success with selling these units, and have hundreds of happy customers, I say congratulations on your success, and I wish you many, many more sales, but again for my money - it's the Singer all day, any day! ( JMHO.) The original poster asked for opinions about a machine being sold by leatherpatchers.com, I gave my opinion of it. This is simply my opinion, others are free to do as they wish. Karina Quote Darren Brosowski
Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted January 9, 2014 Members Report Posted January 9, 2014 Spot on. These machines take the basic concept and have made it more portable. It is essentially built for the third world but will work in the west as long as the seller makes the necessary adjustments and modifications. here is one possible design that these machines are based on.Simple,historical-tried and true action and look real easy to fix. Quote Darren Brosowski
Members veedub3 Posted January 9, 2014 Members Report Posted January 9, 2014 Karina, I cannot see why you would chose anything but the Singer 29k as long is it is a 29k58 or later. The Canadian seller stole my pictures of Fliker for his ebay ad and sells the machines as they arrive from China. I have dealt with them and roughly 1 in 3 works properly out of the box. I am the ebay seller in Australia and I think you would be mad to pay $200 freight. TBH I would rather you bought the machine direct from China then bought a support package from me. Trust me my previous comment wasn't intended as an affront to you, your machine, nor you business. Your understanding of why I would choose the Singer over your machine is immaterial to me, but in short I choose the Singer because it was my money that I was spending and the Singer was the better buy. I believe I stated that in my post and I quote "To the seller that is having success with selling these units, and have hundreds of happy customers, I say congratulations on your success, and I wish you many, many more sales, but again for my money - it's the Singer all day, any day! ( JMHO.)" I also went on to say "The original poster asked for opinions about a machine being sold by leatherpatchers.com, I gave my opinion of it. This is simply my opinion, others are free to do as they wish." Also I wouldn't buy the machine from the China seller instead of supporting you, because I wouldn't buy that machine period! How about you read the full post next time. Karina Quote "The only man who makes no mistake, is the man who does nothing." Theodore Roosevelt
Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted January 9, 2014 Members Report Posted January 9, 2014 Karina, Think you did not read my post! I supported your decision to buy the 29 because it was the best option for you. Not sure why you feel the need to have a go at me. I simply gave the pros and cons of each option and threw in the possibility of buying direct from China. I am not in the business of trying to sell product to people when it isn't the best thing for them. Cannot understand your antagonistic reply Quote Darren Brosowski
Members veedub3 Posted January 9, 2014 Members Report Posted January 9, 2014 Karina, Think you did not read my post! I supported your decision to buy the 29 because it was the best option for you. Not sure why you feel the need to have a go at me. I simply gave the pros and cons of each option and threw in the possibility of buying direct from China. I am not in the business of trying to sell product to people when it isn't the best thing for them. Cannot understand your antagonistic reply You are absolutely right. I couldn't even tell you what I read when I commented, but now that I am fully awake, I see that I completely misread that post. Please except my apologies. Karina Quote "The only man who makes no mistake, is the man who does nothing." Theodore Roosevelt
Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted January 10, 2014 Members Report Posted January 10, 2014 Karina, Your apologies are fully accepted and I have to offer mine in return as I may have had a drink or too when I posted my last reply. Take care and enjoy your 29k. If you need parts then contact Bob Kovar at Toledo as if he does not have it then it probably is not available. You are absolutely right. I couldn't even tell you what I read when I commented, but now that I am fully awake, I see that I completely misread that post. Please except my apologies. Karina Quote Darren Brosowski
Members RavenAus Posted January 10, 2014 Members Report Posted January 10, 2014 I have one of the Able 290's, bought at Steamfest last year. The only real issue I have is trying to figure out how to do larger items one-handed so I can actually turn the crank! For the money it's a great machine. Sure, I'd like a cylinder bed with a walking foot but my budget is minimal and this does the job. Maybe not as well as the fancy machines, but it does do the job Quote Kind regards, Raven http://wolfscrafts.com/
Members Palermo Posted February 6, 2014 Members Report Posted February 6, 2014 I bought one of those machines to try it out. I have a lot of modern and vintage machines in my shop. For the small repairs I use that one I have changed zippers and even made a few things on it, It does stitch good but it takes a few try's to get use to the hand crank in the position it is in. If you can't afford a 29k (if it's under $1000 either you got a good deal or something is wrong with it). Then get this one to hold you off. The guy I bought it from on eBay is knowledgable about this machine and will help you out. His email is evrosport@rogers.com Quote
Members henkdejong Posted July 30, 2014 Members Report Posted July 30, 2014 Hello, does anybody has a manual how to adjust the machine, I have had a chinese/english manual but it is not very detailled on problems with thread breaking by wrong hook/needle adjustment. For some reason the machine suddenly strated to break the upper thread when th hook grabs the upper threads. It more or less splices and ravels the thread. Help is appreciated. Thanks henk Quote
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