Members Rayban Posted January 9, 2014 Members Report Posted January 9, 2014 I used to hand stitch......then I discovered electricity!!!! My life has changed..... Quote Raybanwww.rgleather.net
Members Sovran81 Posted January 10, 2014 Members Report Posted January 10, 2014 Old post I know but I read the OP link and have a question. "Machines that sew a saddle stitch"? Are there any? I am not sure what a needle and awl makes. I doubt any of them fit the picture of the flatbed machine in the link. Quote
Members TXAG Posted January 10, 2014 Author Members Report Posted January 10, 2014 Old post I know but I read the OP link and have a question. "Machines that sew a saddle stitch"? Are there any? I am not sure what a needle and awl makes. I doubt any of them fit the picture of the flatbed machine in the link. ...there may *exist* a machine that does a saddle stitch, but I doubt it and if there were, I very highly doubt those people on kickstarter have one. I think they just put that in there (e.g. LIED) and are using a standard lock-stitch machine. Least, that's what it looks like to me... I mean, here is a pic of what is presumably the machine they use...what do you think? Looks like a regular, plain old lock-stitch machine to me... https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/150/012/1e613df62cca1ab35b3c3a889031cab2_large.jpg?1381735048 Quote
Members Sovran81 Posted January 10, 2014 Members Report Posted January 10, 2014 Yes that is the pic I was referring to. I agree looks like a standard lock stitch to me. I cant even see a third shaft denoting a walking foot. Quote
Northmount Posted January 10, 2014 Report Posted January 10, 2014 No sewing machine does saddle stitch. Just think about a machine being able to transfer the spools of thread from one side to the other at every stitch! A robot may be able to be trained, but what happens when it drops a needle, or has to move the leather further along in the clamp? Would make a good cartoon show! Tom Quote
Members TXAG Posted January 10, 2014 Author Members Report Posted January 10, 2014 Yeah, I was going to say that but then there would've been some smart-@## that would be able to pull one out of his rear end just to prove me wrong...but like I said, I have never heard of one. Quote
Members Palermo Posted February 5, 2014 Members Report Posted February 5, 2014 In my opinion saddle stitching is thee strongest stitch. Hand stitching looks cooler but machine stitching looks cleaner. So it really depends on the end product. Quote
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