Fortuna Report post Posted April 1, 2014 Hi there, I'm Fortuna, like the title says, I live in Portugal. I've allways admired all kinds of leatherwork, but i've never thougt some day I will actually find myself doing something in leather. Most of the time I sew fabric, but recently, two of my bigged passion (vintage bicycles and sewing/making useful things) collided and I have the oppotunity to do what I love by making and selling replicas of vintage saddlebags, handdlebar bags ect, and to do so, I need to learn the basics of leatherwork, and that's why I came here. Now I'm in search for a sewing machine and I hope to find one who will work well whith leather and several layers of heavy coton duck, I have a singer 700 and it's a great machine, but it's not made for that kind of work. For now I have an eye on a singer 331k2 and I'm collecting informations about it. I hope to have something to show here in the future! PS: sorry for my bad english, it's not my first language Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benlilly1 Report post Posted April 2, 2014 Welcome, Fortuna! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted April 2, 2014 Welcome! Your English is doing just fine. In fact better than some where English is their native language. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King's X Report post Posted April 2, 2014 Hello Fortuna and welcome to the forum! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortuna Report post Posted April 2, 2014 Thank you all ^^ My father save my grandfather's singer 31K17, in terrible condition from my grandmother's garage. I can't say I dont have a leather sewing machine anymore, but I wonder if I'm gonna be able to make it work again. The mecanism won't move an inch for now, it's soaked in WD40. It's going to be a very long term project, I'll have to find the missing parts and all... it's going to be fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robertmeco Report post Posted April 2, 2014 Welcome to the forum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WyomingSlick Report post Posted April 3, 2014 Thank you all ^^ My father save my grandfather's singer 31K17, in terrible condition from my grandmother's garage. I can't say I dont have a leather sewing machine anymore, but I wonder if I'm gonna be able to make it work again. The mecanism won't move an inch for now, it's soaked in WD40. It's going to be a very long term project, I'll have to find the missing parts and all... it's going to be fun Check with some mechanics and/or machinists where you live. They should be able to suggest better options than WD-40 for freeing up your machines parts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thefanninator Report post Posted April 26, 2014 Muito prazer! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
