kop4 Report post Posted December 10, 2014 Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone can offer me insight about this sewing machine I found for sale. I'm looking to buy my first machine to sew light-medium weight leather for chinks, spur straps, and other western gear, probably max 2 layers of 5 oz leather. The seller says it was previously used to make sails, and she bought it intending to make leather bags but never got around to it. It sat in her studio unused for 5 years, and she likes to keep all her machines in good condition so she's even had the sewing machine guys look at it twice in those 5 years. I've been looking for a while now, have read many posts in this great forum and this is the first machine come up that is even close to my budget. I want to jump on it but I'm wondering if there is something catastrophically dangerous about this machine. Any help anyone can offer is greatly appreciated! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25b Report post Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) Looks remarkably similar to the Sailrite LS-1 to me. Not sure which machine the LS-1 is a clone of though. Not going to work well for leather other than very thin garment type leather or very thin veg tan. Sailrite makes a leather foot for it without teeth on the bottom to reduce marking the leather. Edited December 10, 2014 by 25b Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CowboyBob Report post Posted December 10, 2014 Do a search for Alpha-Sew mini walker,Thompson mini walker,Sailrites are the same machine w/a different name & a much higher price tag do to their markup & promotion of it.They did develop a larger wheel for it that gives it alittle more power.They usually wion't handle thread larger than #92. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kop4 Report post Posted December 10, 2014 Thanks for your help, don't think I'm going to buy it. It looks like I'll find something like a Cowboy 2500 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
