Italian Suffering. Dolce Vita.

[Uwe]

Henry Ford once said: "If you need a machine and don’t buy it, then you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and don’t have it."

It sounds like you already made up your mind as to what machine you will buy. It may not be the machine you need in our collective opinion, but it's all part of the learning process.

[glmr]

I just checked my chances to earn after spending.

I forgot to tell - I'm going to sew totebags. No outer stitches, inside only. Visible stitches by hands only.

[Darren Brosowski]

As a seller of machines I have a problem in that I am honest to the point of being brutal and it can put customers off but I would rather see them walk out the door than buy a machine that will not do the job required.

4-5mm is a thickness that many machines can handle but it is not the only consideration

What thread size do you want to use?

What type of work are you making?

What type of leather?

Craft or production?

Answers to those questions lead to others.

Forget the Sailrite as it is a glorified domestic machine.

Talk to the European guys on the page as they may have a machine to suit - they are lovers and collectors as well as sewers - but they can also piont you to good dealers.

[glmr]

For sure it would be better to buy industrial machine for leather. But for this moment I'm forced to use domestic machine, just because all money went for laser cutter. Also I don't have industrial volumes. Soon I'll show what I made.

Edited September 2, 2015 by glmr

[25b]

Forget the Sailrite as it is a glorified domestic machine.

This is just not true. I own a Sailrite and use it daily for leather and also heavy, thick tactical nylon fabrication and it works great.

Not going to get in an argument on here, but I cannot let that statement stand unchallenged because it is incorrect. No, it's not going to sew through an inch of leather, but that does NOT mean it's just a "glorified domestic machine". The Sailrite can handle a LOT more than a puny "domestic" machine can.

Oh, and I do not sell machines so I don't have any reason to not tell the truth about them, so...if anyone has any questions about Sailrite machines, send me a PM and I will give you accurate information instead of rhetoric and hyperbole.

[Darren Brosowski]

Apart from the walking foot mechanism the internals of the Sailrite are all off the shelf parts developed by the Japanesein the 1960's for domestic machines. Most of these parts are still in mass production for various machines built in China and Taiwan.

It does many jobs well but for the price you can get a proper walking foot industrial with large bobbin and wide range of inexpensive feet.

I know this because I am a dealer and have imported several of the base Sailrite machines from Taiwan and tested them extensively but they are expensive for what they can do. If someone needs a portable machine for canvas, webbing, nylon etc. then they are worthwhile but please do not tell me I know nothing about them.

Tweaked up a bit a good 1960's Japanese cast iron domestic machine will sew nearly as thick but lacks the walking foot.

This is just not true. I own a Sailrite and use it daily for leather and also heavy, thick tactical nylon fabrication and it works great.

Not going to get in an argument on here, but I cannot let that statement stand unchallenged because it is incorrect. No, it's not going to sew through an inch of leather, but that does NOT mean it's just a "glorified domestic machine". The Sailrite can handle a LOT more than a puny "domestic" machine can.

Oh, and I do not sell machines so I don't have any reason to not tell the truth about them, so...if anyone has any questions about Sailrite machines, send me a PM and I will give you accurate information instead of rhetoric and hyperbole.

[25b]

I stand by what I said. I use one every day and I know what they're capable of. They ARE NOT "just a glorified domestic machine."

But you go on ahead and keep trying to convince people otherwise. I've got orders to fill...which will be built on my sailrite.