Contrary to my expectations

[graywolf]

Well, Wiz, the Consew 1250 is my bottom choice, for the $250 difference over the Sailrite, as long as you are not storing it on a 30' sailboat, it seems the way to go. But then, another $200, or so, gets me a 206 which is what half the auto trim shops in the country use. Of course, that kind of justification can go on forever, in my web travels I saw a really nice machine for only $24.000 the other day (What would someone use a 12 needle, 24 thread sewing machine for?).

Actually, I see a machine on eBay I would bid on in a New York Minute, if it was not 700 miles away, while I am having trouble getting my car fixed (After waiting 2 weeks to get it looked at they said they would not even consider doing the job. Now another week to get it into another shop.), I even checked on the cost of renting a trailer down there to bring it back on. Sigh!

 

Tejas,

Thanks for the several small tables idea. Might just work for me.

[Colt W Knight]

I have Consew 206 that is about 40 years old,and it is a bad cat for sure.

 

[graywolf]

Rereading, some of the interesting threads here, I see where many argue that a home machine is a good substitute for the real thing. I do not what anyone to think I am saying that!

I was just amazed that the little White can do more than I thought it was capable of. Mostly, I had been using it to sew canvas utility bags for audio and photo gear, nothing fancy or pretty about them.

[graywolf]

And a follow up. Just got in some leather needles for the little White.

Tried 2 layers of 3oz, Machine stalled. Will go through 1 layer with a bit of help from my hand. So it looks like my current project will have to be hand sewn.

Remember, from my first post that this machine goes through upholstery vinyl like it is nothing.

This is sad, because my car has been eating money, and I hoped that the White would do for my purely, and not real heavy duty, hobby needs for awhile. SIGH!

[jo06]

I have a old singer 66 that I have been using to sew on 8oz leather belt ends.  It's slow going but gets the job done.  As I am expanding my business I am looking into buying a consew 206RB-5 used or new.  Any thoughts?  I just need to sew on leather belt ends but need to have the capability to reverse the machine to be able to tack down the stiches and be able to go slow at certain points.  I am a small business owner just starting up my business.  The local cobblers leave feed marks on the belt ends , thus the reason I have been using my old singer.

[Wizcrafts]

Out of 6 domestic machines I have for sale, only one can really sew through 8 ounces of leather on its own. That happens to be a - wait for it - 1902 Singer Model 27. I have demo'd the machine sewing #69 bonded nylon thread into 8-9 ounces of bridle leather, as well as 2 layers of 4 ounce suede split. It starts sewing on its own and continues, at slow or fast speed, until I back off the pedal. All the rest of the old machines need to be hand wheeled to start sewing into more than 4-5 ozs.

 

[Ferg]

WIZ,

I hope your rented shop is bigger than the trailer. Otherwise you wouldn't have room for all those Domestics. LOL

Ferg

[Wizcrafts]

5 hours ago, Ferg said:

WIZ,

I hope your rented shop is bigger than the trailer. Otherwise you wouldn't have room for all those Domestics. LOL

Ferg

Nope. The shop is under 600 square feet. The trailer is 890 square feet.

[graywolf]

On 8/13/2016 at 10:57 AM, Wizcrafts said:

Out of 6 domestic machines I have for sale, only one can really sew through 8 ounces of leather on its own. That happens to be a - wait for it - 1902 Singer Model 27. I have demo'd the machine sewing #69 bonded nylon thread into 8-9 ounces of bridle leather, as well as 2 layers of 4 ounce suede split. It starts sewing on its own and continues, at slow or fast speed, until I back off the pedal. All the rest of the old machines need to be hand wheeled to start sewing into more than 4-5 ozs.

 

Main reason I posted the info that the White (somewhat heavier duty than most so-called industrial strenght machines as it has a 1.3amp motor) would not even penetrate a mere 6 ounze of leather. Which I guess proves Wiz's often made assursion about such machine. However, just to make full disclosure: the leather I tried is salvaged from an old thrift store purse and may be tougher than new leather. Still I would have expected it to sew two layer of 3oz (1/8th inch) of the stuff. It would not do it even without thread in the machine. Organ 15x1 LL #16 needle, #69 thread,..