OK, still thinking about buying triple feed machine, but I was kind of wondering about an old straight stitch home machine I have.
I stopped by the only upholstery shop still open here in town, and begged some scrap vinyl to try it with. The vinyl was left over from a restaurant redo, fairly heavy stuff. The machine is an old White Fair Lady (circa 1964) 763, oscillating hook, 1.3amp motor. Singer 15 type accessories. So called heavy duty nylon upholstery thread (Coats & Clark, about #6