What sewing machines sew 12oz/5mm leather?

[Colt W Knight]

A 441 clone is over kill for 3mm leather.

Something like a Consew 206 or Singer 31-15 with a roller foot would work fine.

 

But for serious horse tack the 441 clones are ideal, I think.

 

Edited November 7, 2017 by Colt W Knight

[Safronsue]

Hi,

I'm a bit of a vintage singer sewing machine collector and the rolls royce of singers for leather is the 201 and you can pick them up in uk for a song.  Absolute works of art and often set in beautiful oak and cast tables.  Look on gumtree for your area or ebay,  they go for under 100 pounds.  The earlier ones were cast iron and weigh a lot but the post 50 models were alluminium i believe for lightness.  Perhaps the earlier ones would be more suited for heavy duty work, look on youtube for vids of these machines sewing leather.

wow, so happpy i've found a thread to offer some advice on on this site! 

[Talex]

Hi, im a newbie have lurked here for a while, I just purchased a used consew 225 I added a gear reduction setup and just got done sewing 14oz belts it sewed through it easily the control and power I have is truly remarkable

[mikesc]

Hi,

I'm a bit of a vintage singer sewing machine collector and the rolls royce of singers for leather is the 201 and you can pick them up in uk for a song. Absolute works of art and often set in beautiful oak and cast tables. Look on gumtree for your area or ebay, they go for under 100 pounds. The earlier ones were cast iron and weigh a lot but the post 50 models were alluminium i believe for lightness. Perhaps the earlier ones would be more suited for heavy duty work, look on youtube for vids of these machines sewing leather.

wow, so happpy i've found a thread to offer some advice on on this site!

The problem with your "advice"..is that it is totally incorrect in relation to the original poster's question..the singer 201 is a domestic machine , drop feed , designed for sewing textiles, for "home dressmaking" ..even sewing 2 mm leather will have the leather sliding all over the place, it won't even pierce 12 oz , 5mm leather.

I have to wonder..are you the person who sells singer 201s on ebay as "semi industrial" ,"sews leather" next to stacks of dimes ?

btw..I have ( along with my other sewing machines ) a 201..a lot of us here have one..we don't use them for sewing leather Edited November 18, 2017 by mikesc