Machine recommendations based on thread size instead of leather weight?

[brmax]

Well congrats! I think you made a focused decision. Now just narrowing it down to calling Alexander or Bob on the 3200. 

It will be great to hear from you in the times ahead with other machine selections benefitting your company. 

This is fun spending others money 

 

Good day

Floyd

[SolarLeatherMachines]

3 hours ago, CowboyBob said:

Yes,all machines have a range of thickness & thread size they can sew.Machines that use thicker thread normally won't handle thin thread & thin material.Sometimes heavier machines can be adjusted for thinner thread & material but then you'll have to re-adjust it for larger thread & thicker material.So the best answer no one wants the hear is buy 2 machines.One for thicker that uses heavier thread & one for the lighter.Since your starting out you'll have to figure out which one is better suited for you.

Exactly Right.  

[DonInReno]

On 8/16/2018 at 1:13 AM, TheMassesCo said:

 Based on this then, which side of #138 thread should I fall on? 

My suggestion to a friend who has never owned a commercial machine was to get an old $500 triple feed, walking foot, flat bed from singer, consew, Juki, or whoever - half worn out and needing minor adjustment is about right.  This machine will not be ideal for leather bags, it’s not as sexy as a fancy new machine, you’ll have to learn how to fix it, in the end it may not be liked and will gather dust on a back shelf, but no other machine will teach as much about the capabilities and limitations for such a low price.  If it’s used for a month or year it’ll be worth as much as you paid for it so the freakin’ machine has almost ZERO cost other than the time invested, which I would consider an education expense.   It will be the machine you’d lend to a friend in your same position.  Everything learned will transfer to a cylinder bed machine either larger or smaller.