Sewing canvas

[T Moore Medicine Hat Saddlery]

What machine is best for sewing heavy canvas. I have the oportunity to build bedrolls and tarps for a feller but question the pearson #6 or landis#1 to do this light if sewing. Any ideas ? 

[Constabulary]

any triple feed / walking foot upholstery machine will do the job - they usually sew up to 8-9mm material with up to 138 thread - few ca handle 207.

Models like Singer 111, 211, Juki 562, 563, Adler 67, 167, Pfaff 145, 545, Consew 206, Durkopp 239 and similar machines.

[Uwe]

I'd say the Singer 144W design is one of the most capable for sewing heavy canvas and wrangling tarp size work pieces. Used Singer 144W heads can be had for under $1k, modern equivalents like Consew 744RB30 run close to $10K new.  

Singer 144W:

Consew 744RB30:

 

Edited August 18, 2018 by Uwe

[Constabulary]

agree for large scale tarps - since he said bedroll I assumed sizes of ground sheets for outdoor / camping or the like

[Uwe]

And since he asked for "best", here's the reigning champion, the Durkopp Adler H-Type 967-100 (if you have to ask, you can't afford it):

 

Edited August 18, 2018 by Uwe

[Handstitched]

G'day, 

this is very biased, but I have a Seiko STW-28B  that I use for upholstery &  medium leathers & horse rug repairs. Its sewn some pretty thick folds on the rugs. 

But any machine like this or the variants , singer, seiko, consew, adler etc.  will do the job quite nicely, these are all good reliable machines    

Hope this helps  

HS 

[DrmCa]

Depends on what you define as canvas. The kind found on folding beds, or the kind used for towing straps.

[brmax]

I am sure with some of the typical typical back country canvas gear, new and old. A upholstery class machine will be a good option. 

Im not sure on your budget in this extra side task series of projects. So with that I really think its best to consider project size. Honestly I respectfully say that because many here have machines to sew through thick material, yet when 30 feet of canvas is pulling off the other side of the table and room it is concerning. 

Some would be surprised just how much can be rolled and stuffed through/ under the standard machine. But! when its 20, 30 or 40 feet plus long! its in another balpark, respectfully.  Strange as it sounds that ballpark table in front of your machines needs to include the same behind ya

I can’t imagine how much extra coffee that the sew machine dealers may have to go through listening to these exact scenarios ( but that is worth a grin ) anyways they can sure speed up a machine choice decision with theirs and these experiences they hear about daily.

 

good day to ya

Floyd

 

 

Edited August 24, 2018 by brmax