advice on sewing machine needles

[archerydude]

Hi Matt S nice machine I'm looking to sew heavy archery Quivers with pouches as an integral part of the Quiver hence the 3 layers I could redesign the Quiver to avoid 3 layers 

There are some singers on ebay similar design to your machine would one of those suit me better?

[archerydude]

Hi Matt S there are a couple of Singer 29 k patchers on ebay that are in my price rangewould 1 of these be better than a juki for what i would like to do?

[Matt S]

5 hours ago, archerydude said:

Hi Matt S nice machine I'm looking to sew heavy archery Quivers with pouches as an integral part of the Quiver hence the 3 layers I could redesign the Quiver to avoid 3 layers 

There are some singers on ebay similar design to your machine would one of those suit me better?

Yeah it's a good machine. Slow and heavy but powerful and reliable. I'd be happy to sew some pieces for you if you like though getting the very heavy thread is difficult. I mostly use TKT8 polyester at the moment and even that's pretty hard to find.

A Singer 45K or similar would do 3x layers of 3mm leather fine, though you'd be limited to TKT8 thread (0.65mm).

6 minutes ago, archerydude said:

Hi Matt S there are a couple of Singer 29 k patchers on ebay that are in my price rangewould 1 of these be better than a juki for what i would like to do?

No, patchers like the 29k would be worse for this job than that Juki.

[archerydude]

there are couple of singer 45's for sale a45ksv99 for £479 a45k58 for £488 and a45k89 head only for £175 (a serious project) what would suit me best?

[chrisash]

Here is a video on the Singer 45 by Harry Rogers

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=singer+45+%2Bharry+rogers&newwindow=1&sa=G&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=_gZDwI6JIzARfM%3A%2CnUFpmlKR8VxWFM%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kT40EuZdw1FForURuOZ6Nrj6xJWWQ&ved=2ahUKEwiaiYfepZ7iAhXJSBUIHWIBCLUQ9QEwEHoECAgQDA#imgrc=_gZDwI6JIzARfM:

[Matt S]

1 hour ago, archerydude said:

there are couple of singer 45's for sale a45ksv99 for £479 a45k58 for £488 and a45k89 head only for £175 (a serious project) what would suit me best?

The first two are flat-beds. Will your project/product fit on a flat-bed? Also, the 58 subclass doesn't have a reverse.

Just now, chrisash said:

Here is a video on the Singer 45 by Harry Rogers

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=singer+45+%2Bharry+rogers&newwindow=1&sa=G&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=_gZDwI6JIzARfM%3A%2CnUFpmlKR8VxWFM%2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kT40EuZdw1FForURuOZ6Nrj6xJWWQ&ved=2ahUKEwiaiYfepZ7iAhXJSBUIHWIBCLUQ9QEwEHoECAgQDA#imgrc=_gZDwI6JIzARfM:

That's a 133K, but yes similar to the cylinder-bed 45Ks.

[archerydude]

I think I can get it done on a flat bed with a little bit of hand stitching.

what machine isn't a flat bed would an Adler be an alternative?

 

[Matt S]

12 minutes ago, archerydude said:

I think I can get it done on a flat bed with a little bit of hand stitching.

what machine isn't a flat bed would an Adler be an alternative?

There's cylinder bed Singer 45Ks as well as flat-beds, and the Adler 5/105/205 series are cylinder beds of a similar capacity to the old Singer 45Ks. There's really just too many suitable machines to list.

Industrial sewing machines are something that needs a lot of homework to buy wisely.

[archerydude]

There is an Adler 105 for£350 just got to drive to Yorkshire to collect is that a bargain? 

[Matt S]

Just now, archerydude said:

There is an Adler 105 for£350 just got to drive to Yorkshire to collect is that a bargain? 

What does your research show you about that machine model? And how far is Yorkshire from where you are?