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On 6/27/2019 at 6:10 AM, kgg said:

Take a trip to your local brick /mortar dealer with samples of your stuff and see what fits your needs / budget.

I went to a few stores that sold sewing machines, I didn't find any industrials. Do I need to look for a different kind of store? 

I seem to get recommended the consews the most. I do want to note, I see a few recommendations to do financing. The issue is more about how much I spend on something I do for fun. 

I seen this video

But his machine is too professional for me. I just like that it has the flat bed attachment. 3.5k is just not happening. Also like I said I don't trust youtube recommendations haha. 

 

I'll look more into the ones you all posted, thanks guys!

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Yes, you're looking in the wrong stores, places that sell domestic machines are unlikely to also sell industrial.

"Too professional"?:lol: By definition industrial machines are professional machines.

If you're concerned about recommendations etc the best thing would be to contact the sponsors on this site, they will give you honest advice, based on what you tell them you want to do.

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)

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1 hour ago, Starwind0 said:

I went to a few stores that sold sewing machines, I didn't find any industrials. Do I need to look for a different kind of store?  

You may have to go to a larger city like Houston to find a industrial sewing machine dealer. Do a search for industrial sewing machine dealer by city and you should be able to narrow it down. You may have to do a little road trip, I travelled four hours each way to get the right machine at the right price from a dealer that I felt was competent / professional. Could have gotten the same new machine about a hour away but didn't feel confident about the dealer and the difference in price was considerable, well worth the drive.

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Juki DNU - 1541S, Juki DU - 1181N, Singer 29K - 71(1949), Chinese Patcher (Tinkers Delight), Warlock TSC-441, Techsew 2750 Pro, Consew DCS-S4 Skiver

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Here is a little video we did on our base machine. If you want to give us a call and we would be happy to help point you in directions. Just ask for help with sewing machines. Sometimes Rusty and Kevin even take the call to help. If we don’t have what you need we can certainly help you locate your next step. 

 

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5 hours ago, Starwind0 said:

. I just like that it has the flat bed attachment.

This is a great option, but it is an easy add on later. @Uwe is a member here and has some really nice ones. But I don't know much more than that.

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You will find a very well stocked and knowledgeable industrial sewing machine dealer up in Arlington, Texas; Solar Leather Machines. There is another industrial sewing machine dealer in Conroe, Tx, Campbell-Randall Co.

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My current crop of sewing machines:

Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.

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9 hours ago, blue duck said:

This is a great option, but it is an easy add on later. @Uwe is a member here and has some really nice ones. But I don't know much more than that.

True I mean, its just wood, I could make it myself fairly easily. 

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14 hours ago, dikman said:

Yes, you're looking in the wrong stores, places that sell domestic machines are unlikely to also sell industrial.

"Too professional"?:lol: By definition industrial machines are professional machines.

If you're concerned about recommendations etc the best thing would be to contact the sponsors on this site, they will give you honest advice, based on what you tell them you want to do.

Haha well like 3d printers. You have the 200 dollar garbage kit to the tinker toys like the Dremel 3d printer, or the flashforge dreamers. (200 to 600) Them you have high end consumer printers like the Ultmaker 2+ extended like I have, the flash forge creator pros (have 2), etc etc which are in the 1-3k range. Then you get to the ultimaker s5, which is in the prosumer level and no one like me should every buy, they are like 6k. (3d printers are a bad example as true pro printer is 50k to millions)
I want the Ultmaker2+, its older doesn't have the current top of the line garbage, but man that thing never has issues. Years later and its only needed one major maintenance.  I need the sewing equivalent haha. 

14 hours ago, kgg said:

You may have to go to a larger city like Houston to find a industrial sewing machine dealer. Do a search for industrial sewing machine dealer by city and you should be able to narrow it down. You may have to do a little road trip, I travelled four hours each way to get the right machine at the right price from a dealer that I felt was competent / professional. Could have gotten the same new machine about a hour away but didn't feel confident about the dealer and the difference in price was considerable, well worth the drive.

kgg

Yeah, that would be hard for me. I think I leave Austin 2-3 times a year haha. I also have a sedan, so I wouldn't be able to get a machine in my car with a table, less it was really broken down. Well maybe.. But regardless, 6 hours driving just to check it out, 100+ bucks in gas, and a hotel room.. At that point I may as well give in and pay new, I hate to say :-(( That said I will see if there is any swing dance events, and maybe I can justify it...

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You may want to revisit some of those domestic stores. My consew came from a domestic store that does repairs. It had been fixed and never picked up. The owner just really wanted his service fee back out of it. A friend was going to purchase it, but the repair guy wound up having an Adler my friend liked better. 

It may have been a unique opportunity, but that doesn't mean it can't work for you too.

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I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

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Yeah I am getting frustrated. Even if I wanted a random Juki or Consew, it looks like my options are dealing with mom n pop stores, and driving a day, stalking craigslist for 2 months and hope it works, or risk getting a counterfeit on ebay. That leaves me with just the cowboys and cobras as real options, but they don't quite hit the mark. 

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