(first post) Used Sewing machines

[arashikage]

2 hours ago, Donkeykong said:

Wherein NE Ohio are you out of? You're right about both time/distances... I find myself in Toledo from time to time for work which is really nice... and even better is that I'm in a transit van with more than adequate cargo space This leather working community is super friendly/helpful. I think my next project will be a tool roll.... I'll make a point of posting it up here... planning on hand stitching, I think this will be this first "big" project that I'll be starting... the sewing machine is going to either be really high priority, or I'll see that I can work well without one. How do I get more info on the weaver event? It's certainly something I would like to attend... I see they have a store near Wooster? Is that Mount Hope? 

@Donkeykong I'm in Berea. 

Weaver doesn't tend to advertise the sale until it's closer. Even then it's not the best. But it will be June 17th & 18th, 2020. Wednesday they sell materials like leather, roping, webbing, etc. And Thursday is machines and hand tools. The sale is in the parking lot of the warehouse. The store is basically right beside it but the address to the store is Millersburg, I think. It's just outside of Wooster though.

[shoepatcher]

I got news for you.  The Weaver auction in 2020 will not be in June as it has been. Rather, the powers that be decided it would be better in December at the fairground facility which is close to the Weaver complex.  That's right, it will be in December, 2020.  This is a DISASTER waiting to happen. You will have an attendance less that half of normal because of the time of year and the weather.  Who wants to travel to Ohio in December?  Weather is so unpredictable that time of year and you have  Christmas and New Years to deal with.  Plus, a lot of people go in June to buy a years worth of supplies and leathers.  If those businesses are on a fiscal year, who would stock up with inventory less than a month form the end of the business year?   Inventory is taxable!!!  This is a big mistake.  I will not be going in December simply because of the weather.  Mark your calendar in 2020. 

[Donkeykong]

On 12/6/2019 at 6:04 PM, shoepatcher said:

I got news for you.  The Weaver auction in 2020 will not be in June as it has been. Rather, the powers that be decided it would be better in December at the fairground facility which is close to the Weaver complex.  That's right, it will be in December, 2020.  This is a DISASTER waiting to happen. You will have an attendance less that half of normal because of the time of year and the weather.  Who wants to travel to Ohio in December?  Weather is so unpredictable that time of year and you have  Christmas and New Years to deal with.  Plus, a lot of people go in June to buy a years worth of supplies and leathers.  If those businesses are on a fiscal year, who would stock up with inventory less than a month form the end of the business year?   Inventory is taxable!!!  This is a big mistake.  I will not be going in December simply because of the weather.  Mark your calendar in 2020. 

That’s sad news. Honestly though, it’s December here in Ohio & there has only been one bad evening so far in regards to the roads.... and I live in the snow belt where millersburg is far enough south they don’t get the lake effect... 

 

In other news/comments... I got to spend a load of time hand stitching this weekend... tried a few different techniques & finally figured out how to get consistent good looking threads on the back & front using the “two needle method” (is this a saddle stitch?)... I found that I need to hold the thread on the top to the same side when I come around with the next needle and the /////// look appears on both the front & the back and looks really nice. I still need to sew a buckle/strap on, but I’ll be starting a new thread once I get there. 

On 12/5/2019 at 2:35 PM, arashikage said:

@Donkeykong I'm in Berea. 

Weaver doesn't tend to advertise the sale until it's closer. Even then it's not the best. But it will be June 17th & 18th, 2020. Wednesday they sell materials like leather, roping, webbing, etc. And Thursday is machines and hand tools. The sale is in the parking lot of the warehouse. The store is basically right beside it but the address to the store is Millersburg, I think. It's just outside of Wooster though.

I’ve been working in/out of Berea a lot lately. One of our bigger customers are moving from W25 to Bagley Road... which puts me really close to Tandy’s location.... 

[dikman]

Donkeykong, yes, that is a saddlestitch, and like most things there is more than one way of doing it regarding where the threads come out each side. If you've figured out what works for you then .