McClellan Made Blades
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A quick question about leather sewing machines, or should I say sewing machines heavy duty enough to sew leather. I've been looking at older sewing machines, like the
Singer 96K40, when I Googled it almost all of the descriptions of this machine say, "Industrial Leather Sewing Machine", the costs of these older machines are not even a 1/4 of something like the Tippman Boss, or Artisan. I've seen some from 200.00 to 400.00, and some were lower than 200 but not in as good a shape. My leather guy at Tandy told me a while back that the older machines would sew leather if they had metal gears and not plastic. I think the other requirement is a "walking foot", so it will raise high enough to allow for sheath sized thickness. If anyone currently uses one or has in the past and can give me some advice on this, mostly which older machine you used successfully and if there wa a certain type that didn't perform very well. I'd sure appreciate it, Thanks! Rex
Singer 96K40, when I Googled it almost all of the descriptions of this machine say, "Industrial Leather Sewing Machine", the costs of these older machines are not even a 1/4 of something like the Tippman Boss, or Artisan. I've seen some from 200.00 to 400.00, and some were lower than 200 but not in as good a shape. My leather guy at Tandy told me a while back that the older machines would sew leather if they had metal gears and not plastic. I think the other requirement is a "walking foot", so it will raise high enough to allow for sheath sized thickness. If anyone currently uses one or has in the past and can give me some advice on this, mostly which older machine you used successfully and if there wa a certain type that didn't perform very well. I'd sure appreciate it, Thanks! Rex