Sewing Machine for Canvas/Upholstery Work
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If you can find it, get a Juki, with a walking foot of course. They are hard to find used, but they are the best to use if you are going to be working with heavy material. Good luck to you.
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I bought an old Consew 18 and it works great, like it a lot. I did pretty much the same thing in that video with four layers of heavy vinyl and canvas etc. I did not, how ever, take the seat belts out of my truck so i cant verify that part of it
That Pfaff is a nice machine.
That Pfaff is a nice machine.
Sold the old Consew and bought a Pfaff . . . this one goes through seat belts easy
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Another vote for the Juki LU 563. We used to do about 40 million in sales to the Department of Defense. Most of it was heavy nylon (1,000 Denier nylon and webbing.) Entrenching tool covers, Grenade pouches, barrel cases, etc. We used mostly Juki's. Consews are also good but the Juki's were a tad more reliable. Buy refurbished not used. Repairing sewing machines can be a pain in the a** if you have not done it before!
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I have had a couple sailrite walking foot machines, a consew, and a husquavarnia. I will say for most light duty stuff I grab the husquavarnia, but probably not for marine upholstery. I'd look at the new sailrites if I was starting from scratch. The sailrites seem a lot easier to repair for me than others.
https://www.sailrite.com/Sewing-Machines
https://www.sailrite.com/Sewing-Machines
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We picked up an old school Consew 206RB. Heavy duty industrial machine about 10 years ago. It can sew through anything, it has a walking foot. No Frills, Forward Reverse and like the Energizer Bunny. Just keeps going.
This is an example picture, it came mounted to table with Motor, "Hot Foot Throttle"...lol.
This is an example picture, it came mounted to table with Motor, "Hot Foot Throttle"...lol.