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what machines for thick canvas and multi layers using thick thread ?
preventec47 Member since 12/2/11 Posts: 5	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 12/2/11 2:53 PM I have been reading lots of messages about machine selection but I have seen nothing about making boat covers or backpacks or many layers of denim and using much bigger and stronger threads. Do any of the "regular" ( dont really know what that means } machines sew heavy duty stuff like that ? Can I tell how heavy duty a machine is by how big the needle and hole in the needle is ? assuming bigger holes allow thicker stronger threads ? ? ?
threaddy   Advanced WY USA Member since 4/22/09 Posts: 2313	Login to reply to this post In reply to preventec47 Like this post Date: 12/4/11 12:23 PM Go with a Juki industrial. ------ "The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem." Theodore Rubin "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life's about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw Bernina vintage and embroidery serger 234 and BLcoverstitch
Mrs. Columbo Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 6/3/06 Posts: 12	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 4/9/12 7:51 PM I have a Juki TL98Q .. it's great but it's borderline .. it will go over most heavy fabrics, that's all I use, twill, duck, denim however you are pushing the limit for bag straps that are 4 layers thick with batting and twill plus two bag layers (I make bags) ... it still balks .. there is a Juki walking foot totally industrial that won't balk at all .. it's noisy and pricy. I do find mine very good though as long as I don't get too carried away with thickness. I like it so much I'm buying another Juki that has a buttonholer.
ShantiSeamstressing Advanced Beginner Member since 6/11/10 Posts: 1204	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 4/9/12 8:56 PM My Singer 15-91 could handle that...though I don't know if it could handle it day in-day out (if you'll be sewing a lot of this kind of heavy fabric? or just the one time or so).
Marie367   Intermediate OH USA Member since 5/28/11 Posts: 1370	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 4/9/12 8:56 PM To answer your question, you cannot tell a machine by the size of the needle. A bigger needle (a 16 or 18) is stronger and can accommodate heavier thread. Most home sewing machines (regular) could do a heavy project once in awhile with a size 16 or maybe an 18 needle in it; however, they are not made to do that kind of sewing on a regular basis. It sounds like you need an industrial. People have talked about using those on here. Have you tried a search for industrial sewing machines?
lkmbpk Intermediate FL USA Member since 12/28/09 Posts: 539	Login to reply to this post In reply to preventec47 << Like this post Date: 4/9/12 9:00 PM If you don't have room for an industrial, a portable walking foot machine, like a Sailrite, would be a good option for the type of sewing that you want to do. Sailrites are pricy, but there are other portable walking foot machines that are similar for a few hundred less than the Sailrite. It uses a size #20 needle which can handle V92 thread. ------ Doo-doo-DOO-doo, Doo-doo-DOO-doo...... You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Internet!

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