There are many different types of sewing machines designed for many different applications. When purchasing a leather sewing machine, you should first consider the type of product you will be sewing, in order to ultimately choose the machine that suits your needs.
For example, the type of machine designed for sewing heavy-duty leather tool straps may not be suitable for sewing wallets. Every machine has its limitations, although no machine can sew everything, choosing a machine that can sew most products is a huge investment that will benefit you for many years to come.
Types of Leather Sewing Machine
Flat bed sewing machines: These machines are suitable for sewing heavy duty to extra heavy weight materials with the thick thread, which can meet most leather sewing needs. In addition, they also suitable to sew harness, saddlery, sofa, cargo slings, safety belts, bags, tents, buff wheel, technical textiles etc.
Post bed sewing machines: These machines are commonly used to sew flat products such as belts, wallets, leather clothes, belts, collars, etc. The advantage of a tablet machine is that the product is placed flat and supported by the flat surface of the machine and the surface of the table.
Cylinder bed sewing machines: These machines are also great for sewing into hard-to-reach areas and usually used for footwear and apparel production. Meanwhile, the small slime cylinder arm equipped with the large horizontal axis hook and large bobbin, small diameter cylinder is good sewing for the sharp curves, as well as the difficulty sewing processes like assembly and binding operations and decorative stitching on small leather goods and or tubular workpieces.
Other Essential Factors to Consider
Max sewing thick: It is important to choose a machine that can handle specific thicknesses of leather.
Needle size: If you plan to sew thicker leather, kindly consider the need bar stroke.
Motor: It is recommended to use a variable speed servo motor for optimal control, especially beneficial for leather sewing.
Additional function: Such as puller, auto thread trimmer, auto lubrication and edge trimmer, these little functions will help you more convenience.