I'm skeptical of late model (later than the sixties) Singers, but this model has some good reviews:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1YD6M...=fsclp_pl_fr_2
I'm skeptical of late model (later than the sixties) Singers, but this model has some good reviews:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1YD6M...=fsclp_pl_fr_2
The 10,000 Berninas would likely not sew on leather. Maybe but unlikely. My friend has said her Babylock Jane will sew over anything. Straight stitch only and heavy duty.
Eliminating the "leather" requirement, and thinking "maybe not just one machine" seem to produce many more possibilities. I think at this point I should select on "ease of use for beginner", "reliability", and "customer service".
Sounds like you need a more "industrial" machine. There are such things. We have a company here that sells machines that are not "home" machines as normally thought of but are built for what you want. I bet Washington has a similar company. Indianapolis Sewing Machine Company is there name.
It turns out that everyone else in America decided this was a good time to get a sewing machine, all of my top choices seem sold out nearly everywhere.
Ah well :-)
I would suggest an older mechanical metal machine. Why? My first machine in 1980 was a $200 Kenmore. I sewed everything on it including a deer hide wedding suit for a guy I worked with and a canvas cover for our tent trailer. Change needle and thread type to match the material. Today's machines? No way 1 could do it all. But those old workhorses? You bet!
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