I have one of those around the house. Will it sew leather? Both armor-grade and scabbard-grade.
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Necchi 523 sewing machine
Necchi 523 sewing machine
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Track down the manual. My google search points to a number of pay sites.
From reading the blog I would say probibly not.
The treading diagram www.sewusa.com/ appears to short of clerance nessicary for an 8oz leather.
The images I found shows this model being used on fabric.
It might work for thin garment weight leather but its just a guess.
Sewing material outside the abilitys of the machine can cause problems with the internal parts.
From reading the blog I would say probibly not.
The treading diagram www.sewusa.com/ appears to short of clerance nessicary for an 8oz leather.
The images I found shows this model being used on fabric.
It might work for thin garment weight leather but its just a guess.
Sewing material outside the abilitys of the machine can cause problems with the internal parts.
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Garment weight leather can be handled by about any sewing machine except those ones that look like electric-powered handheld staplers they used to advertise on late night TV. You can use ordinary thread and a suitable stitch length. But just aim your stitch line carefully because you'll leave a line of holes in the leather if you have to backtrack.
Use the heaviest needle your machine will take. Singer's Stylist will take a no. 18 -- that kind of thing. The needle's the vulnerable point; don't let it get bent by any mischance or it won't go in the hole in the stitchplate like it's supposed to.
For armor weight leather you need a sole-stitching or other leather-repair-shop machine, and they are plenty macho. To make a real sword scabbard, you want garment weight leather covering a soft-hardwood (beech, or other easy to shape leafy tree wood)core, and the whole thing whipstitched or weltstitched up the center back of the wooden inner parts of the scabbard. That's handwork, not machine stitching. The leather covering will cover over the attachment points of the sword belt to the scabbard, tidying the whole affair.
Modern knife sheaths that are a sandwich of three layers of leather making essentially a rectangular cross section [] instead of the sword scabbard's rounded-off () section are designed that way so they can be machine-stitched quickly in a production method, by leather-type machines again, just running stitching around the entire edge in a quick pass.
A heavy-duty commercial type sewing machine will endure much more leather and heavy materials sewing than a light-duty home type. Either type can manage a single hobby project, though, if the leather be garment weight.
Use the heaviest needle your machine will take. Singer's Stylist will take a no. 18 -- that kind of thing. The needle's the vulnerable point; don't let it get bent by any mischance or it won't go in the hole in the stitchplate like it's supposed to.
For armor weight leather you need a sole-stitching or other leather-repair-shop machine, and they are plenty macho. To make a real sword scabbard, you want garment weight leather covering a soft-hardwood (beech, or other easy to shape leafy tree wood)core, and the whole thing whipstitched or weltstitched up the center back of the wooden inner parts of the scabbard. That's handwork, not machine stitching. The leather covering will cover over the attachment points of the sword belt to the scabbard, tidying the whole affair.
Modern knife sheaths that are a sandwich of three layers of leather making essentially a rectangular cross section [] instead of the sword scabbard's rounded-off () section are designed that way so they can be machine-stitched quickly in a production method, by leather-type machines again, just running stitching around the entire edge in a quick pass.
A heavy-duty commercial type sewing machine will endure much more leather and heavy materials sewing than a light-duty home type. Either type can manage a single hobby project, though, if the leather be garment weight.
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My ex had that model of Necchi, I should have stolen it when we split up! It even had the sexy colour anodized aluminium bobbins!
It's a great machine, rugged and reliable, but NOT designed for leather. Garment leather only (2-3 oz, supple) Think pouches and such, It will do fabulously on heavy fabric, I used it for gamboised quisses with no issues.
Necchi's tend to be expensive and difficult to repair, treat it nice; it's not a FIAT, nor Ferrari, it's an Alfa
If you ever wanted to trade it for some armour, look me up.
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It's a great machine, rugged and reliable, but NOT designed for leather. Garment leather only (2-3 oz, supple) Think pouches and such, It will do fabulously on heavy fabric, I used it for gamboised quisses with no issues.
Necchi's tend to be expensive and difficult to repair, treat it nice; it's not a FIAT, nor Ferrari, it's an Alfa
If you ever wanted to trade it for some armour, look me up.
alail/scott
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875 20th St. NE
Salem, Or.97301