My new sewing machine

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John Fenna

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No photos yet (my camera is charging ... takes a while...) but I have just bought a Toyota "Super Jeans" sewing machine.
£139.00 got me this brand new machine that has 12 stitch patterns (mostly useless for my needs) and only 2 stitch length choices ... but that finickity stuff I have my Husquavana Rose for ... this baby is about POWER!
I have tried it out on a couple of scraps of canvas - 12 FULL THICKNESSES OF 12OZ CANVAS WITH NO EFFORT!
Upholstery leather - 3 good thicknesses on a slightly adjusted tension setting with no effort at all
TWO THICKNESSES OF 2.2MM THICK VEG TAN LEATHER ON STANDARD TENSION!
I was just playing, using ordinary polyester thread and a Denim (16) needle as supplied....
I am going to have fun with this puppy! :)
 
Nice, have fun playing!
Makes my Eastern Bloc leviathan look very retro (it can do the Kestle Run in 12 parsecs though!).
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