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Ben Drinkin said

Having a heavy duty,.walking foot sewing machine is ths key. Aftsr that, duplicating an existing pattern is pretty basic.. got to drop about a grand to get a real good machine tho..

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Yep. My industrial Singer machine cost $900 back in '86...but it could sew an inch of stacked leather panels like it was going through butter. The thread was like piano wire and if you didn't have the tension right, it would pull tight and slice right through the panels.