Which machine to use for decorative stitching on a leather or slush skin dashboard: one or two needles, lockstitch or chainstitch, and cold-bonded tape with the PFAFF 8303ix.
Flatbed, post bed or cylinder bed: the shape of the part decides the machine. A comparison and three questions to help you choose.
Heat sealing means covering with tape the hole the needle leaves in a waterproof fabric. What it is, how the machine works, which materials take it and what goes wrong when water still gets in.
Tape heat sealing, ultrasonic, hot air and hot wedge. How they really differ, why thick PVC is not welded ultrasonically and how to choose by material and application.
Why a normal machine cannot sew leather, what compound feed is and which machine to choose for the part you make.
An industrial machine does not break down all of a sudden. It gives warning. The thing is, it warns in
The question comes up several times a month: “I’m going to set up a workshop, which machines do I need?”.
No cutting room starts out as a cutting room. It starts as a table, a cardboard pattern and someone with
The needle is the cheapest part of an industrial sewing machine and the one that causes most problems when it
It is the number one fault in any workshop and also the one with the worst reputation, because it looks
An industrial machine data sheet always shows a three-digit number next to the word “stitch”: 301, 401, 504, 516, 607.
It is the question that comes up most when someone is about to buy their first industrial flatbed machine, and
