Glenn Ashmore wrote:

SWMBO will not let me close to her sewing machine so I am pretty
ignorant on the subject. I need a machine for making cockpit
cushions, canvas items around the boat and minor sail repairs. I know
I need zigzag, enough power to make it through 5 or 6 layers of
Sunbrella and maybe a walking foot but that's about it. Looked at the
Sailrite zigzag machines but they start at $600.

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Talk to people in the "rag trade".

You want an older industrial type machine.

There are only about 3-4 that qualify.

Lew