Don W wrote:
Hi Gogarty,

Gogarty wrote:

says...

My wife and I bought a new chinese industrial machine off of EBAY for
~$300. We were doing a couple of covers out of


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The chinese machine is not nearly as nice as the Pfaff in terms of
fit and finish, but it sure can sew.


Is that a Yamata? We bought a new Yamata industrial machine from
Harbor Freight Tools. Despite the name it is a Chinese machine. With
the table, which is essential. it all cost some $500. 'Tis indeed a
mighty brute. The motor alone weighs 75 pounds. It is rated at 5,500
stitches a minute. Scares the hell out of us and we have yet to use
it. Can't find a user's manual. But we look forward to doing a lot of
uphosltery, biminis, dodgers, etc.


No, the name on the maching is "Innovation". You can see one he

http://cgi.ebay.com/Industrial-Heavy...cmdZV iewItem


Note that with shipping and everything you're looking at ~$280 for a
brand new machine.

Don W.

This machine is the same as the Sailrite.com "LS" (non-zigzag) except
that it has the long arm, and doesn't have the Sailrite spiffs added
on, and I don't think there is a case available for it. I looked on
Ebay for the zigzag version I got last year, but no one was offering
it right now.