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Hi Gogarty,

Gogarty wrote:
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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...achine-9_W0QQi
temZ7604868609QQcategoryZ26256QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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

Oh, that's a dinky little baby machine compared to the monster we just bought.
Can't put binaries here or I would post a photo.

Go to the Yamata web site and have a look at the 8500. But that's only part of
it. Look also at the Accessories, which shows the motor and table (K-leg).

I did see that they are also being sold on eBay. Harbor Freight,
interestingly, has a flat $9 delivery charge. On more than 200 pounds of
stuff. Unless it has to go by truck.

Gogarty wrote:

Oh, that's a dinky little baby machine compared to the monster we just bought.
Can't put binaries here or I would post a photo.

Go to the Yamata web site and have a look at the 8500. But that's only part of
it. Look also at the Accessories, which shows the motor and table (K-leg).

I did see that they are also being sold on eBay. Harbor Freight,
interestingly, has a flat $9 delivery charge. On more than 200 pounds of
stuff. Unless it has to go by truck.

Well, the 8500 doesn't look much bigger, but its got a nifty
attachment for an external motor that looks like it might
come in handy for industrial use.

The reason we bought the machine we did was that we talked
to the importer and got a "guarantee" that it would work
well with Tenara (teflon) thread. They were so sure that
they were willing to take the machine back if we couldn't
get it work. Sure enough, that thing sews Tenara like
nobodys business.

It would be nice to have a machine with a little more room
under the arm, but my sister-in-law does king size quilts
with a machine about the same size. The trick is in how you
roll the material before (and after) sewing.

Good luck,

Don W.

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It would be nice to have a machine with a little more room
under the arm, but my sister-in-law does king size quilts
with a machine about the same size. The trick is in how you
roll the material before (and after) sewing.

That I leave to my highly skilled operator, AKA Wife.

I have great regard for Sailrite and we have bought a lot of stuff from them.
But it is nice to know that equal or better sewing machines are available
elsewhere for less. Though I must confess, I don't anticipate dragging the
8500 to the boat for onboard sewing anytime soon. The motor might do for
auxiliary power.