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Hi Gogarty,

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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.