Sewing machine for rug repairs

[supagran]

We have a rug wash and repair small business and are thinking of replacing our old rug repair sewing machine. Need something extremely robust and capable of mending heavy duty rugs and binding. Not sure how much we need to spend so open to suggestions, What is recommended?

 

[Parrotperson]

no expert but would imagine you'll need an industrial machine. Try eBay. You often get people selling on there when they upgrade their machines. something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384313233991?hash=item597ada9247:g:y4oAAOSwGaJhC7rY

the walking foot would make it much easier to sew thick layers. But do some research first and don't buy new just because it looks cheap! Some off the makes I've never heard of where's you know what you get with say Singer or Juki.

 

[Andie02]

A long arm, walking foot very heavy duty machine is best for repairing thick rugs, but that will not be suitable for lighter weight sheets, fly rugs etc. as it will ravel them up, so ideally you will need 2 machines. A long arm machine will allow you to cope with the bulk of rugs especially large ones, and to get your repairs flat i.e. linings with the outer. This type of machine will cope with the thickness but will be large, very heavy and costly, even a very old one, but well worth the investment.

 

[cremedemonthe]

45k is the choice but not as many around now, I have one and tried to sell it (1915 it was made) but got so many timewasters I gave up. Sitting in my workshop as a museum piece now.
I also have various other industrials in my workshop, one makes the 45k look like a domestic machine (long arm, cylinder model weighing in at around 350lbs) which I mainly use to make cable parachutes and which have a breaking strain of 16 tons on them, so I need a good heavy duty machine to cope.
Any really heavy duty machine should cope, make sure it's a walking foot and if you can get one, long arm too.
Older all metal ones tend to be best, avoid plastic, computer ones, they always seem flimsy and break compared to the older metal ones. The older ones are easier to work on yourself too, no computers for starters.

Oz (Saddler)