justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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I can find a Singer 247,, How heavy is it? How old is it? What is the motor HP rating? Steel or plastic gears? If youre serious about this kinda stuff you mite wanna go hunting an upholstery machine. BUT, if you do that, make sure you have it checked out by a pro before you buy it. I bought one, paid top dollar for it ( From a "friend") that simply would not stay in time. I spent more on having it "fixed" than it was worth.. I can buy one like it today for $100.00 thats in working shape..Takes 2 people to move one,,well,, not move around in a house, but to load in a pickup. Even then ya pull the head off the work table & load it, then load the table & motor. You gotta be GOOD to run one, even with the variable speed motor, it sucked material under faster than I was comfortable with. I put a smaller pulley on the motor & a shorter belt & slowed it down, You did real good laying out the pattern. Kinda got the lines across a little off & had a narrow band just before the sweep up. Got a little crooked on the front seam, but by & large, you did real good. IDK where ya got the material, but for bike/ATV/tractor seats I go to an upholstery shop & buy material that will go in a boat & survive outside for years. You can lay out a pattern, cut it out & have it sewn up & save $$ or do it all. When I did the back hoe seats I cut the plywood for the bases & hacked out the foam rubber & took that stuff to the guy. He made up the covers & I took it all home to assemble & saved a load. Finding the right kind of foam rubber for a seat isnt easy. Sure not cheap. I had a junk pickup I stole seat rubber from.
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