Heavy Duty Sewing Machines
When sewing large and heavy projects, a powerful sewing machine with plenty of horsepower is needed to do the job efficiently. Heavy duty machines offer great solutions for sewers who want to take on challenging fabrics like leather and thick materials like cloth.
With its solid metal internal frame and powerful motor, this machine is made to stitch through layers of fabric and tough materials with ease. Equipped with 18 built-in stitches – including buttonhole stitch – as well as accessories like bobbins embroidery machine that hooks up to computer and spool pin felts for additional functionality, this sewing machine provides endless hours of stitching satisfaction!
Stitches
Heavy-duty sewing machines tend to make stitching simpler. Their stitches can be seen clearly at a glance and pressure can be adjusted by turning a dial on or off.
Many of the stitches offered by a machine are utilitarian in nature; however, decorative stitches may also come in handy for self-designed projects. The 4452 Heavy Duty model comes equipped with 18 stitch options – such as triple straight stitches to provide reinforced seams or decorative designs and even zigzag ones to create unique designs.
Heavy-duty sewing machines may be required when working with thicker fabrics or larger projects that cannot be handled by your average home model. They typically consist of strong materials like steel and aluminium and feature industrial-style rotary systems to help ensure longevity and performance.
Accessories
Heavy duty sewing machines should come equipped with an array of accessories and attachments that allow them to perform various operations, ranging from making children’s clothes and curtains, applying ready-made bias binding, applying ready-made bias binding onto straight or curved edges, etc. Some come included with packages while others must be purchased separately – for instance a hemmer is essential when sewing with kids, while a binder allows ready-made bias binding applications onto either straight or curved edges.
Accessories that can help even out feeding of thick fabric, zipper feet and quilting feet provide you with the capability of undertaking multiple projects at the same time while increasing productivity.
Programmable needles allow you to choose the length and spacing of your stitches, saving time by eliminating manual setting of needle position and thread pull risk. Dust covers help keep your machine clean while protecting it from dirt and lint build-up, further increasing productivity and saving you time!
Feet
Heavy duty sewing machines feature feet designed to make certain tasks simpler. A ruler foot, for instance, helps you sew at set distances from each other without marking your fabric; this makes sewing repeating patterns with decorative stitch sewing or quilting projects much simpler. Furthermore, it can even double up as free-motion foot when lower/cover feed dogs.
Blind Hem Feet are used to create invisible hems on fabric that is not visible from the front of fabric. With its guide feature and flexibility to work with both non-stretch and stretch fabrics, this type of foot is useful.
There is also a foot to help with sewing buttons by machine. It features a buttonhole size recommendation button to automatically measure and select the appropriate type of buttonhole size recommendation based on type of buttonhole for every kind of button, helping avoid mistakes and save time. This helps prevent errors while saving both effort and time!
Maintenance
When buying a heavy-duty sewing machine, it is essential that you understand its maintenance process. While regular sewing machines require little or no care and attention sewing machine connected to computer to remain operational, heavy-duty devices must be regularly cleaned and oiled in order to remain reliable.
At first, make sure that any lint that’s stuck to the tool is removed with a brush specialized for sewing machines, or use pressurized air to eliminate dust particles that have settled onto it.
After brushing, take the next step by unscrewing the front cover screws of your sewing machine. This will expose its needle bar mechanism. Although this step shouldn’t be difficult, be cautious when disassembling components containing springs – any dislodgments could damage your machine and necessitate its repair! Afterward, add some oil or grease lubrication drops into the motor before starting to sew again.
