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Well I did want zig-zag (good point!), but kinda made that less of a priority after looking through everthing I've done and found no zig zags... Good thought on the motors though I'll keep in mind that I may need to be alloting some extra money for a new one if its a three phase. Thanks Jeff

Thanks for the info on the 20u's I'll be sure to look for an older one if I go that route. The more I look into the sailrites the less impressed I am. Good to know about the sheet metal bodies too, that kinda turns me off. I've started looking at the Juki 1541 which looks like it would do everything I need, but is a bit over my budget although the wife said it was fine with her if thats what I wanted... Tempting to go that route as it would be easy to just order a new machine and not have to worry about it needing alot of work. I'm going to give ebay some more trying though before I go and pull the trigger on that Juki. And thanks for the heads up on industrial supply prices vs the local home machine guys. THanks for all your help! Jeff

- but which one?? I've been learning to sew with an old singer merrit that was my mom's many years ago. It just cant handle the tension of E thread to save its little life. And at some point I kinda broke part of the bobbin case and things havent been quite the same. So I've been looking at industrial machines along the lines of pfaff 138/238, singer 20u, and the sailrite 111. I'm open to any other suggestions as well but I need something that can handle E thread, multiple layers of cordura, zero-p, and be able to attach a tape folder to as well (have been using double sided tape on my Singer...) My budget is 500-1000. Any thoughts as to whats going to give me the least amount of headaches? Most of my projects are kites and cordura bags and random other things. Thanks for any help! Jeff

Wow. Chris was a great guy, and the few jumps I made with him are some of my favorites. I'll be keeping Spanky and all the gang at SDA in my thoughts and prayers. Jeff