On 8/29/2015 12:42 PM, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 29/08/2015 16:41, FullyDetached wrote:
Can anyone recommend a sewing machine for DIY purposes? It would need to
be able to sew through fairly heavy rucksack fabrics.

Get yourself a pre-war treadle machine like mine. It only sews straight,
but it'll sew nearly anything.



+1
Many of the modern machines don't cope well with multiple layers of
heavy fabrics.