Check out this handheld industrial sewing machine. It probably wouldn’t serve much of a purpose in the automotive upholstery field, but it sure does appeal to the sewing machine buff in me.
The Newlong Industrial NP-7A is a portable walking-foot sewing machine that’s normally used to seal large bags of potatoes and other groceries.
From time to time I do get customers who stroll in with the oddest things that need repair. Having one of these on hand would sure beat wrestling around a huge tarp on my sewing machine table.
It is actually me in the video. The Sewing machines do not have a walker foot, just a regular presserfoot and Feed dog. I always say it is closing bags (and other rough stuff) and uses Sewing Technology. nothing pretty, just speed and efficiency. Different from regular sewing machines is that they all use Loopers instead of Shuttles so a thread can be fed almost endelesly (depending on your spool (up to 10KG of thread. Hope it clarifies. Everyone should have 1 at home.