Consew CP206RL Portable Walking Foot Machine

Great machine, I use it often for sewing very thick and heavy items. It works amazing!

JUNK DO NOT BUY !!!!!! I have been using a mini walking foot machine for 40 years. Ordered a new one thinking that consew is a quality name. It arived with a wobbly hand wheel that would slip and refuse to move the needle up and down. The clutch is bad. Had to spend $86.00 to return this machine, and am now waiting and waiting for my money to be returned so i can purchase a new one. I am in limbo and cannot finish a project until I get a new machine. Dont gamble on getting a broken machine then throwing good money after bad to loose your hard earned cash for nothing. Very disapointed with this seller and getting no response from them. Make sure you buy from someone that gives free returns

I gave it 4 stars because of the lack of a good manual and accessories. I purchased it for doing vinyl boat seats. If you are doing basic cushions, then it will do the job but if you want it to do cording or piping then you have a problem. I have not found a piping foot for it so you cannot do piping or cording. I found that some of the Sailrite items would fit but not the cording foot. Someone on Amazon said they found one, but I could not. It is a tough machine and very heavy. You can download the Sailrite manual for a good manual and their videos work well. Good, Low Cost, but not for the person that gives up easily like me. I purchased a Sailrite machine so I can get on with my project.

I return this item. I kept trying it every day for a couple of weeks. Everything on it was difficult tight. They said it comes out of the box tight, but I didn’t imagine. Lifting the feed lever would be tight. Running would be jumpy and hard.. difficult to keep it on the edge of a belt strip, and it still left marks on my leather. I need some suggestions for a nice running walking foot for lightweight leather for handbags that will not put me in the hospital ER.

Machine was just ok out of the box, easy to thread. Sewing through vinyl was good until you tried to slow down or stop, then it would act erratically groaning (not moving) causing you to hit the pedal harder. Then the machine takes off at almost full speed. The addition of the Sailrite Monster 2 Flyweel helped, but the gamechanger was adding the Worker B motor / controller assembly from Sailrite. Now the machine preforms flawlessly, it's a powerhouse of a motor and starts as slow as I want. At its slowest speed it about 1/2 stich per second or slower.

This machine is a beast. Out of the box, it was very tight. Had to take off the covers, oil it, run for 8 minutes (with varying speed), let it sit for an hour, repeat (oil each time) apx 8 times before it started to loosen up. I was able to put an 8 tooth gear on the motor (stock is 11) and that allows it to move nice and slow. After one rather complicated auto seat (bench, buckets, center console) it is thoroughly broken in and runs very well. Be aware that there are no 'set-it-and-forget-it' protections on this.. you have to adjust presser foot tension and thread tension with changes to material and thickness. I used DEX 90 thread with the included needles with good results. It's not fancy, it's not easy.. just a strong, simple work horse. Overall, I am very happy with it.

I previously reviewed this machine and stated that it needed more low speed torque, but it turns out that after the break-in period it sews great. To speed up break-in, I oiled everything liberally and ran the machine at various speeds without thread for 8 minutes in 7-8 different sessions, re-oiling each time, allowing the motor to cool in-between (I don't think the motor actually got hot, but it was simply precaution.). You'll notice that the oil run-off will turn grey with fine metal flakes. This is normal for any machine including new cars. The machine has always produced perfectly accurate stitches (2 to four layers of mid-weight leather) and would do so at high speeds, but now it does the same perfect stitches at really low speeds, which is what I needed. In fact, I can now bump the pedal and fire out one stitch at a time, which is great for sewing around tight curves on very expensive leather upholstery pieces. So approximately 18,000 stitches in, I have had NO needle breaks, NO bobbin skips and only about 2 thread breaks which were not the machine's fault, with all the stitches being extremely consistent in terms of both length and spacing.

I was a little cautious about ordering this machine because of some of the reviews. I should have listened to my instincts. The foot petal was so touchy that it was full speed or stop. The foot pedal also looked as though it was used. I had trouble getting it to run properly due to a clutch piece being incorrectly installed. I ended up sending it back to the manufacturer due to their specific instructions. That was more than a month ago and I have not received a refund. I would definitely not recommend this machine to anyone.