For a modern machine, it's ok. The current "Heavy-Duty" Singer machines are really more "moderate-duty" and suffer from significant reliability and repairability issues. Yes, it can do zigzags and other stitches out of the box without an attachment but, can it stitch through two layers of 1000D ballistic nylon with a polypropylene sheet as a stiffener without complaining AND double as an emergency boat anchor? My all-metal, 10kg model 99k (portable model) can and it was cheaper and can be converted to use a treadle or manual crank :P.
We're talking about a powerhouse sewing machine that delivers blazing fast performance with an overclocked RPM of 1,100 stitches a minute without the need of liquid cooling (the heatsink just drinks water when he's thirsty).
The 23 built in stitches make it highly programmable in the esoteric Loom-speak language, and it can bootstrap itself with an automatic needle threader, ensuring no performance bottlenecks because of the drop-in bobbin system to prevent jams.
Even under high loads, it can punch through demanding fabrics, and the processing pipeline uses a stainless steel bedplate to feed in the fabics, and if you're lost at sea it can easily tether itself to multiple seagulls with a single thread, scaling to whales if you go for the multithread option.
(I was just trying to find a quantitative stitches per minute for the machine when I came across the that mad lad's video. It was especially cool seeing that they were using a machine from the same era as the one that I own - you can tell by the lack of reverse and graduations for stitch length adjustments. Seriously, though, if you have any interest in sewing, whether for cosplay, or anything else a vintage straight-stitch machine will handle anything you throw at it except for the stretchy fabrics that absolutely require zig-zag or overlock.)
6/10. Now if it were a model 66, 99, or a featherweight, that would be 11/10.
It's a 4423 heavy duty, it's made for bulk and endurance, not for aesthetics
For a modern machine, it's ok. The current "Heavy-Duty" Singer machines are really more "moderate-duty" and suffer from significant reliability and repairability issues. Yes, it can do zigzags and other stitches out of the box without an attachment but, can it stitch through two layers of 1000D ballistic nylon with a polypropylene sheet as a stiffener without complaining AND double as an emergency boat anchor? My all-metal, 10kg model 99k (portable model) can and it was cheaper and can be converted to use a treadle or manual crank :P.
Seriously, vintage machines are awesome.
We're talking about a powerhouse sewing machine that delivers blazing fast performance with an overclocked RPM of 1,100 stitches a minute without the need of liquid cooling (the heatsink just drinks water when he's thirsty).
The 23 built in stitches make it highly programmable in the esoteric Loom-speak language, and it can bootstrap itself with an automatic needle threader, ensuring no performance bottlenecks because of the drop-in bobbin system to prevent jams.
Even under high loads, it can punch through demanding fabrics, and the processing pipeline uses a stainless steel bedplate to feed in the fabics, and if you're lost at sea it can easily tether itself to multiple seagulls with a single thread, scaling to whales if you go for the multithread option.
Get real dude!
"Pathetic."
- 1920s Singer 99 driven by a Miele washing machine motor until over-volted to burnout
(it's actually insane at how durable that was under such a high speed, I concede defeat here good sir)
(I was just trying to find a quantitative stitches per minute for the machine when I came across the that mad lad's video. It was especially cool seeing that they were using a machine from the same era as the one that I own - you can tell by the lack of reverse and graduations for stitch length adjustments. Seriously, though, if you have any interest in sewing, whether for cosplay, or anything else a vintage straight-stitch machine will handle anything you throw at it except for the stretchy fabrics that absolutely require zig-zag or overlock.)