The Fashion District photos are starting to come in and there will hopefully be new posts based upon them in the next week or so. There will be a section to display the various industrial sewing machine shops, and their corresponding contact info plus some short reviews of what may make them different from the rest. A section for a (recently discovered although certainly not new to the industry) machine that is marketed towards sewing sleeves and or pant legs, which clears up a lot of interest in how certain leg-forms are built (although it is not an end-all factor by any means, you can make all sorts of flat-felled seams, or actual industry standard double-lap seams on any basic drop-feed machine with a standard bed). Also there should be a post for a few new Presser feet that have been discovered - this should lead into a more adept photo review of the Brother’s current feet. Another article on some of the post-style machines that were found, which are often used by cobblers and bag makers to sew very hard to reach places (post-style machines include horizontal and vertical posts, with the feed mechanism being in an assortment of places at the ends of those posts). And then a few other miscellaneous posts (not to be confused with the posts of the post-style machines). for some of the aesthetically pleasing images that were captured of unique machines,

So there were a lot of small threads today that started to find a way about which is starting to help explain the presser foot dilema.  After talking to about eight or nine or sixteen different people it became apparent that no “gated” or “guide” type presser foot is actually made for a needle feed machine.  Many of the shops in the Los Angeles fashion district had suggested that the presser feet for regular drop feed machines be used, and therefore customized either with a Dremel tool, milling machine, drill bit, etc.  Some of the shops were willing to take all of the Brother’s unusable feet and customize them - which - if nothing else is a good sign that this is at least done once in awhile and is not entirely absurd.  However, there was one shop (Eddy Sewing Machine) that assured there are actually feet made for a needle feed machine with the guides, but because of how low demand is for them, they would cost up to $75 a piece.  Of course for $75 one would figure to just customize their drop feed feet which only cost them between $2 and $15 (food for thought; three new feet were bought for the Brother [obviously with the intention of customizing them] at the price of $12 for all three - and that was for the very best quality “Linko” feet - whereas in other areas of the country they are much more expensive, in Chicago a single presser foot of lower quality will cost you at least $12).  Although (however.2) at the same shop (Eddy Sewing Machine) they had “gated” or “guide” type presser feet for a needle feed Singer 111(?).  unfortunately these have a different shape in regards to the way they mate up to the machine, so they were out of the question.  Either way, when all is said and done at the end of the day - more is said than done - well actually, if nothing else aside from the peculiar $75 presser feet that only one shop had to offer, it stands that no presser feet are provided for needle feed machines of the same type as the Brother DB2-B791-o15.  This is okay, it is what was expected and at this rate not very surprising considering all the little technicalities that arise when using industrial sewing machines.

There may be some delays in the next week about the Brother and any passing information.  Although, that does not mean this time is being squandered.  A trip to the fashion district of Los Angeles will hopefully afford quality research time at some of the local industrial sewing machine shops that the area offers.  It is a sea of textile industry in that niche of the city, and some of the shops have so much to look at that it can become a taxing experience if you are not prepared for the amount of time it takes, but it always brings to light new information which can only be to the Brother’s benefit.  One of the key interests is in finding presser feet for the Brother.  Because it is a needle feed machine, it is unlikely that there are gated feet with the special longer cut groove, but if there is one place to find such a thing (or things) this is the area to find them.  Ideally a whole set can be pieced together, but if it turns out that these do not exist - so be it (a bit of Dremel work will accomplish the task of redesigning the rest of the existing feet).