Binding Machines Buying Guide

Question by feuhrerfam: I want to start an online business selling home made purses. What sewing machine under 0 should I buy.?
I want to use different fabrics and stitches for decoration and I want to be able to embroider with it and do a hem binding like for t shirts and stuff. Do I want a serger or a sewing machine? I heard that singers are crappy now that I should buy viking or beringer? I that true?

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Answer by NunyaBidNess_PartDeux
Serger for hem binding (be sure it has a safety stitch)

Embroidering machine for specialty patterns.

A 1 or 2 needle straight stitcher

An off the arm (Feld-lok) machine

The ONLY way you are going to pull that off is to buy used or surplus, and then you are only going to be buying someone else’s headaches. Juki (Union Special), Brother, Yamata and Con-Sew are the best made..all the others are TRASH, including Singer.

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Question by that_girl_there: I need to know how to print and bind a book at home.?
I want a website to tell me how to print and bind my own novel at home without fancy materials, machines or tools. I’ve written a novel but I don’t think Ill publish it its just for the family for now and i just want to make a couple of copies but I dont know how to set it up to print front and back on half pages and bind it.

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Answer by Lakely
You can buy black ink for your printer cartrige (ink jet) and just print the pages out on that. Go to your local quick print place and get the latest kind of binding done by them… it’s not expensive if you print the pages yourself.

Or go to an office supply place for ring binder equipment… people even sell ring bound books on Amazon… so it’s done rather commonly.

If you want to get fancy, do some artwork and have it copied on a color printer (for your cover)

Have fun and go ahead and list it on Amazon. If you have a great title you might sell a number of copies that will cover your expenses… and who knows… a publisher might see your work and want to give you a real contract.

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Question by feuhrerfam: I want to start an online business selling home made purses. What sewing machine under 0 should I buy.?
I want to use different fabrics and stitches for decoration and I want to be able to embroider with it and do a hem binding like for t shirts and stuff. Do I want a serger or a sewing machine? I heard that singers are crappy now that I should buy viking or beringer? I that true?

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Answer by preteenweirdo
I have a Singer and… well, it jammed really easily and it’s really old, so maybe newer one’s work better.

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Question by Cookie777: If you have a binding machine at home for plastic comb bindings?
What kind of binding machine is it? I’m on a budget but was thinking of buying one before Christmas to make copies of activity books to give away.

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Answer by wunderful2nite
gbc ProClick P50 – got it online from continental printing supplies.
totally love it. use it all the time for everything from picture books to keeping info together that a staple won’t hold.
it cost less than 0.

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I want a website to tell me how to print and bind my own novel at home without fancy materials, machines or tools. I’ve written a novel but I don’t think Ill publish it its just for the family for now and i just want to make a couple of copies but I dont know how to set it up to print front and back on half pages and bind it.