My Sailrite Fabricator - Updated Review

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I have had many questions from people asking if I still own my Sailrite Fabricator, do I still use it and do I still like it. In this short video, I try to answer some of those questions and give you my honest opinion of the machine. I hope this is helpful and I highly recommend doing your own research when purchasing your first industrial sewing machine. Thanks for watching and have a great day!
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  • @LaurieKlinkhammer
    @LaurieKlinkhammer6 ай бұрын

    Rosie!, you are also kind, wonderful and knowledgeable. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us!

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your very sweet comment and thanks for watching!

  • @maryshaver129
    @maryshaver1296 ай бұрын

    I really appreciate all I learn from you, Rosie. Thank you!

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @merlisstuart123
    @merlisstuart1233 ай бұрын

    Thank you for a great review. I've had the LSZ-1 for a few years and decided to purchase the Fabricator when I re-upholstered all the vinyl seating in our motor home. I love the Fabricator and I still use the LSZ-1 for the zig-zag stitch.

  • @lkrebstube
    @lkrebstube5 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for your comments. I am older than you are (75) but what you said was exactly what I needed to hear. ! I also make bags, trying to open an Etsy shop shortly. Thank you so much.

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    5 ай бұрын

    I am glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!

  • @HopeCastle2000
    @HopeCastle20006 ай бұрын

    Thank you for making this video. I am pretty set on getting a cylinder arm. You affirmed my choice.

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    I am glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @grublet2093
    @grublet209324 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the video I'm looking into buying one of these machines I'm in my early stages of research, I make boat tops and upholstery

  • @TRyan-op2jo
    @TRyan-op2joАй бұрын

    Very helpful. Thank you!

  • @julie4756
    @julie47566 ай бұрын

    I appreciate your video, I have been dreaming of a beautiful Fabricator but will now reconsider and may go the cylinder arm route. 👍

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    Best wishes in your search. Thanks for watching!

  • @dsmith7ify
    @dsmith7ify6 ай бұрын

    That was a great video! Sew informative & concise. I'm older and all those issues you shared are mine as well. I wish I'd started bagmaking years ago and saved for a cylinder arm. I agree they seem to do it all, so far as bagmakers are concerned. I just love and admire you so much. Your talent and obvious patience make for such a wonderful teacher.

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your very kind comment and for watching!

  • @ambercloud2776
    @ambercloud27766 ай бұрын

    Thank you ROSIE! I also have the fabricator. I love my machine. I love your feedback on the machine. And I agree, as a bag maker, I’d be looking at a cylinder arm machine before anything else if I could do it again. But in the meantime, I am very happy with the fabricator. I have really appreciated the entire fabricator community that has formed.

  • @ambercloud2776

    @ambercloud2776

    6 ай бұрын

    Oh! What sold me on the fabricator was the fact that it could sew lightwoeoght and heavy materials. and use a 14 needle all the way up to a 23 needle.

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    I am glad you are loving your Fabricator. It really is a nice machine!! Thanks for watching!

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    Me too. I loved that it could go from lighter weight to heavy fabrics and threads with just a few adjustments.

  • @williamaustin4422
    @williamaustin44226 ай бұрын

    Awesome review, thank you! Jo Ann

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @SewFun
    @SewFun6 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for this. I've been wavering between this machine and a cylinder arm for awhile now. I really do think a cylinder arm with the flat bed would make more sense for bag making.

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    I am glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @elainegilmore7251
    @elainegilmore72516 ай бұрын

    Very informative! You look great! Love your hair.

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    lol…thanks Elaine and thanks for watching!

  • @donnahibbard1774
    @donnahibbard17746 ай бұрын

    Thank you, very informative. Florida 🌞🌴🌺

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    I am glad it was informative. Thanks for watching!

  • @krisinbryant2956
    @krisinbryant29566 ай бұрын

    ❤thx for this.

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    You are welcome and thanks for watching!

  • @cheryletaylor2658
    @cheryletaylor26586 ай бұрын

    Hello from snowy NY!!

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    Hello there! Please keep the snow in NY...lol...thanks for watching!

  • @darylperry6985
    @darylperry69856 ай бұрын

    Thanks Rosie for this video! I have read a lot about industrial machines. Wasn't sure if I needed or wanted one. I have never sewn on one before. I decided if I were to get an industrial it would be a compound walking foot machine. I saw a cylinder arm machine with a slide table that makes it a flat bed and thought if I get an industrial I would want something like that (best of both machines). Now I cannot find that machine to read more about it online. I must be using wrong keywords? Do you have any preferences to industrial machine brands? My service tech told me once I should get an industrial and when I asked him about brands, he said Consew, Pfaff, and maybe Techsew? I asked about Juki and he turned his nose up. He told me to look for the names he mentioned used and save a lot, but I know nothing about industrial machines and have never even sewed on one, so I am still undecided as if I should ever get one. I am senior aged, so it might not be worth it now? 30 years ago or more, I would have got one for sure (at least knowing what I know now). So if you didn't have any machines, what would be your pick of brand, model, etc.? I only want to sew through denim thickness. I won't sew leather. Might sew some vinyl. So is it overkill? I have owned a Brother PQ1500s, which is a semi-industrial and I loved that machine. It died after only 13 years! I bought a similar Juki TL 2000Qi and the computer part stopped working after 7 years and so it's a mechanical machine totally now, but sews a bit herkie jerky and doesn't have the same feel it once had and might die soon too? I own lots of vintage mechanical machines, but none really have the power to sew denim (the thick seams that is). They all can sew denim fine, but the seams all the machines I have struggle even with a hump jumper! Maybe I should just stop sewing with denim? I hesitate buying another semi industrial machine, since they don't seem to last for me? And even then they did struggle a bit over denim seams too. Any suggestions? Thoughts? Thanks so much!

  • @GalAlex88
    @GalAlex886 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this review, I'd been wondering if you were still happy with yours and if you'd buy it again. I'm the same as you, if I had it to do all over, it'd be a cylinder arm machine all the way! And while I'm glad you've received good customer service from Sailrite, I never have. I found their reps to be slow, blunt and downright rude at times. I gave up and headed to FB, where there's excellent support from other bag makers, as you know. My Fabricator does ok for me, but I'd love a Thor instead!

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    I am sorry that you did not have a good experience with their customer service. If you are ever able to get a cylinder arm, you will love it. Thanks for watching!

  • @pattiebrewer5192
    @pattiebrewer51926 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much 😊

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    You're welcome 😊. Thanks for watching!

  • @MrJetplanemusic
    @MrJetplanemusic4 ай бұрын

    My only issue with mine is that the foot treadle is too far forward. I have an arthritic knee with bone spurs that make it hard to bend. I put the crossbar that the treadle bolts to to the back of the table legs by accident and saw in the instructions that I had it wrong so i put it to the front of the legs. Now I wish I had left it to the back. I would be able to operate the treadle better in a more straightened leg position.

  • @worab1
    @worab16 ай бұрын

    Awesome video, male sewer here living in central Connecticut. Do you offer classes on bag making? Quite jealous of your industrial machines.. Thanks for sharing, subscribed

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    Thaanks! It is nice to have a comment from a fellow CT bag maker. I do not offer lessons other than teaching on my KZread channel. Thanks for watching!

  • @worab1

    @worab1

    6 ай бұрын

    @@RosiesArtStudio thanks again, I look Forward to more of your videos ..

  • @FrancisoDoncona
    @FrancisoDoncona6 ай бұрын

    What service are you getting? I have a singer 211u, consew 146, tecsew cylinder arm ( a cylinder version of the zigzagwalking foot, consew 99, singer shoe patch machine. I know how to time them so what service, I updated to servos and needle positioners on all. What needs to be serviced?

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    You obviously have many industrial machines and lots of experience. Most of my viewers are contemplating the purchase of their first industrial machine and they will need help along the way until they become confident. Thanks for watching!

  • @doomo
    @doomoКүн бұрын

    I have used my Fabricator for years now Wont go back to juki.

  • @frankjanvari737
    @frankjanvari7376 ай бұрын

    hello very nice lady very beautiful sewing machine when you get a chance please kindly film how to operate the sewing machine foot pedal and the knee lifter how its used to sew please kindly let me know ok?thank you very much and have a beautiful Christmas holiday 😊

  • @RosiesArtStudio

    @RosiesArtStudio

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!