Sewing Machines
SPEEDWAY SW-XYP-4 Leather Skiver with Servo Motor, Table and Stand Included
- Motor
- Servo
Specifications
- Best for
- Leather Goods / Handbags, Leather, Upholstery
Industrial leather skiver. Thins and bevels leather edges before folding, gluing, or stitching — the prep step that makes the difference between a cheap-looking joined edge and a finished one.
Who runs this
Leather goods makers — bags, belts, wallets, small leather goods. Footwear factories thinning vamp edges before assembly. Upholstery shops doing piping and welt seams in heavy leather where the unskived edge would create a visible bulge through the stitch line.
Not a sewing machine — but every leather shop with a sewing line also has a skiver, because most leather joins start with a skive.
What skiving solves
- Bulky joined edges. Two unskived 4-oz leather pieces glued or folded together = 8 oz of stack. Skive each edge to 1.5 oz before joining and the join sits flush.
- Visible stitch-line ridges. Heavy leather under a stitch line shows as a ridge through to the face. Skiving the underside before stitching keeps the face flat.
- Welt and piping. A welt seam in leather upholstery needs a skived welt edge — otherwise the welt doesn't fold cleanly and the piping shows visible thickness change.
Application examples
Bag handle
Folded leather handle: skive both long edges, fold inward, glue, then stitch. Skive thickness controls how flat the finished handle reads.
Wallet edge
Card-pocket edge in 2-oz lining leather glued to outer shell. Skive the outer-shell edge to 0.5 oz so the joined seam doesn't bulge the card pocket.
Upholstery welt
Leather sectional cushion welt: skive the welt strip edge before folding around the cord; finished welt sits flat against the panel face.
What ships with it
Skiver assembled, 550W energy-saving servo motor, industrial table, machine stand, skiving blade and standard accessories.
Detail
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