M-Tech Smart 5-Thread Direct Drive Industrial Overlocker Machine

Time is the big one. Every seam you sew and finish in one go is a seam you don't handle twice, and over a production run that adds up quickly. On woven garments especially, the separate chainstitch line gives you a seam that's noticeably stronger than a 4-thread overlock alone.

It's also a machine you can live with all day. Direct drive keeps the noise down and the control precise, which matters when you're at the machine for eight hours or teaching a room full of students.

And you're not buying it from a warehouse. Our engineers test every machine before it leaves us, and if you need advice, a repair or a service later on, you'll be talking to the same specialist team that sold it to you.

The MTS-F71-5D is at its best in light to medium-weight fabrics, which makes it a natural fit for:

Clothing manufacturers and CMT units sewing woven and knitted garments

Fashion designers and studios making samples and short runs

Sportswear, leisurewear and childrenswear makers

Alterations and tailoring shops that want a fast, professional finish

Schools, colleges and universities teaching fashion and textiles

Experienced home sewers ready to move up from a domestic overlocker

It isn't built for heavy denim, canvas, upholstery or leather. If that's most of your work, give us a call and we'll point you to something better suited.

And if you only need to neaten edges rather than construct seams, a 4-thread overlocker will do the job for less money. Have a look at our industrial overlockers, or ask us which would suit you.

If you're still running every seam through a lockstitch machine and then taking it to an overlocker, you're doing the same job twice. The M-Tech Smart MTS-F71-5D does both at once.

It's a 5-thread industrial overlocker, which means it sews a chainstitch seam and wraps the raw edge in a 3-thread overlock side by side, in a single pass. The trade calls this a safety stitch. You get a strong, clean seam that holds up to wear and washing, and you cut a whole operation out of your workflow.

The motor is direct drive, so it's built into the machine rather than hanging under the table on a belt. It runs quietly, starts and stops exactly when your foot tells it to, and there's no belt to stretch or adjust. It arrives as a complete industrial setup on a tabletop and a heavy-duty steel stand with large castors, so it sits solid when you're sewing and still moves easily when you need to rearrange the workroom.

• MTS-F71-5D machine head with built-in direct drive motor
• Industrial tabletop
• Heavy-duty steel stand with large castors
• Foot pedal
• Thread stand
• Tool kit
• Spare needles
• Instructions