dikman

Yeah, it's all good fun.

I found what I thought was 1/4" thick black perspex to try and make a maker's mark stamp. Judging by the smell it's probably bakelite! Anyhow, after experimenting with various speed/power settings it actually worked - sort of. The image is too small so some of the detail is lost, but as a proof-of-concept it worked, with an acceptable impression left in the leather. Next step is to buy some Delrin, which should work better, and scale up the image a little, which should make the stamp lines more substantial.

Just curious, does it stitch ok without the pin?

My suggestion is heat to remove it. Soak it in a bath of boiling water or use a hot air gun of some sort. Waxes are notoriously difficult to remove with solvents.

It looks very good, but one of the problems with black is it tends to hide the tooling details. In my opinion brown shades always look "right" on a holster, and you can use dark antiquing if you want to highlight the tooling.

This is where I found the image if anyone is interested. I might try one of the comical ones too. https://artincontext.org/dragon-coloring-pages/ Re- Lightburn, I don't normally buy software as I've always found free alternatives that are more than adequate for my needs but I made an exception in this case. It's a remarkable piece of gear with a huge amount of tutorials out there (which is just as well as it does my head in sometimes!).

One of my grand-daughters is sick, and she loves dragons, so.......I found an image on the 'net, and with very little understanding of Lightburn, away I went. I am pretty amazed at the detail in it, I was going to oil it when it dries out but I might just give it a clearcoat (or maybe just leave it alone). I sort of fluked the settings for the laser, and although I've been watching a lot of videos about using Lightburn it's pretty overwhelming what it can do.

Looks fine, simple and functional. You'll probably end up using it until it falls apart!

It was the one from RockyAussie, I just use it for everything.

I don't see why not. As DT said either buy a new motor or you could use a VFD (Variable Frequency Device) to convert your existing single phase to a 3-phase output to run the existing motor.

Best thing to do is to try it on a scrap piece of canvas. I sewed some plain canvas (a painter's drop sheet) using a round point needle and #138 thread (I couldn't get smaller needles) and the narrow needle plate on my 4500 and it worked fine. The key was having the narrow needle plate and feed dog. I just used the single sided foot, but experiment with what you have.

Pretty clever, Gerry, as long as it works for you is all that matters. SG, nothing wrong with fabricating it yourself, it's very satisfying to know you can still do it.. The table mine is on was originally a full-size table, then I decided to make a pedestal-style table and then it occurred to me I could achieve similar results by chopping up the table it was on. This also made it easier to move the lift pedal to the left. In your case if you can use material you already have lying around that's even better!

Very nice job! Almost a work of art. The only thing I would add is to line the jaws with leather.

Looking good, but you may find that having the leg between the two pedals might be a bit of a nuisance. Most tables generally have the two pedals side by side, makes for easier foot movement.

Yep, very nice bag indeed! Those Juki 563's might be old machines but they have a great reputation. Good choice (just don't expect to sew holsters with it).