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I think I have spoken about this before, but I have 2 lumps of rump in the freezer that's been there for 5 -6 years or more, freezer burnt to buggery , they were part of a huge slab of 'cheap ' meat that i cut up, I'm thinking of cooking one up this weekend..........very very slowly , or I could get lazy and not bother 🤔, we'll see . Every time I open the freezer, they're looking at me and I think, " I must do something with those", hate wasting food. HS

Sorry, friend, it was not my intention to insult you, for me it was just a "Style question" and also just "my opinion on style, not on execution". A German Luger would not look good in that holster either, IMHO. All that said, very nice holster, friend. What's most important is that you like it.

That sounds like it's gonna work. Rule steel is only 0.7 also but likely to be harder. If you go with a precise wooden core and a softish board I'd say you have a good chance. This is very handy for the holes if you go with wood. I've seen them cheaper than I paid. When I started it was with a large vice, 2 six inch nails and a hammer. Worked well for simple shapes. This is a mini rolling mill that was really cheap, very heavy and won't do very small circles but good for circular handbag styles. Can't remember where I got it.

It's a 1911 what do you think holsters looked like in 1911 lol I see em all the time around here. yours look great!

I'm glad the you got it freed up. As far as I'm concerned there's nothing better then good old fashion Diesel. It works better then any of the "penetrating oils" just smells a bit. I would now flush/soak the area with synthetic transmission fluid. That will soak in and flush out the old garbage while lubing. Sorry, can't help with the amount of movement you should have. kgg

Very nice Will, for competition use the trigger has to be covered and must cover up to the ejection port on the slide. Roger

Im new to leather crafts, and this looks so clean. Thanks

Toxo, that is very thoughtful of you. I just went for a drive and bought some steel banding. It's 0.7mm thick by 30mm wide and the rolls are between 20 - 30 metres long. They are leftovers from the manufacturing process, they get huge rolls of the stuff, approx. 1 metre wide, and slit it to 30mm and these are the bits left after coiling it to measured lengths. The stuff is used for building steel-framed houses, is very good quality and is high-tensile. It's going to be interesting to see what I can do with it. I'll probably try making wooden shapes to attach it to, but the first thing is to build some sort of jig for bending it.

Welcome to the forum! At bottom dead center, the eye of the needle must be below the point of the hook. Do you have a manual for setting the needle bar height? Hard to tell from the photo, but make sure the long groove in the needle is pointing left The thread check spring has a lot more motion than it probably needs. Generally it only needs to maintain tension until the needle hits the goods.

Hello all, I have very recently acquired a singer 16-188 and I have managed to mess up either the timing or the take up spring (the loop forms just before the hook has time to pick it up), I am not exactly sure which. I am using a size #138 thread with a size 23 needle (16x63) I was just wondering if anyone could tell by just looking at a picture of the BDC position of the needle to tell whether it is timed correctly or not. I believe the eye of the needle is about 1/16" too far below the hook. I wanted to ask so if in the case it is the fault of the take up spring I can save myself the trouble of removing the whole faceplate (is that what its called?) to access the needle bar. Thank you everyone! And this forum is truly a wealth of information. I do not sew with leather all that much, but even the machine information here is probably one of the best resources on the internet I have found. hand crank.MOV

I don't see it being the wrong holster for the 1911. In fact, I made one along a similar vein.

Same, I use a small brass brush followed by metal polish

Is your machine the same as this 287-RB-2? https://consew.com/products/consew-model-287rb-2 The RB-2 looks a lot like a Juki 341. If it's a 341 clone, then flatbed attachments for any of the 341 clones may fit. Some folks on the forum have made their own.

Don't use any mallet directly on the die. Thats a sure way of ruining the mallet and possibly damaging the die. I lay the die on a hard surface with the blade upwards. Find my leather and press it into place with my thumbs. That sort of 'locks' it in place then I use piece of off-cut wood or a piece of round nylon I have and hit that with my mallet. About a minute later I have the cut out. Pop it out of the die are start again. In about 10 minutes I have a dozen or so pieces to make key fobs If you cut 2 key fob pieces, glue a magnet on each end and sew the leather fob pieces together you have made a magnetic book mark! Two of these sewn together with a magnet at each end Make one book mark They are mildly popular at the moment

I use a small brass brush on mine.

Ughhhh. I had the temp up too dang high and didn't catch it. How do I clean this?

Another factor with postage is they come in 1 meter lengths. Shame you weren't nearer I would've sorted you out a few lengths. I've even got an almost full pack of 3 point somewhere that my cheapo bending gear won't handle. If that banding gear is a bit springy you might have trouble with straight lines. (unless you're putting it around a wooden block and then fixing it might be a problem cos you have to leave enough sticking out to cut the leather.)

A few hours sitting with a few drops of diesel made a difference! I'm gonna throw away my penetrating oil 😜 I've got 2.5 turns each way now. How many turns should I expect when it's fully loosened up?

Even that is proving problematic, Australia is a strange market......I'll try the banding steel, it may not have enough carbon in it to get a hardened edge but should still hold an edge adequate for cutting leather. It's cheap enough ($5 a roll) to experiment with.

It's never enough lol.

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I used part of an old Al Stohlman pattern for this...I cant see it as the wrong gun / holster.... These are commercailly available ones ( attached pic )..Wild Bunch is a pistol competition styled after the movie of the same name. Roger

Does anyone make a set for the 341 clones?

I have a Tippman Hand stitcher up for grabs. You also pay for shipping. Works well, was well taken care of, I just don’t have use for it anymore, and it’s in my way.

My first thought was that this was definitely the wrong holster for this gun. After contemplating it for a few days, I have come to really like it. Anachronism, yes, but really very cool! Nick