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For the leather part up to 3/8" thick of your planned sewing I agree with @Wizcrafts. However the biothane is a completely different beast as you are basically sewing through sticky rubberish material so you may have to go up to a Class 441 machine like a manual one arm bandit ( Tippman Boss or a Cowboy Outlaw) or motorized Class 441 like a Cowboy 2500, 3500 or 4500. A lot is going to depend on the thread size you want to use, thickness of item and how deep your pockets are. kgg

Very nice sheath, love the knife the scales are top notch.

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Very impressive work.

Very nice work on the sheath. That's a complex bit of pattern-welding on the knife.

That is very nice intricate work on the sheath. Is it hand sewn? Very interesting pattern your knife blade too

Well done Tilda. May you have lots of happiness and few stabbed fingers in your new profession Take it as it comes. I'm a man, a bloke, and it makes me really, really mad that women have to fight to get the jobs they want or especially qualified for One of my sisters went to a posh grammar school. She got 11 'O levels' and 6 'A Levels' = that meant she was very smart. Her careers officer told her to learn to type and get a secretarial job!

Uhh! That sheath looks like it's going to be a show stopper at any LARP event. Nice work!

Oh Sheila, that sounds really too familiar! It's a men's world, we are just allowed to exist in it as it feels. Some time ago, I used to be furious about it. Now I just shrug and say, “As long as no man kills me, it’s fine.” It’s dark humor, but honestly… it’s survival. In my field, it’s insane how you can be highly qualified and still not get the job, while a man with barely any qualifications — just a few more month of experience in any field, but yours — gets hired easily and then looks at you like you’re crazy for even daring to apply. I’ve beaten McKinsey consultants in practical exams, but none of that seems to matter anymore. Instead, people get angry that I refuse to work for free. So really, changing careers just feels healthier — especially considering how the political climate here in Germany is shifting. And thank you for sharing your story! And glad you found your place as a nurse! The Dr. Best story sounds amazing and inspiring. I can totally understand why you would have loved to do this permanently. My best story is probably working with THE family business consultant and scholar (he loves! like really loves, alpro chocolate milk and is the most chill Italian guy I've ever met! Plus had the craziest stories form sitting in family boards) and being told by an Ex-Wallstreet Broker, that he thinks I'm highly talented (best about that: A McKinnsey Consultant heard that and was sooooo goddamn mad at me, she really showed her "best" character" 😂). Since then, I can't take any McKinsey Consultant seriously for life of me.

Yesterday I finish sheath crafting own freshly made knife.

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That needle alignment is weird. It appears to be too far forward in the hole. A proper alignment is dead center front to back. The needle clamp itself can be moved sideways to get closer or farther away from the hook. Remove that clamp and check for foreign material that might be causing the needle to sit on an angle. Maybe the clamp screw is loose. Tighten it after centering it sideways.. If this doesn't solve the problem, maybe the throat plate has two different size holes. Rotate the plate if the other hole is larger. Also, that needle looks very large. Try a smaller needle.

If the needle is splitting the top thread on the way into the material, your check spring ie either not properly set, or is accidentally bypassed, or is missing. The purpose of a check spring is to maintain some tension on the top thread as the take-up arm moves down. The assembly should have a bottom stopper bracket that can be adjusted to stop the downward movement of the spring at a position where the needle has just entered the top of the material. The spring action should be adjustable too. Set it to just hold the thread taut. This should solve the thread splitting problem.

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Almost any walking foot machine based on the design of the Singer 111w155 will do that work. Look in your local ads for a SInger 111w155, a Juki LU-563, a Consew 205rb-(number), or any other brand that has triple (compound) feed. They are usually found in upholstery shops and they sell them off when they buy new machines. Expect to pay between $500 and $1200 for a good condition walking foot machine.

Totally agree, with the different recipes out there it is a for sure that everyone makes their casing cocktail a little differently and still get results. The exact recipe I was given is 1.5 cups water, 1/2 cup Lexol conditioner (brown jug), 2 tbs baby shampoo (for surfactant to help the moisture penetrate faster and stay more even), 1 tbsp brown listerine (source of thymol to prevent mold). My real recipe evolved into making it up in a 2 liter or gallon jug by eye. three parts, one part, some shampoo and some listerine. The variable that not many consider is the tannage of the leather. Every tannery's leather is a little different. That is why I generally stuck to a single source. I figured out the amount I needed to apply based on weight of the leather, how much time in the bag or covered to penetrate and equalize, then how often I needed to reapply for large projects. I used a lot of Sadesa and understood it's behavior well. Rundi uses mostly Hermann Oak now and it takes more casing solution and I would take a longer time for the same "look".

Have you looked at this thread?

WOW!

Very nice!!

Good morning, I am looking at starting to sew leather and biothane. I have braided and done other work but have never sewn with leather. I have sewn horse blankets, and large items (not clothing etc). Can I get reccomendations for what the ideal machine would be and what a good safe starter machine is?

Very Nice

I had the same problem, thank you for your help!

Wow, that is amazing.

Congratulations on getting it working. Sometimes a long drawn out ordeal can be a great education!

Hi Hans My machine Adler 5-27 are breaking the thread instantly when starting to stitch even with loose thread. It looks like it is when the needle is going in. What can be the reson for this? Regards Fleming