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I feel that. Luckily I made these shoes for myself so at least I dont have to tell a customer! Ok I will keep that in mind. I applied some shoe glue to the under with a scalpel. I will see if it holds or not. If not I will give that a run.

Sand some tan coloured leather, take the dust and mix it with some weather-proof PVA glue to get a thick paste. Apply to the wound and let dry. After apply some polish and buff lightly, do this several times and the wound should be less noticeable

Thinking about it I could probably make one out of pallet wood, some of that wood is pretty good stuff (and cheap) once it's cleaned up. The latching mechanism looks pretty easy to make, just a bit of welding required. The hardest part would be drawing out the pieces so it will actually work, then it's just lots of time!! I hope you're making scaled drawings of yours as you go, ClaimedVacancy (hint,hint).. It's looking good so far.

Holstersmith is a go too for blue guns. I did look at the paddles there, but I'm thinking if using 24ga galv steel in between leather. The client is looking for a leather paddle, and using the plastic paddles would make it way too thick. There are a couple posts I found in the archives here that explain how to do so, and it sounded like a good place to start. They're old posts. Appreciate the response. I'm still interested if there are any other ideas out there, but the metal reinforcement for the holster and paddle make sense

here is a 112w manual but the machine in the manual has a different stitch length mechanism everything else should be the same. Have you threaded both needle from the correct? 112W139-inst.pdf

As someone who makes mistakes line this more than I'd admit. All I can say is bummer...I wouldn't know how to approach this without making it look like a scar from Frankenstein's monster.

Thank you Meelis.

This was a fun challenge, now back to Al Shelton's piece.

Never done it but I would start here... https://www.holstersmith.com/vcom/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=paddle Does this one give you any ideas? https://www.holstersmith.com/vcom/paddle-mount-blade-tech-attachment-hardware-p-2089.html If I were attempting this, I would use Weldwood contact cement to put a layer of thin leather over the surface that would contact one's skin... maybe.

Your advice is always great, very well thought out. I'm going to take those steps before jumping shifting my attention to the right side. None of the other advice or tutorials I've tried make those suggestions. I've only been swing since the pandemic. I started making mask with an industrial single needle Juki and learned a lot on my own. I learned to make jeans on that machine and now I'm trying to expand my studio with a double needle. After this is my Juki serger and union special double needle. I don't just want to know how to sew with vintage industrial machines but also how to service them on my own. Patience with trial and error are the best teachers.

In the old TV series "Sheriff of Cochise" John Bromfield wears a nice, very elaborately tooled buscadero type rig Seen clearest at the beginning, from 0.18 to 0.21 seconds. Clarity of the YT video is not great Anyone know anymore about it? Is there a pattern? Lots of questions An enquiring nosy-buddy wants to know PS; He seems to wear nicely tooled boots as well

Not really, if you went with the concho one and had multile holes on the inside part for popular sizes, would be a smidge of a gamble. Also same if using a buckle.

So basically a friction fit? I had hoped to make one and put it on the table to sell, but apparently it needs to be custom fit to some degree. Also, thanks for all the details!

Resize your photos. 800 pixels in the longest dimension is quite adequate. Smart phones can't display high resolutions even though the camera can capture the high resolution scene. If your files are too large to post here due to file size restrictions, you need to resize your files to fit. Follow this link for some helps and suggestions. https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/15122-how-to-post-pictures-on-lw/?do=findComment&comment=551171 There are lots of Apps, software, and online tools available on the web, or even built into your device to enable you to reduce your file sizes. 800 pixels in the longest dimension is quite adequate. Smart phone screens and many monitors don't display high res files in high resolution. People that live on the fringes of the internet appreciate smaller file sizes and high res photos may take from 10 minutes to hours to download.

I'll message you so we can work through the details. Thanks!

Hi, It's in Albuquerque NM. I travel around for work sometimes so depending on the region I may be able to help deliver. Otherwise it can be crated up carefully.

I would call Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines. They had some small, obscure parts I needed a while back. None of it is listed on their website.

My thoughts too. It’s a lot of money for such a device, and ya know, for those that need it and don’t want to make it, fine. I mean I’ve made all of this with only a handful of pictures, and doing the best to match contours and ratios that I can find. And it’s taken a good while to get here! I think I’m only in this project about $150 dollars at this rate. The most expensive part is the wood, and Baltic birch is not cheap anymore. If i had used poplar for everything I probably could’ve saved a few. Hardware is the next most expensive thing. But if you want to be real conscious of money, go to estate sales over a month every week and collect hardware and wood. I have so much antique hardware from those sales, and the sells would’ve thrown it all out had I not grabbed it!

For that much money, it better do the sewing for me...

Maybe you're just accident-prone?

I got a call today for a paddle holster. I'm familiar with these, the paddle rides inside the pants instead of using a loop or clip. Is there anyone here that has any experience making a leather paddle? Do I just stitch leather onto a kydex or plastic paddle? Or do I use just leather, maybe skirting, and hardening it? I'll do some research on my own, but this is my first stop. I'd rather hear from someone that's done it than just looking at pictures and trying to guess Thanks

That's $1500 Australian!!!! Plus shipping!

maybe this will will help

I started small and avoided big loans, reinvesting early profits back into the business. At first, I sold locally and online, testing what worked. One beginner mistake was underpricing and not fully calculating expenses. A major breakthrough came when I began treating it like a real business -tracking costs, building supplier relationships, and focusing on branding and customer trust.

I will get more pictures uploaded next week. The zoomed out pictures I had would not upload so I will try again with new pictures.