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Those are friggin awesome lol. My oldest daughter just bought a pair, no spikes but as tall and covered in chains, she would wear those for sure.

Hi! I tried putting more pressure on the presser foot rotating the thumbscrew on the right edge of the back of the sewing machine and I tried sewing on a piece of felt plus the layers of leather and It sew like this Front Back Now I attached the belt but I have to regolate it a little bit as if I push the pedal with my foot the belt slips and the machine won't sew. Anyway do you suggest me to try to open the head of the machine anyway? I am going to replace the presser foot just in case the teeth are worn out

The amount of top tension didn't make much difference turned all the way in vs all the way out. I had to loosen the bobbin tension a little bit so the top thread wouldn't show so much on the bottom side.

Sorry. "Proving it" is beyond the scope of my participation here. I can see from the picture that the one at TISM appears to have a bearing. I'll include a link to Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines and verify that Bob Kovar has not lied to me. Bad news is that he is in the U.S. Call him. JM2C, Jim https://www.tolindsewmach.com/motors.html

Esheeran; I sent a message to you yesterday. check your in basket.

I don't mean to take over this thread . . . but I thought I'd offer Digit another pattern . . . Simple . . . quick . . . and absolutely works like a charm . . . short piece of suede and one snap I "invented" this as I hate carrying anything in a shirt pocket other than a ball point pen or a lead pencil. This is lightweight . . . hardly recognize they are even there. May God bless, Dwight

I made a case very similar to that for a guy who wanted it for his truck key, which was about four years ago. I saw him a couple of weeks ago, and there was the case on his belt. I said, 'You wear that every day?' He said, 'Every day.' I gave him a good price @ $50; he's a friend of my brother, so I took $10 off. The way I see it is that you can't make money making one thing at a time. You know, when the glue is drying, you're stitching or cutting something. If you are standing and watching glue dry, you have to consider the money you are losing on something you could be working on; people often overlook this, and it's an essential part of business. Never make your leather goods cheap, or that's what you will be known for, and you will quickly develop a bad reputation. Be fair, but always get paid. Anyone can make a nice piece of work, but in the end, making money is the hard part, that's just my opinion.

Thanks Mr Black. It's all veg tan, yes there's wire in the brim and it's not lined. Didn't make it for constant wearing. Of course a lining could be installed at any time.

@fredk I had a look around on line at some goth 'stuff ' , and holy crap , there's some really wild and bizarre stuff out there. I did start some gauntlets a few years back and never finished them, so I might dig them out of my "basement " and finish those off,finally, just like the boots and put those on display as well. While I am by no means a 'goth' or a punk, but for some reason what I have seen just makes me smile ☺️ You can see those spikes along the back a bit better. HS

That is a nice looking glasses case. The edging could have been a little better but I have seen plenty a lot worse. I would not think of making it for under $60.00au which would be about 35 euro. Patterning time will often take longer than the actual job and I do use Autocad and a laser and 3D printing regularly as well. For me I would still be losing at $60.00au but the next time I would be in front.

Are you sure you need a 3-4mm thick thread? 😳 Have you looked on a ruler how thick 3 or 4mm really is? I doubt there really is a machine that can handle such "ropes" or "laces". As a sample - the average paracord (like 550 / type III) is 4mm tick. I once sold my Singer 7 to someone who sewed felt pads for pack animals and IIRC he used NM 230 or 250 needles and the thread for such needles is about 1mm thick. What is you project maybe we can go from there.

Thank you for your insights. In my case leatherwork is a starting hobby, so I don't have much experience and most of what I do goes with a lot of thinking, trial & error and experimenting. I also don't have a drawer filled with patterns (yet), so I spend a lot of time designing them. This case was an easy one in that respect because I could base myself on an existing pattern that I could adjust. I'm currently working on a biker's leg bag where I have to design everything from scratch, which seems to have taken as long as actually putting the bag together. At this point in time I'm happy to get material costs covered, plus some extra that I can invest in new stuff. Good point about overheads though; from what I charged for this customer I figure I have my material and overhead costs covered. I don't have to make a living out of leatherwork, I have a full-time day job as well that I won't let go of. I'd have to charge over 45 euros per hour on top of materials and overheads to match my current job's hourly rate and with my current abilities that's out of the question.

@friquant Looks pretty good to me. I have never tried using a thinner bobbin thread, but I guess it is the only option if someone wants to use a very thick thread for sewing. Did you have to loosen the top thread tension a lot to make it sew so neat? Brgds Jonas

That makes more sense, but again, my French skills are virtually non existing, so I just saw some numbers. But it could easily be the person who had written the article had gotten it wrong in the first place 🙂 Brgds Jonas

That looks great 👍 One thought that went through my head when i saw that was 'Pinhead' from the movie Hell Raiser. I'll put my thinking cap on, pardon the pun, 😀 HS

Love it just ordered one on Amazon. Gets here tomorrow. Thank you!

Thank you! I appreciate the help.

Nice!

@MelissaViarengo Looking at the pictures of your machine, it looks like the teeth have been filed almost entirely flat on the bottom of the foot. The entire feed is done by the teeth digging into the material. If those teeth are blunt, or missing, the foot cannot pull the material back to form stitch length. The teeth on the foot should be sharp to the touch. You can find replacement 29k presser feet on ebay in Italy. While you await your replacement presser foot, try adding some thin rubber or clear carburetor tubing to the feet. 1/8 inch inside diameter should fit on the legs. This may have enough grip to pull the work to form stitches. Add more spring pressure too.

They are for attaching a powder horn. I dont have one or id stick it on there. The left strap gets stitched around the staple on the horn plug (big end) and the other strap gets looped and stitched around the spout end. This secures the horn to the bag

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Looks good. What are the two small straps coming off the main strap for?

The A team theme music just played in my head lol

I have made a few of this type of bridle, and your's looks very good. One comment, I think your throatlatch is on upside down. Very nice work.

Don't bother wasting your time trying to slow down a clutch motor (been there, done that!), there is a steep learning curve trying to control one for sewing leather. You got those machines at a bargain price so do yourself a favour and buy a servo motor, you won't regret it (you may need a speed reducer too, but try the servo first). There's been lots written about oils, to a point it's not that critical as long as it's a light oil but do not use car engine oil in the long run it can gum things up. The best way for a newbie is to buy Lillywhite Sewing Machine oil if you can. That 155 is a real workhorse.