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    Cool looking, looks like it just came out of a hunting store in the 50"s....super vintage looking and very practical seems like....very clean design, fine stitching and I like the color....well done
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    Fixing to put the Adler 267 to use, need to make a table top to make her fit....can I buy one ready made, if not what would be a good material for table top and how do I make her fit into the table top, Singer opening is smaller and more narrow then what I would need for the Adler to drop in..??!!...planing on using my Singer base, legs and servo...and trying to have an interchanging table for both heads...maybe just adding an removable table top on top of the Singer opening....also how would I do the hinges...?. But if all fails the Adler will be main head on this table. Thanks for any help... James
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    Wiz tnx for the info and advice....the needle thing struck me, makes sense if the holes are to big, the knot is loose and may slip up or down....I am real lazy about changing needle sizes.....will try spring replacement....bobbin direction is ok, feeding under tension blade also! I am gonna try to use smallest needle for the No. of thread I will use next time.... Again, thanks a lot for helping out... Jimbob
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    Having problems....with super loose bottom tension.....on my Singer 211G-155... Seems that the bottom tension is so loose, I cant hardly use 69 on bottom...tje spring loaded tension screw is all the way tight....if I use 138 on bottom it is much better but still on thinn material the knots showing on top every now and then.....I have virtually no tension on top just to be able to sew......seems this just happened latly.... If I use 138 top and bottom, on at least two layers of 3-4 oz I am sewing fine....wonder if anybody has hints to this problem!? Thanks James
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    Fixing to put the Adler 267 to use, need to make a table top to make her fit....can I buy one ready made, if not what would be a good material for table top and how do I make her fit into the table top...planing on using my Singer base, legs and servo...and trying to have an interchanging table for both heads...also how would I do the hinges...?. But if all fails the Adler will be main head on this table. Thanks for any help... James
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    Steve.....go check on Schmetz needle webside, they have a wonderful page there that includes all the info you need on different needles and what they do and what they look like when used on leather!! Nice info and best needles in my opinion....but expensive too...!! James
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    super nice seat, very good carving and detailed work as usuall....dont care for the second row of braiding, be a pain in the inner thights...especially on long trips with curves involved....these braids will rubb ya raw!\ Also love the star, looks cool!! James
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    Ohhhhhhhh, nice...sweet....super cool!!!! Nifty scooter, love the Shovel and dig the seat....far-out!!!
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    Being proud of it!!!!!!!!! that's the important word in here.....you made this with your own hands, and it is a first for you!! Be proud of it, make another one....learn and then some more....but always be proud of it, you done well!! James
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    Museum quality I think they call this....so aucentic and so real.....like walking down a grassy pass in some no-man's land in Dacota in 1850's.....picking up one of your works....makes you want to go back in time and see it with your own eye's....!! Wonderful work!! James
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    call Toledo Bob or Steve....they will tell you what works and what not, 15-91...NOT, 206 still not enough....a 441 clone or an Adler will do....1/2 inch of leather is a load full and you wont be happy with a broken overloaded machine either... Look for used ones from above dealers....stay away from Heavy duty garment machines....oh, and read wiz's tutorial on leather sewing machines!! Greetings James
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    very nice seats....clean look and super design....well done!! james
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    I have a big one, taken off from an Adler 105....looks and works great! My zip is 24251... James
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    French edge it, like Kevin King does his wallets!!
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    Love the color combination and also the total look...very fine holster...me just getting a bit more serious with pancake holsters, needing lots of help...I do like the tooling and the large tread on both holsters....but I am thinking if over time the back of the holster...which receives a lot use and rubbing will harm the protruding thread? Not shure....thread channel would be way to go?....love the airbrush dye on your work. Very fine wet molding! Thanks for sharing...great work!! Jimbob
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    Made a pancake holster for a PPK ....15 oz backplate, front is wet molded 10 oz from Springfield, sewn on Adler 105 with 207 bonded nylon...gun fits like a glove....retention is perfect when wearing the holster... Any ideas what to do better would be welcomed...thanks Jimbob
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    nice!!!! old school...!! Love it!!!
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    Me using acrylic leather paint, very light super fine wet sanding and then several super fine coats of neat lac.....some of my buddies ride their arses off them seats and the paint is still on there....hmmmm...??!!
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    I do holsters on an Adler 105-64 model...not walking foot but much, much stronger then any flatbed machine....flatbed machines like 211 and 111Singer will hardly handle any real holster.....and as Wiz said, the full size harness machines are the way to go! BUT they are soooo expensive....an Adler 105 can be had for $800-1500 a China Harness machine as Wiz has will be $2-3000... a good strong flatbed for smaller and thinner holster can be had for $200-600....my 2 cents on Tippman....stay away from it...to expensive for what they are... I am no pro, just my little opinion here... take care... James
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    I use waxed nylon thread in white or black, it works with a saddler needle, size 0 or 00....the awl should be diamond shaped and most times I do pre punch my holes....there are many opinions on how to make a hole, my stuff never came appart nor did it fail....also if you can get ur hands on some affordable and small amounts of bonded nylon for machine sewing ( threadexchange) that works well too in size 207 or 277.... I have been hand stitching for 20 years and got tired of it....now a German lady does it for me...she is a knock out and so durable....her name is ADLER 105-64....
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    Very interresting, love the glas eye thingy!! Where do you get these glas eye's....they look so real!!! Well done... James
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    lets ride naked....so it wont stick to our jeans.....!!!!!!
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    dito.....15-91 for small stuff....30-15 for tuff stuff and 111 for real leather projects!! Own all of them...good ones !!
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    smoera bred roemtomtoem!! No kiddn, nice work.....very solid and clean....little to much for my taste but good....dont care for the straps....I do not see a protective aditional layer of leather sandwitched between the to main layer to protect the thread from being cut by the inserted blade!? Thanks for sharing, show us some more of your works... James
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    can you do one on fussing n' naggin wifes....?
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