Jimbob

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its all your magic again, you are one of the most talented craftsman in this forum here so far!! Please let us know the meaning of the hand signs of your carving!?? Very nice work! Aloha Greetings James

absolutly cool, love the texture of the Aligator!! Fixing to do a seat for a big dog in fake Aligator and veg tan 2-3 oz....not sure how to sew (machine) the parts together...is this what you doing an upholstery seam, ....not sure can you explain how you made patterns and sew the seams for us....? Thanks in advance and again, beautiful work and great craftsmanship!!! Greetings Aloha Jimbob

Chancey I dont have an old car, but I would love to....dad promissed me his old 53 Chevy when I was here in the eight'ies....then when I came back to SW Va 2 years later he had sold it..ohhhh well...haha Still looking after any old car, every now and then twisting my neck when one goes by...not these 100K fancy hot rods...just like you said...the ones with owners in it that have grease under theire nails and gasoline in their veins.... I breath old bikes but old cars are good for any day too... So here is my little old car/truck...carved in leather and ready to go on somebodies wallet...haha Maybe one of these days....when all is said and done, all college is paid for and da wife not buying expensive shoes...LOL Then, maybe then old Jimbob finds him an old rat rod.... Greetings Jimbob shoes

Thanks so much....been doing these old shool biker wallets now for a little while and people seem to like em.....I also love the red thread....just one of these things you can do when you have a leather sewing machine...haha...I love my Singer...and my Adler too, haha Thanks again!! Jimbob

Well aware of this fact, Rod....I am born in Europe,,,,,I have seen my share of arabic writings....I was actually refering to the actuall backbone of the book...not sure what you call that....when you close the book and have it in a shelf...this part you see then ....it just amazed me how deep and three dimensional it is!! Great work, great craftmanship and I absolutly agree with you on the quality of the work!! Thanks for your edit.. Jimbob

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that is super fein!!! Man, just thinking of riding this beauty arround the block makes my tushtush bend,,,,,LOL Love the color, sure do......I like the seat to be huge, like a wide police seat......in tan, and the design would be in tan, bronce and this aqua...thingy....and abstract...? Yeahhh I would digg that too...NO cowboy scene here...heheee.... Nice, please send pics from finished seat!!! As we know you, you will knock this seat right out of the park!! Aloha... Jimbob

Use a good coating of neats foot oil, not overdoing it....then let dry....get some Fiebings Aussie wax or some simular wax finish with (beeswax ) put it in sun light as stated and you have a wonderful mellow tan color, close to a well used cared for saddle.....beautiful finish....and it is water repellent too....!! James

Cain Corso???? Beautiful animal!! Jim

tell us what you are planing to sew, what kind of things you gonna make in the future....that will help a lot.....I personally sell the Tippman, way to much trouble....the longarm is cool for large pieces and you can do smaller stuff too...assuming its a walking foot be my keeper!? And hey, it's a Singer....good reason to keep!! No clue what the other one is,,,> Send more pictures! Aloha Jimbob

Been doind some biker wallets here and there....I use 3-4 oz veg tan on the outside, but glue on a liner leather (abt. 2oz ) the inside is always 2-3 oz veg tan...sometimes I sneak in a 3-4 oz chrome tan piece for the last pocket near flap.... So pretty much the same as others stated here....if you need a cpy of a biker wallet template, PM me... Aloha Jimbob.

BIG gun, BIG bullets,,,,,BIG TALENT !!!! Very nice work!!! Jim

Haha....not far, last machine I send went to Bavaria... the machine is head only, as stated...it is a leather sewing ma hine.....many bootmakers have one or two!! I will take $150.- for it, Postal money order or such... Shipping from hede to Tx wont be that much!! James

I am in sw va...24251 The Singer has close to 12 inch arm.... The macbine works fine and you woul love the nice Stitch it makes!! 2766905084 Thanks

Mint Singer 31-15 for sale, I need to move this machine....have no room left.....will send in wooden craddle and assure not DOA !! Great working condition, tuned oiled and ready to go...head only with foot, several packs of needles!! Will let go for $150,- if you pay shipping, or make serious offer!! Pictures are attached... call: 276-6 nine zero-50 eight 4 thanks

picture of the Singer 31-15

Yes, I do...will download when I come home...@ work right now!!

Ok, that's it....... The dang door panels on the Tahoe are coming off.!!!!!! need to find me an XL cow hide and a sharp knife!! maybe a couple of birds....?? Ohhhh well, your door panel still rocks!! Aloha... Jimbob

tnx Wiz... Been thinking about that....stuck small screw driver in there and tried to push blade of spring inwards....no gud,,,,do you recomend removing the spring only ( tight space ) or removing hole bobbin case...? Tnx James

OK, I have this real nice stone old Singer 211-155...in gud working order....never had a problem with it....now I run 138 on top ( mostly what I run for big biker wallets and such...) and often also 138 in the bottom....sometimes 92 in the bottom...for some reason I had to do red and found a cone of flame red in 69....so I run 138 on top and 69 bottom....works fine on thicker material...like 2 times 4 oz or so...yesterday I done a small thin wallet and noticed a birds nest on the bottom....check top tension...all the way loose to make sure knots in the middle of leather...then I checked the bottom tension...boy this thing was plum loose...I mean no resistance...tried to tighten it more...nada....all the way tight...switch to thicker material....all is fine, the knots in the middle and no birds nest...noticed when I go faster, it is getting better,,,,,when I use 138 in bobbin then all is well no matter what thickness I do...just need to adjust my top a bit here and there...often do 207 on top and 138 in bottom bobbin...works great on my bags. So my question is...is the 69 to small for this machine in bottom...? or do we have a problem here.... Any ideas are welcome. Thanks... aloha james