dirtclod

Search engines are your friend. Found this in less than a minute. http://parts.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/16-133_CLASS_16.pdf

This may help you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRh7Z5my2iQ&feature=player_embedded

If you haven't cut into the piece i would take or send it back and ask for something you can use.

I always make the crown / top strap 30 inches. Brow band 23 inches to start, throat 43 inches to start.

I think i read on here where somebody used corn starch to get rid of some oil. Never tried though and if you do i'd try it in a place that's not seen to easily in case it makes a mess.

I understand you want to sell your product. But I'm curious a couple of times you said they worked real out of the country. What is the difference in going to another state or a different part of the state you live in except for the fact you were able to to go to another country. The way i read your Kickstarter having them if your going to another is better than having something else. I understand you want to sell your product.

I'd cut the chaps out then dye them. Looks to me like your going to waste a lot of dye trying to dye the whole side. Some kind of spray gun / air brush would be the best best on getting the color even, i think.

http://www.thethreadexchange.com/?gclid=CLfD0aHOx7oCFUhk7Aod33cAuA They have all sizes.

I've made them out of leather, all you need is the measurements.

Will this work for ya ? http://www.designeralleyfabrics.com/

I like it. Just wish you had turned the picture so it would be easier to see.

The back side looks like you have the wrong type of needle or it's really dull to me. Are you using a leather point needle ? I use a 200 needle and 277 thread on top and 207 on the bottom and don't ever remember having the backside look like that all pouched out unless a needle was really dull.

I all way's use skirting leather at least 8/9 ounce with 4/5 ounce for the gussets. You can put a loop on the edge towards the bottom of the bag and run the flank billet through that to help hold them down to the side. The other thing might be their to short across the back and that may be why their not laying down.

It looks pretty neat. But i don't think i would want all that bulk in my pocket.

Try going through two of the holes on the post on top of your machine if your not already doing that. Doing that should take out any kinks. If that doesn't help try some different thread. I have had thread that i just couldn't use. Here's a link to a manual but it might be the same one you have. http://www.consew.co...als/206RB-5.pdf

Like i said before either they did or they they found somebody that could write something all fancy and flowery that is a bunch of BS and people are eating it up. Their billfold is like a bunch of stuff that is really simply made and sold for a really high price. I had a guy come in my shop one day wanting his billfold sewn in a couple of places where it was starting to tear. I looked at it and told hime i couldn't help him out because the billfold was made of plastic. That really PHO and proceeded to tell me that it was a 400.00 some name i don't remember bilfold and that it wasn't made of plastic that it leather. Personally i think he didn't want admitt that he got took buying some big name designer junk.

A left toe foot is real handy to have. It will make easy to sew up next to something.

Looking good !!

It's not just a Euro thing. I travel around quite a bit selling my things. One guys web site said that everthing was hand sewn for strength and looks. When i got the event i was looking at what other people had for sale and seen his stuff. It was hand sewn but the stitches were a 1/2 inch long and it looked pretty durn rough. In my travels i see things like his 1/2 inch stitches quite a bit.

I hear people talk about the stitching breaking just like in Tina's picture. My answer is the same one i have had several times on here and it's ( how many necked people did you see at work or around town ? ) because somebody you seen today had broke stitches in their clothes . The way yall act is if a stitch breaks and it was sewed with a machine it's going unravel. NEWS FLASH it doesn't just unravel ! If you want to hand sew knock your self out you will never be able to make a living hand sewing unless like i said you get 4 to 5 times what you have to charge machine sewing. This is what i do for a living and have for done the last 30 years.

TXAG how many of your clothes are handmade / hand sewn. I'm guessing they were all made in a factory someplace where they used every piece of machine they could find to make them quicker to keep cost down so they could actually sell them to the general public. I make a lot of stuff and i call it handmade because everything about it is done by hand except for the sewing and i tell them i sew on a machine. Now if people want to pay three / four of five times the price i'd hand sew it but in my world it's not going to happen. Their not going to pay 250.00 for something they can buy for 50.00 . Looking at the billfold people they had somebody write a bunch of well worded writing that appeals to a lot of people. Like buying leather by the barrel. Now anybody that has bought any leather knows that's BS but most people don't know any better, they just think their buying something special. In other words a bunch of BS and people eat it up. If you read what they say the people wanting the money aint going to anything but inspect the finished product. IMO most of the people saying hand sewing is better just want a machine and haven't turned the money loose yet. I've seen a few people that can sew a real nice hand stitch but i have seen a whole more that look like crap ! On the other hand i have seen a lot of poor machine things to. The big thing is to take pride in what you make and do the best job you can and cut the junk pieces up.

I'm just curious you seem to know all about every machine made how many machines do you have or use regularly ? Do you have a picture of your caseing box ? I'd like to see what it looks like, might finally get around to building one.

I use 138 and 69 pretty regular on my machine with a 160 needle it's a Pro 2000. Most of the time i have to tighten the top tension a little.

Go to sawmillcreek.org they have a lot of wood turners. I bet somebody there can make one for you.

I don't use brushes. My glue is in a small coke bottle with a hole drilled in the top. I use a small piece of trimmed piece of sheep skin to put the glue on with and stick it to the top when i'm done. Been doing it that way for the last 10 or 12 years ever sense i read about doing that in the Leather Crafter Saddle Journal.