shadowryder

Hi Mike, Yeah I did the edges with beeswax and a piece in my dremel they came up ok but went like that after i applied the Resoline.

thankyou, its the 1st I,ve made with this much detail,made a few plain ones before. heres a couple more photos,

Hi here is a belt I just made for a friend /customer,he is very happy with it, Made from 3mm veg tan leather ,with feibings acrylic dye and finished with 3 coats of 50/50 Resoline. Also with matching keyfob made the same with lacing border.

Thanks for the picture advice guys,and also your comments on the seat, I have posted 17 pics on my facebook page also.

Made this for a buddy in the army for his black widow shadow 750, got quite a few other pics but site tells me they are too large to upload, comments and critiques welcome as usual.. laters JJ.

That is so KOOOWEL!!!!

Hi Benlilly, thanks, The leather was chrome tan with natural hide on back,was a bit stiff when i started with them but by time they were finished it had softened a bit and will soften more i think.except for the yokes stitched to the back of the bags every thig else is lacing. It took about 14 sq/ft for the bags and 50 yards of 3/8ths lace, Price it wasn,t bad but one can always wish for better,LOL!!!! cheers JJ.

Thanks buddy,,

Thanks KCF, all you guys comments are much appreciated, JJ

that is exactly how I do most of my bags,because clients want off the wall shapes or sizes, I am doing a set of what I would call "rollbags" to fit the side racks on a german built BOOM trike,took me nearly 3 hours just to make up one bag out of cardboard just to use as a pattern.They are like a pannier sized tool roll with a flat back on them. will post the bags on here when I get them done. I appreciate your compliments on my work,as I said before I live in envy of your wonderful carving work. cheers

Well i had these posted in the show off section and after "chancey" saw em he suggested they should be in "motorcycles" so here they are, all comments /critiques welcomed. Well was asked a couple months ago to make these for a customer,he picked the leather and I bought the lace and put em all together, I did not use a pattern,made my own up out of poster board then transferred them to the skin, It was then just a matter of cutting them out and lacing them up. I had them on the side n just picked em up while I watched TV,did all the lacing with triple loop, He wanted something he could throw over the bike or his shoulder with ease when he is out and about. Pics are not brilliant but I am not much of a photographer,

Hey Chancey, thanks man,thats really given me a boost, I am so in envy of your work,I just wish I had a fraction of your skills, respect Buddy, JJ

thanks guys, i do have a few more pics when i get them outa my phone i will post them, thanks again for the compliments, laters JJ

Well was asked a couple months ago to make these for a customer,he picked the leather and I bought the lace and put em all together, I did not use a pattern,made my own up out of poster board then transferred them to the skin, It was then just a matter of cutting them out and lacing them up. I had them on the side n just picked em up while I watched TV,did all the lacing with triple loop, He wanted something he could throw over the bike or his shoulder with ease when he is out and about. Pics are not brilliant but I am not much of a photographer,

Great job you done there,wish mine was that good and I wish I had as many tools as you do too,, Those holes will soon fill up I have no doubt,well done.

Interesting stuff, well done..

Joseph Segal in manchester or Abbey England in knutsford both stock it.

ok a little off topic but when lacing with short lengths how s best to splice without the join showing???? I am having problem with this, Any suggestions,,???? thankyou JJ

thanks some good patterns there,,

thank you, I am trying to source correct needles now,based on the info supplied in manual and on machine plates. will post progress/or Agro LOL!!! as it happens, thankyou, JJ

Yeah innit Just, I got a singer 99K to, cannot get the bottom tensions right on it at all.

thanks for the info passed on, I have searched the forum always up to thry n find info,I,ve got the PDF manual,instructions and parts,I have done most of what you guys are saying, I cannot see anything on the needle for markings,there is a plate on machine which says order needles 16 x 257,under that there is "cat.2270" the meaning of either of these is total puzzlement to me. Having fiddled a bit this morning I have now snapped the origional needle and replaced this with new"industrial machine" needle I have wheeled the mechanism slowly by hand and noticed the needle is to the right of center going through hole in feed dog plate and catching/nipping the thread as it goes through the hole hence snapping it. when I went for it machine run good one hour car journey and put back together and doesn't wanna work,Its so annoying !!! sorry for sounding narky earlier guys ,I,m a real noob at this n its just gettin on my nerves. Jimbob a lot of the parts you mention I dont even Know what they are,will have to study manual . Will keep fiddling,any other advice would be most welcome, Thanks for replying. JJ

Guess no one knows anything about this machine then HUH? Was hoping to get some real proffesional help/advice on here.

Whereabouts in north wales are you mate, I,m in Deeside...

As the title says, I have a consew 210 machine just bought it yesterday off ebay. I tried the machine on some fabric at the sellers and it worked fine on various layers, I then stripped it off the table and loaded it into back of car, Got it home and set it up in workshop added oil etc and got it switched on to sew. Tried it out on some very soft floppy leather and after 8 or ten stitches the top thread snapped, I have tried several times with re threading the machine and different stuff and every time it snaps the top thread. I am not sure if I am threading the machine properly and I have only the one needle that came with it, I am using the thread that works well on my small domestic machine, I DO NOT know needle size or for that matter thread size. So basically I could do with proper threading instructions and Advice on the best needle and thread size for use with leather on this machine, the jobs I got it for are zips,sewing round tank bibs,belts ,guitar straps etc. SO If YOU CAN PLEASE HELP!!!!!I am in UK so please use metric/uk thread/needle sizes. Many thanks JJ