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Great! Thank you! Love that color! British Tan? I love British Tan and Burgundy! Been trying to get a lighter burgundy. Thinned mine to 50% and still dark, so I will try thinned to 25%. Again, Thank you!

How-DEE! I have a piece of suede in a beautiful rust red/orange that I am thinking of using to make a pair of gunbelts from, carried in a sort of "X" on the hips, like Curly Bill in Tombstone... Any advice on this? Will folding it over and sewing the edge like a regular money belt be enough? I am thinking of a 2.5" belt, so I figure a 5" wide strip for each, folded in half lengthwise. Any advice on doing the cartridge loops? The belt tongue/buckle part? I do the punched hole versions, but I don't think suede will be stiff enough for that, so seems either I would have to do sewn loops, or attach a piece of regular leather with the loops on it. The suede is about 1/8 in thick, so folding it and sewing the edge, I would think, would make a pretty strong gun-belt. I also have some car upholstery leather (seems like real leather with a rubberized coating of some kind) that's about 1/16" thick which I could use on the inside, but I think this would make it unnecessarily thick. Thanks in advance.

Good points all around!

Thank you everyone. I will try and figure it out. I got some of those thin green wires used for floral crap and will see if that will work. I have some spare bobbins and that threader wire in storage somewhere, so maybe it will pop up next time I go.

I can't find the wire used for running the thread down to the needle, or the bobbin holder to refill the bobbin. I also am trying to figure out what thread the bottom holes have to attach to a table, but I figure that may be trial and error. Any suggestions on alternatives/hacks?

I also read saying it is a copy oif a "Consew".

Oh wow! Thank you! So it's a copy of that Singer. Thanks!

HOW-DEE! Does anyone have instructions/input on how to thread and use this machine? It's a copy of an original one I think. Has the hand crank but I also have the electric motor kit. I want to learn how to set it up and use it, but can't find instructions. Thank you!

AH!!!!! Thank you!

I don't understand that. Is there a drawing? Photo? I make most of the cowboy cartridge belts at 2.5" wide. 3" is also an option. What I am trying to be sure of is the length. I have read that it is best to take the measurement for the belt as it would be worn, then add 9" to allow for overlap which goes underneath the buckle side.

HOW-DEE... Question It's been a bit and I want to be sure that I am doing this right: For a cartridge belt (old west), we measure around where the belt will be worn, with the proper clothing, then add 9", correct? This means that for someone who measures 46", I would cut a 55" strip, with the 9" being the tongue that goes under the belt overlap. Or is there a better way? Thanks!

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Thanks. Good points.

Here's a question: I have a couple of big pieces of upholstery leather; the kind used for car seats. I was given it by an ex girlfriend who worked at a major car manufacturer. This has some kind of coating on it to protect it. Do you think this wold be suitable for a lining-especially for a belt, maybe with the rough side out? Or maybe not worth it, as the leather for the belts and holsters I am using is 9-10 oz.

Ah! Your idea of using two layers of thinner leather is a different thing. I was looking at two layers of 9 and that seemed too much, but two layer of 5 or 6 would different then. Maybe I can try a belt using what I already have : 9 oz leather, with like a 3 oz liner. I started making the belts in a slight crescent by wetting the blank and then putting it into a plywood "notch" sort of to dry. This has been only one so far, single layer, 9/10 oz and it has held up according to the wearer. I will continue doing it this way as it seems to work. On that belt I added the bullet loops afterwards using another narrower piece of leather and the loops were canvas. However, I will be making three belts soon for one person, and I think cutting the bullet loop holes and also adding the loops before the belt is wet shaped will be much easier and better. I think doing the shaping with empty cases in the loops will be best.