J Hayes

Yours appears much better made than the colsen one. I like their bags and have emulated them myself making a few of my own improvements as well. The woven strap down the side just looks good, and I really like your two tone and tooling. Well done. I made a pattern for mine from 1/8" masonite and that works great, lay it on my leather and cut, easy peasy. I add a sewn in large rear pocket almost as big as the back and one smaller one sewn to it for a phone. I can share a picture if you'd like, I don't want to hijack your thread though, your call. Jeremy

Ah. I never thought about the added resistance, I wear one daily and just never noticed, but I don't have breathing issues. Thanks for pointing that out.

Charles you can get yourself a good 3M paint respirator for around $30-$40 that may allow you to use anything smelly and not affect your breathing. It could very well open up airbrushing and other tjings to you as well.

Truenorth Thanks. Its 5/6 oz Crazy Horse in chocolate(I think) from Zack White. I've made 6 other bags from this stuff, I like the color and the feel of it. Jeremy

Cheryl Thanks. I thought about dying the edges but sometimes like thr contrast. This bag is 5/6 oz oil taned pull upany recommendations you have to burnishing the edges would be appreciated. Mostly I do holsters and burnishing them I've got down fairly well. Thanks Jeremy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q9YPlnJkoc&feature=youtube_gdata_player Not the same machine, but roller feed 110w125 and doing nice work.

Simple bag for my son. Let me know if you like it. Criticism is welcom. Jeremy

I like the Mop n glo myself, 50/50 kept in an ice cream pail, one quick dunk and hang to dry, easy as it gets.

Looks real nice. The only thing you may want to change is to not have the gun so deep. Bring it up a bit to give more clearance to the grip, so you can get a full firing grip as you unholster. I like the color too. Jeremy

If all you are cutting is straight lines I think its impossible to beat a rotary knife, olfa mat and quilters straight edge. I cut all my straps with my wife's quilting stuff (shhhh) it glides through 8/9 oz veg tan with ease. Just my overpriced .02 Jeremy

Check Bruce Johnson's website, he usually has them in the $120 or so range for a nice vintage well made one. I have a new Osborne, eh its ok. Took a lot of time to get it sharp and one side stays sharp longer than the other, again its ok. I'm not sure what you make, I mainly do holsters and having that round knife good and sharp allows me to cut right on the line nice and clean and saves a ton of sanding time. Worth the money IMO. Jeremy

I'm not sure there is such a thing, if there is I'd like to know about it too! I had to put a lot of time into the ones I got from Osborne, now they are nice though. Jeremy

Perfect your hand stitching and use it as a selling feature. I see all kinds of poorly "hand stitched" stuff on Etsy with high prices, and I mean so poorly stitched my 7 year old daughter pointed it out. Make your stitching and edging better than anybody else and point out your quality without pointing out the shortfalls of the competition. You should be able to sell enough goods to buy a machine or build your brand on your hand stitching. I have machines but when I have time to make my bag it will be hand stitched..... Keep at it. Jeremy

I'm glad yours were better than what I got, mine actually had blunt spots, 4 pound hammer couldn't drive them through 9 oz veg backed by a 2x4 and a concrete floor. Just my luck though. I've made a few things from stainless tube that work very well.

Looks good. Might want the stitch line closer to the gun. Also the gun seems to be really deep in the holster, do you have enough room between grip and a leather to get a good firing grip on the weapon? 1 light coat of oil should be enough unless the leather was extremely dry to begin with, don't want it getting too soft. Maybe not mold so far into the ejection port, one can mold so tight it locks the weapon in. What weight leather did you use? I don't do hardly any with belt slots so I can't really comment on that. Its fun stuff though. Jeremy

Be prepared to sharpen any of the new Osborne stuff, the ones I got really sucked bad, 1 1/2& 1 5/8 oblong or bag punch. If you get them from Bruce you should be able to use them without spending hours shaping, polishing and sharpening. Nothing like spending a bunch of money on a tool that is only half finished from the factory. Jeremy

Maybe go up one needle size? #20 should be big enough buy it may be worth a shot. I don't use #92 on anything but I sure someone who knows more than I will chime in. Jeremy

Thanks, I've studied that wonderful chart but still its nice to actually sew with thr different points, see how they look going around corners and long curves and such. That is s truly awesome chart though.

I think it'd be nice if one could buy a sampler pack of 794 needles. Say size 25 one of each point availible. Just saying. Then a guy could try them all without having to buy a ten pack of each. Anybody know if this exists? Jeremy

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=48230&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1

Parts.singerco.com I think is the right address

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Look for a threaded rod above the motor with 2 nuts. Loosen top nut and tighten bottom nut, if yours is the same as mine that will push the motor away from the reducer tightening the motor belt.

If you have a "Woodcrafters" store nearby they will have the same stuff as Grizzly, and even thicker, I think they typically have 1 1/2. I have also seen the "butcher block" stuff at home improvent centers. Occasionally You can find pieces of bowling alley lane on craigslist. Good luck, creating is rewarding no mater what the material used. Jeremy

My homebrew flatbed conversion, depending where I left the clamps its on in no time. The cutout isis wider on the bottom and rests on the cylinder for stability. Works well when I sew large pockets for the bags I make.