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Welcome to the forum! Hope Yinz enjoy yer stayn'at!
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Cheap cabinet... peg board on the back... various pegs inside.... fan mounted on the side.... hole next to fan... drying cabinet. If you want to get real wild, you can wire a heat lamp to the top.
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Bluegun Store - New Site - Free Shipping & Pricing Format
SteelcityK9Cop replied to RMB Custom Leather's topic in Suppliers
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My wife found this free E-Book last night on Amazon... "The Sewing Machine Master Guide" It's well over 300 pages with a bajillion pictures and diagrams. It has a huge sections on lock & chain stitch machines and how they work... adjusting thread tension.. you name it. I just thumbed through it on my e-reader and it's a must have. Oh...did I mention it's free?? It's ALMOST like having access to Wiz 24/7. http://www.amazon.com/The-Sewing-Machine-Master-Guide-ebook/dp/B00FEX075Q/ref=cm_sw_em_r_dp_sPRTsb0AJ5HRZ_tt
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Where there is a will, there is a way! Get in touch with your local high school.. I'm sure they would let you have a classroom once a month for a meeting. Getting the word out will be the tough part... and start up will be slow going. But you have great resources here on the forum. There are "guildies" from all over the US here who can offer great ideas!
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You have a Tandy store right down the street.... that should be your first stop. If its like the one here, there will be classes every Saturday. They can also tell you if there is a Leather Guild working out of their store as well. Tandy Leather #139 - DETROIT-139 Manager: Chris Bohinsky Detroit139@tandyleather.com 32524 Warren Rd Westland, MI 48185 USA Phone: 734-422-9102 Fax: 734-422-9105 Toll Free: 866-422-9102 Store Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am - 6pm Saturday: 9am - 4pm Sunday: Closed
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"blue" Guns
SteelcityK9Cop replied to Red Cent's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Botach Tactical has the best pricing at $39.00 a gun... no tax and free shipping but they are always drop shipping from Blue Guns with a back order. Otherwise I direct from Blue Guns at the full $48 retail price if in a pinch. -
Blue Gun Accessories
SteelcityK9Cop replied to glockanator's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Nice find... $40 Blueguns are a nice price... plus lots of other goodies. -
Few Belts From Poland.
SteelcityK9Cop replied to LR Poland's topic in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
Absolutnie piekne dzielo! Witamy na forum! -
1St Duty Style Holster
SteelcityK9Cop replied to George B's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Very nice holster! PLEASE try to convince him that the holster you made him is much safer than the crap that they are pitching with the rotating hoods and push buttons now. The gimmicks being thrown at young officers to sell them holsters makes me sick. -
Finding Leather For Test Pieces?
SteelcityK9Cop replied to Keyair's topic in Leatherwork Conversation
Springfield will sell you a 5 or 10 pound box of "scraps" for a real nice price.. they come in various weights and sizes. Great to practice cutting, sewing burnishing, tooling,,,, you name it. -
441 Not Feeding Material Straight - Tension Problem?
SteelcityK9Cop replied to oclack's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
oclack... This video is like the 441 owners bible... It was made by Al Bane who I believe is a forum member. -
Oiling A Cowboy Machine Model 227R
SteelcityK9Cop replied to debinarizona's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Dirtclod and Wiz... I guess that's the big sewing machine noob question... How often do you need to do the "red dot" oiling vs. the "full oil" where you take all of the plating off of the machine and oil all of the internal pivot points? -
Oiling A Cowboy Machine Model 227R
SteelcityK9Cop replied to debinarizona's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Since we are talking oil.... When you oil the red dot spots... are you just putting a drop in the hole or are you using the oil container's long tube to get into the hole to where you touch a shaft to put the drop there? Also, how often are we doing the "full oil" vs. the red dot oil? -
What To Use To Soften Chrome Tanned Leather Car Seat ?
SteelcityK9Cop replied to craftsman827's topic in All About Leather
If that does not work, try "Fat Elephant" They use this stuff to recondition car-leather on museum pieces. It's expensive but i have seen miracles performed with this stuff. http://www.swissvax.us/product/SE1042592.html -
Hard Pulling Thread... Cowboy 4500
SteelcityK9Cop replied to SteelcityK9Cop's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Thanks for all the assistance everyone!!! I lowered both tension knobs 1/4 turn and the stitches do not seem to be sinking in as far.... I attached two photos below from some practice scrap i attacked tonight. I over oiled yesterday and some snuck onto my presser foot and onto my scrap apparently. As for the tight thread.... the tension adjustment helped a good bit... but the biggest help was waiting for the needle to travel about 1/4" back down from the upright position. I also noticed something odd... I get higher presser foot lift from the foot pedal than I do with the presser foot lever. I am going to have to see if using the lever was leaving too much tension on the thread. TOP THREAD: BOBBIN THREAD: -
Hard Pulling Thread... Cowboy 4500
SteelcityK9Cop replied to SteelcityK9Cop's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
Thanks for all the responses! I have not touched any of the tension knobs since I brought it home from Bob's shop..and he had it set up for the same thread and needle...EXCEPT.. bob was running white/white on it and I'm now running black/white. The bobnin is still 3/4 full so I am running it this way until its empty. I am using at times the lift pedal and the lift lever and have the same issue. I also notice that black thread is crazy...I caught it twice knotting under the thread holder arm. It is not however getting stuck around any if the tension shafts. I will take a picture of my scrap leather tomorrow.. the leather is dry and squeaky when you sew which shouldn't matter I wouldn't think but the top stitches do seem to be sinking into the leather a bit further than they should. I'm guessing this could be a combination of using a thinner leather and perhaps too much tension on the top thread. When it does not want to pull out I am pulling the project out by itself with the presser feet in the up position. I can pull the bobbin thread all day but only about three inches of top thread before it really locks up hard. -
I have a new CB4500 that I am learning with. I have it set up with a #25 needle and 277/277 thread. I have the machine threaded exactly as Bob instructs in his video. When I get done sewing my scrap leather I am returning the take up bar to the upright position and raising the presser foot fully to reduce the tension on the thread so I can remove the "project" easier. The bobbin thread is nice and loose but the upper thread is extremely tight to the degree that I can't pull the project loose to cut the thread. All of the tension seems to be coming from the butterfly tensioner (the one you wind 1.5 times). Any ideas what's going on?
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How To Get Cocobolo Burnisher From Staining Edge
SteelcityK9Cop replied to jimmy eng's topic in How Do I Do That?
That looks like a "Proedgeburnisher"... you could get hold of them at Richard Loy 801-580-7127 email: proedgeburnishers@gmail.com -
I Guess If It Helps Sell Your Stuff...
SteelcityK9Cop replied to TXAG's topic in Leatherwork Conversation
Code words for mass produced goods trying to look a little less mass produced. -
Back at yunz from Da'Burgh!
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Noobie Question (Spots Appearing After Moulding)
SteelcityK9Cop replied to Willbury's topic in All About Leather
Grab a gallon of distilled water from the grocery store to see if it's your water. If you have well water you may have high iron content. -
Greetings from Da'Burgh!