bladegrinder

I have a Cowboy 4500 I got last year, never used a sewing machine before and learned everything I know so far from this forum and experimentation and screw ups. that said, I'll admit as I'm sewing in the back of my mind I'm always praying everything goes good and the stitching flows seamlessly till I'm done. obviously this corner business happens to everyone and the way I've been dealing with it is go real slow approaching that corner, if it looks like it's going to overshoot i bring the needle up then raise the foot slightly and move the work piece back by hand while lowering the needle by manually turning the flywheel, when it looks good hit the pedal and drop it home...then slowly bring the needle half to two thirds back up to make sure it catches the bobbin thread... then make the turn out of the corner and continue on. one thing I'll add, shortly after I got my machine I removed the little brake pad in the servo motor. that brake won't allow you to turn the flywheel by hand unless you press on the go pedal a short distance, which I found to be REALLY short between releasing the brake and the motor running.

Nice! that's some great work.

Those look great, nice work!

Just don't get close to any open flames when your wearing it!

I think it looks great!

That looks great!

I have a Cowboy 4500, pretty much the same machine. it's plugged into a 110 outlet with a 20 amp breaker. on the same circuit is a deep freezer chest, a mini fridge and a couple lights. you'll be ok, these machines don't pull that much power.

Looks good!

Here's a sheath I just finished. belt loops on both sides so it can be worn left, right, forward or backward. it's a small knife with a little over 3" blade.

Thanks Chuck, I thought about doing that after the fact but kind of scared I'd mess something up. I'm still not real good with that machine and I figured I'd be best to leave this where it is, still learning from mistakes but thankfully I'm a quick learner...I'm hoping. Thanks doubleh.

Thanks Frau, yes the finish is air brushing resolene cut 50% with water. the bottom is open but when I wet formed it in a vacuum bag it kind of pulled the leather at the bottom inwards,

Here's a pic of the filework, it's hard to get a good picture of it, it looks better in person.

Thanks everyone!, I’ll get a pic of the filework.

That gun belt looks awesome Bob!

Here are two knife sheaths I just finished for a couple of American style tanto knives, nothing real fancy but they came out nice. thanks for looking!

I'd never be making stuff like this without learning on this forum and the help I've gotten from you folks...Thanks everyone!

Dang it, I knew someone would pick up on that! ha, ha. somehow I didn't pick up on that until I was air brushing the resolene on it. I did do the double line stitch around the gun without messing that up though so I'm getting there!

That looks great, she's going to love that.

Here's a two tone 1911 pancake holster I just finished, I think I finally have the 1911 pattern down. Thanks for looking...

That holster looks beautiful, great work!

This is your company right?

I use an air brush too, works great, no streaks or runs. also when I buy a small bottle of Resolene I pour the whole bottle into a small mason jar and cut it 50% with distilled water then it's always ready to go...50-50.

Those are some awesome looking sheaths for sure! well done!

Thanks Grampa!

Looks good!