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I've never got a very “durable” edge using saddle soap. I never sand the edge on a holster. I cut them an bevel the edge with a keen edger and burnish while the dye is still damp on dyed holsters. For stuff that I don't dye I like to use trag or sometimes saliva (on very small pieces when no-ones looking) for a tuff burnished edge and then go over it with bees wax.

I have seen that problem, when I first got my machine many years ago and the problem was me. Dwight nailed it. If you practise what he sez you’ll be back stitching without even thinking about it.

When I start a stitch: I back stitch 3 stitches (4 holes) and begin sewing. When I end: I back stitch 3 stitches. I do this hand stitching and machine stitching.

Very nice! I've never seen anything like it.

I like Weaver and do a lot of biz with them but I have a tax id on file with them so I don't pay full price for stuff. I'm looking forward to them getting a wholesale site so I place orders at night when I normally like to.

Some of the stuff that some retailers won't ship to California is not really restricted in California. It's just that California sues out of state retailers that do ship restricted items in to California and it's difficult for an out of state retailer to find out whats legal so many of them wont bother with it.. It seems that California has chased out enough companies that now there turning to suing out of state companies for extra revenue. Using a freight forwarder can be risky because it the package becomes damaged in transit and something starts leaking you’ll get caught. I have nothing but contempt for Tandy glue, & dye but if you must live in California than it would be safer to get used to using California legal products.

Yeah, they actually worked out well for a cheap heavy duty belt. After you cut them into straps run them through a splitter to shave off the back. I cut a couple with a round knife but soon turned to the table saw with a plywood blade. If you don't have a splitter a round knife will do to shave off the back but you have to be carefull.

$275.00 for HO side?? http://www.weaverlea...tailId=84&NSM=Y They gota be kidding. I just got an HO grade A side from http://www.goligerle...m/saddlery.html for $230.something after shipping. I don't think I gave them my tax id# And Weaver dosen't even sell grade A, they sell mostly the "Do you feel lucky" grade.

Green dosen't cut very good. I'd get both as Tree Reaper sez. I use the white to cut with and finnish with the green.

I love it!

Really Sharp! Me Like!

Are you setting them by hand with one of those little hand setters? If so try knocking down the roll crimp inside the socket a little. I used to set those snaps by hand before I got the dies and had simular problems.

Is it skipping on a stright stitch or curve or dose it matter. Here's my skipped stitch drill after I stop cussing. 1st: Check to see if the bobbin thread pulls evenly by hand with no jerking. If you have a trigger pull scale or fish scale get the pull between 12 to 16 oz. For a jumping off point. 2nd: Check timing and for bent needle. 3rd: With the handle held all the way up make sure the take up arm is also all the way up. 4th: Make sure your not force feeding the material.

The best place to start is to watch the Tippmann videos here: Don't mean to be short but these videos are excellent and will walk you through many problems. Check out all there videos, you can download them for future reference.

I think maby 10 or 12 years ago I ended up with a sole bend and I ripped it into 1 1/2” strips on a table saw and sold unlined heavy duty belts on ebay for 30 bucks each and everybody loved them. I recently came across one still in use holding up a 1911. I think it was a 12/14 oz bend.

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Sometime I go a little over board with the walnut oil dye and the same thing happens. The correct solution is to not dye so heavy. Using several coats and letting it dry and buff between coats until you get your desired darkness will prevent it. When I do rush things the way I get rid of the green stuff is to wipe it off with alcohol and then buff.

Very nicely done!

Schpacko: After looking at your “Beautiful” hand stitching I think it would be a sin for you to buy a machine. Wiz: I love reading your posts, I always learn something.

Alcohol bottles. The one I buy has a pour spout lid the fits Fiebing's quart size dye bottles.

Some of the stuff that even store managers at Tandy sez is just what they “think”. I once had them tell me that they couldn't ship a quart of barge to me because people could make a bomb from it. I had to drive 20 miles to pick up the stuff in person because I had to have it sooner than I could UPS it in from Weaver. The strange thing was I had been getting Barge UPS'd in from Weaver for years and still do. My guess is that if they stop selling Fiebings products it will be just because they want to push there own garbage off on to there customers.

I run into that a few years back. My problem was: The roll-crimp where the cap fastens the socket was to high and would not go inside the stud. Solution: I used the next size shorter cap and that solved it. Those caps are kinda picky about being matched up to the correct thickness of leather. You are useing the pull the dot studs arn't you?

I meant to follow this up but forgot so here it is: I placed my order over the phone in the morning and it shipped the same day via UPS. My order contained a gallon of oil so it had to go UPS but Bob told me that he also ships Priority Mail. This is good to know because Priority Mail can save you a lot of money if your just placing a small order such as one spool of thread. You order one spool of thread from the places that I do biz with and they'll UPS that puppy almost doubling the cost of the single spool of thread.

2 weeks ago I got a 10 pk of brass chicago screws from tandy and cut one in half and it was solid brass. But I have seen differences between the quality between 10 pks and 100 pks in the past.

The Boss is an excellent machine, I used one for 12 years and passed it off to my son. I use an electric machine now but regret getting rid of the Boss. For someone one a budget that needs a manual machine that is versatile this is the one to get. The machine does have a learning curve but once you learn to use it and adjust it I think you'll love it. It can do belts but it'll wear you arm out. For me it was the “perfect” holster machine and tech support from Tippman is the best and friendliest there is. AND it's American made.