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That's what mine looks like mlapaglia. Have you noticed your needle guide hitting your prseer foot at all? And thanks Billy for explaining what all you fixed, you obviously described it better then I could!

Looks good, I love the color. I also like the idea of people giving ammo with the guns they drop off, I might make that a requirement!

The thread and needle is the same that I had before the 277/207 (I'm pretty sure thats what it is). As far as the the bobbin, he just took his time winding it keeping it exactly the same back and forth. I'm not the best at describing it, but hopefully you get what I'm saying. He also wound it tighter then I did.

It's hard to really list what all he fixed up, but he pulled a lot of it apart and cleaned and oiled it. The thread I was using was part of the issue because I think it was really old. He rewound my bobbin which he did much better then how I did it. And lastly he ground a little off the inside of my presser foot because the needle thing (needle guide maybe?) was hitting the presser foot occasionally. All in all the thing operates more smoothly now and it sounds completely different, it sounds smoother if that makes sense. And an added bonus was getting to pick his brain about his holsters which I also got to see in person and I can say his leatherwork is amazing. I felt bad eating up half of his morning because he had people constantly in and out of his shop and you could just tell he was busy, but he didn't make me feel rushed and he took his time getting it running smooth. Just an awesome guy. And his shop has everything a leatherworker could dream of having! I can't wait to make a holster with this thing and give my hands a break. Thanks again.

I just wanted to hop on and thank everyone for the tips and help with my Tippmann. I just got back from McCabes Custom Leather in Altoona where I got to meet Billy and see his shop (which I'm very jealous of), and he got this thing running like a champ in less than 2 hours. It's not often someone takes time away from their work to help another person out but once again this forum and the people on it are awesome! Thanks again Billy!

Here it is. Not something I would carry, but it's what they wanted

Thanks for all the tips everyone but I'm going to take a ride to Altoona and have Bill show me how to use this thing. I'm looking forward to learning from him!

Great looking holsters! I wish they allowed us to carry a 1911.

As always, awesome work!

I like it!

I may just take you up on that! I would like to have someone who knows what they are doing show me what I'm doing wrong.

If that was cheaper I definitely would!

That's what I needed to hear. Thanks ABN! And thanks for the replies. I will post pictures when I get it done.....maybe.....

I don't have access to an airbrush and didn't want to buy one just for this. I was thinking I would carve the stripes and then paint them with the acrylic paint but I've never done this before.

So I just got a request to make a holster and the person wants pink tiger stripes to match a Cerakote job on her pistol. I have never tried anything like this and was wondering if someone can give me some direction or tell me if it's even possible. I think the dye would bleed into each other so I was thinking carving the stripes and using paint. I have never used leather paint before so I don't know how long it would last on something like a holster. I've seen Pure Custom's holsters and his look awesome but I have no idea what he uses. Can someone give me some advice without beating me up too bad about the pink tiger stripes! Thanks, Brian

I will have to check my presser foot tension, and also my bobbin tension. I did wind the bobbin with a power drill and it may be too tight. I seriously feel like an idiot with this thing! I wish there was someone local that could give me a freakin tutorial on how to use it.

I have been very conscious to make sure I've been doing full up and down strokes and I just checked for play and didn't find any.

Here I am again on a Saturday afternoon trying to figure this machine out. I posted a while back and recieved a bunch of tips but I still can't get this thing stitching good enough to use on a customers holster! I will do a row of stitches to practice and it seems like the bobbin thread is ok for some stitches but then it's loose on other ones. The stitch length also seems to fluctuate. I just dot know what to do with this thing and my patience is running out quickly. I am considering getting rid of this and buying a cobra or artisan but I'm afraid if I can't work this thing there is no way ill be able to work something more technical! Here's some pics to show what I'm talking about. Someone please help! Thanks for the help, Brian Crowl

I finish with a neutral shoe polish.

If you're talking about the corners at the top, I have points there fo keep the holster from coming out of the pocket with the gun. I've done the same thing with other pocket holsters and it works well, and so far no problems with fraying.

Hey Josh, that's the stamp that Tandy sells. I think I paid $10 for it. Semper Fi! Brian

Lets see if this works. This is my first post with my IPhone and if the picture shows up you will see my first try at stamping. Made this for my 642 I just picked up.

Nice looking set, and I really like the color.

Very nice, I really like that 1911 holster!

I got them from the blue gun store when I ordered some blue guns.