Colt W Knight

I got a random message from a gentlemen wanting a coal mine theme guitar strap for his dad for Christmas. I don't really take orders, but I thought this could be fun since I use to be a coal miner.

A great friend of mine asked me who she should contact to make her husband a pair of chaps. He is a working rancher in San Angelo Texas, and I know him pretty well. He wouldn't want anything flashy. Just a great fitting lair ofnchsls with their brand, and probably some tooling around the waste. When I lived in Laramie, WY there was a leather shop that specialized in chaps and and did some outstanding work, but I can't remember the shop name. Suggestions?

As long as the holster material is panty hose - I say go for it.

I have a 206, and that isn't a 206. But I do believe it is a 226 or corresponding seiko

Adler has some pretty techy stuff out now

I have to agree. That machine is worth $1000 in great condition used, but its on the high side of the market. I bought mine for 450$ in heavily used condition, and I considered that a real bargain. A consew 1206 is 1095$ new https://www.tolindsewmach.com/consew-p1206rb.html

I took a job as the state livestock specialist and animal science professor for the University of Maine. By the way, I earned my Masters Degree in San Angelo, Texas.

Beautiful piece. My hands hurt just looking at all those stitches/laces.

I made this for a friend who helped us move to Maine.

I bought one from Ebay a few years ago. Consew 206s are exceptionally popular, so parts are redily available. I think Ive bought most of my parts from Bob Kovar at Toledo Industrial Sewing supply.

I use my Consew 206rb-1 all the time, and I have maxed it out a lot sewing 3/8" veg tan materials. It will sew what you mentioned without hesitation.

It was my understanding the warranty on these clone machines were only through the dealer.

So far, I have had the best luck ordering from Hide House.

Chinese Tariffs hit these clones machines pretty hard. Im not sure how the new trade deal with China will change the prices in the future.

These companies have to enforce their trademarks. If they do not have a record of enforcing their trademarks, they can loose them all together. Gibson and Fender guitars lost their guitar body shape trademarks when they let importers copy their stuff for too long.

Doing leather, you can simply oil it manually before you use it. Especially sewing slow. In a factory, where its running shifts at max speed, I am sure it wouldn't last long. Or just order the missing part. Lots of parts around for Consew 206.

I transported a machine in table one time, strapped down well, and vibrations broke all the welds on the table cross members and reinforcement bars. Head was fine. I would never do it again. Now I am imagining all the screws backing off and falling off on the highway. Man I got lucky.

The capabilities of old Singer domestic machines are greatly exaggerated on the internet. I am not sure why. Some folks are trying to sell the machines, some folks are repeating bad info, and some folks are just out right making stuff up. Other than the obvious size limitations to how thick they will sew, and the size thread they can use, I found that those old machines have a real issue keeping stitch length even when working on actual projects. Sure, they will sew the mandatory test piece just fine, but when it comes to actually manipulating the leather around, sewing corners, and etc. the domestic machines fall apart quick.

Once you get the machine, don't forget you can always call Bob for help. I have been dealing with Bob for several years now, and he has great customer service.

The RB-1s were made in Japan, and they had gun metal gray finish. Looks like a lot of levers, dials, and covers are missing from this casting.

I don't know anything about the dealer, but I very happy with my Cowboy sewing machine

Windham Cub December 22, 2018 · Sorry about not posting. Weaver Leather has purchased the rights to produce the Windham Cub from us. They are a much larger company and I expect will be able to produce the Cub in larger quantities than we can. This will be good for you the consumer. Not sure when production will be up and running yet but it should be soon. Weaver Leather is based in Ohio and they are a wholesaler so I expect the machines will be available through their retailers. Advertisements for the Cub should be out soon. For more info you can contact me, Tony Luberto at " classiccub (at) frontier (dot) com. Ignore the linked Frontier below.

I have one of their rivet presses I bought a few years ago. Worked great, and no problems with shipment

My dad had one almost just like that. Super comfy saddle

My Consew 206 discs wore a groove/channel through the tension discs that were causing all sorts of sewing issues. I replaced them, and all was well again. I am assuming these were the originals, so 30-40 years old