Colt W Knight

The 206 is mean, lean sewing machine. Love mine. It's 3-4 decades old now and still sewing like a champ

I am sewing along on my Consew 206, and run out of bobbin thread. So I stop what I am doing and wind a new bobbin. Put it in the machine, and get in close so I can stitch over my last three stitches. Wham- breaks the thread immediately. I did everything to fix this. re threaded, rewound a bobbin, new neddle, everything I could think of and it still cut the thread first or second stitch. Then, it started stitching into the same hole. WTF???? Turns out, I got in close to the table to see what I was doing, and my knee was pressing the damn presser foot lift. Im getting rid of that lever. This isn't the first time I have done something like this, and its always in the way. I am a fairly big guy, and the lever isn't positioned in a way that I can use it easily anyway.

I can't count the number of times I slipped using my big 6x48 belt sander and removed the ends of my fingernails. Doesn't take much when that 60/80 grit belt hits the end of your finger. Takes skin and all.

Cherry/walnut maul has been sold.

By the way, you can airbrush angelus acrylic leather paint on something to change the color. The problem is it will take a lot of coats to cover up the really dark background. You would need to apply numerous thin coats, but it can be done. I have actually done it on cowboy boots for a friend.

I don't normally like steam punk stuff, but that is a really nice hat. That guy does really nice work, and I don't think his prices are high for the quality. Most steam punk stuff I see is really crummy.

I'd love to have that machine

Yeah, you can't reproduce their property without their permission.

Tandy sell a version of their overstitch wheel that takes different rollers. I think I remember seeing one that looked similar to a saddle stitch. I don't know if they are still available or not, you will have to check online.

You are probably describing an overstitch wheel, which is designed to layout even spacing for hand stitching or make the stitches lay down nice and pretty after the piece has been stitched. In my opinion, if you want it to look stitched, you should stitch it.

I would be very interested in a metal makers mark.

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Awesome What are you using to attach the binder mechanism? It looks cleaner than the way I do it. I drill out the posts on a binder, and attach it with some # 6 brass screws and nuts, or SS.

Looks good to me. I am still toying with the idea of running the bolt all the way through the handle, but I really like the wood ends. I am going to start using a carriage bolt, and I started looking into to getting some custom medallions made to make a cap on the end so they look nicer.

When I strike a tool really hard with the nylon, there are no visible marks left. The ABS plastic will show marks if you hit it hard enough. My store bought maul is polyethylene or some form of polyethylene, and tools leave marks every time I hit it. Both materials seem to deaden the blow of the strike, so there is no bounce. The nylon makes a more audible noise than the plastic. I prefer the nylon so far, but the ABS is much easier to work with on the lathe and drill press.

Hello, I recently bought a bunch of materials to make myself some leather working mauls, and decided I would offer up a few for sale on the board to help cover my investment. I have been playing around with head material, handle shape, weight, and etc. and I think I finally have some nice mauls to share. Heads are approxiamtely 2" diameter and 3" long. Handles are ~7" long. Figured maple and mesquite handle - 18 ounces - $55 plus shipping Mahogany, figured maple, mesquite handle - 17 ounces - $55 plus shipping Cherry and Walnut handle with brass retainer and Stainless Steel through rod - 20 ounces - $60 ( This one has a larger diameter handle for those with big hands.

My latest mauls - I am starting to figure out the construction much better now.

I think I have the weight and brass problem solved. My brother casted me some 5.5 ounce lead weights. Now I can simply use a carriage bolt, lead slug, handle, and plastic to make a maul. Greatly reducing the labor of having to fabricate and polish the brass retainer 18 Ounces 20 ounces 17 ounces

I recently tried to get a 22 LR and couldn't find one. I wouldnt play with other things till you've done the simplest thing first

I have a 206, and I encounter this problem from time to time. 1. Leather quality, belly leather is bad to do this. 2. The needle is 1 size too big

Trademarks have to be enforced to hold any weight in court, and people recreating and selling those Stohlman designs for the last 50 years pretty much would kill any trademarked stuff they had. Copyrights are good for 95 years if made before 1978, and I don't know anything about copyright enforcement. One of the reasons I don't like floral designs that much is that most folk's stuff is pretty stale, and all looks the same or they traced it out of one of those old Stohlman books. Guys like Bob Park's tooling is so impressive, I don't mind the floral designs.

Nice straps. I know a lot of bluegrass cats, and I always enjoyed going to festivals.

I dropped some dye I mixed up and in an little cup, and it landed right next to my mostly white basset hound. The dye landed bottom of the cup down and splashed out like a geyser. Landing everywhere but on my basset hound. I couldn't believe, I thought for sure I was going to have a tobacco Brown spotted hound dog

Turned a few more handles tonight Curly Maple and Mesquite Mahogany, curly maple, and mesquite

I would be curious what yours weighs.