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  1. Colt W Knight
    Not all acrylics are water based, but as far as I know, all the acrylic paints geared towards leatherworking are water based.
  2. Colt W Knight
    This did not yield any results for me.
  3. Colt W Knight
    Since you said purses, buy a cylinder arm, you will not regret it.
  4. Colt W Knight
    +1
  5. Colt W Knight
    Number 1 - properly casing your leather will make a world of difference on the quality of the impression and the ability to get good, clean, consistent marks. Some cheap cheap geometric stamps like basketweave are made crooked from the factory. I have a Tandy craftool weave stamp that you can't keep in lined up in an area much bigger than 2"
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    Yikes. That doesn't sound very fun. Have you called Ron over at Techsew to see about some customer support? I use a #23 leather point needle to sew #138 thread in leather.
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    I can't get my Consew 206 to sew 207, I have to use 138.
  8. Colt W Knight
    Something that I learned the hard way is that, I only do 2 light coats of neatsfoot oil. Then I have to force myself to let it sit for a day to absorb evenly through the leather. If I try to apply enough oil that it gets soft right away, then its basically soaked and changes the color.
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    Looks like it was dry sponged
  10. Colt W Knight
    I have this on my consew 206. great addition to my machine
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    I had to step up a few sizes to sew biothane material on my machine. i wasted a lot of thread till I got that one figured out.
  12. Colt W Knight
    I thought I read that cobra steve had to have surgery recently.
  13. Colt W Knight
    The secret service use to carry sub machine guns in a similar rig. I believe they used Uzis and not Macs though.
  14. Colt W Knight
    If its a consew 226 copy, I think 400 is a steal. best of luck.
  15. Colt W Knight
    I would imagine the hobby leather worker is about .02% of companies like Consews business, so they probably just ignore us for the most part.
  16. Colt W Knight
    7640 Or 764C?
  17. Colt W Knight
    Howdy I had an orange biothane collar on my Beagle from the time he was a pup til he died.
  18. Colt W Knight
    My consew 206 has two alignment dots. One on the pulley wheel and one on the machine casting you need to align to remove the bobbin easily.
  19. Colt W Knight
    I use the red label Weldwood. I haven't had any reason to stop using it.
  20. Colt W Knight
    IS that like a roller, or more like an English wheel?
  21. Colt W Knight
    Im keeping mine to sew Garment leather and smaller stuff when I upgrade to a big machine, but I am a bit of tool hoarder.
  22. Colt W Knight
    Was the saddle made in Arizona or Texas? Does the Logo have a steer head? Without seeing it in person, I would value it around 500$
  23. Colt W Knight
    When I bought my consew 206, which can sew 3/8" leather, I thought to myself - I can't imagine needing to sew more than 3/8" of leather. I didn't have the machine 2 weeks before I was needing to sew more than 3/8" leather.
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    If you want to sew more than 3/8" leather, I think you will be hard pressed to get a used machine for 600$. Medium duty machines do pop up occasionally for that price though.
  25. Colt W Knight
    Leatherworking is not a cheap hobby. I got into it wanting to make a few simple guitar straps. Now I have thousands of dollars worth of stuff.
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