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Colt W Knight

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  1. Forum member RiverCity makes some pretty impressive cue cases. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=58870
  2. I have had several years where I made all my Christmas gifts. Last year was one of those years. This year, I don't have the time to make any.
  3. I have a foot pedal setup on mine for reverse, but I would prefer a locking lever.
  4. Love that big thread. My little consew runs great, and saves me a ton of time. However, I am limited to 138 thread.
  5. My consew 206 will back stitch into the same hole, I have horrible time with it either cutting the previous thread or birdnesting underneath.
  6. I have the too many hobbies problem. I have a new rule. I don't start any new hobbies that don't pay for themselves. Fortunately, my firearm and photography hobby began before my rule was enacted. They get grandfathered in. I like that celtic looking bear. It looks very neat.
  7. I have a really old Consew 206. I was all set to order a 4500 and a I had to spend my sewing machine money on some emergency stuff.
  8. I was thinking when I talked to Neel about this machine, he was saying 5-6 ounce is the lower limit of the machine.
  9. I have this same problem with my machine on thin leather.
  10. Routers spin very fast, and are much more powerful than a dremel. If the leather was somehow to get tangled in the bit, it wouldn't end well for the user. That being said, you can make a new baseplate for the router, and use setup a similar jig and pretty nice results. I have seen enough things caught in routers to have a healthy respect for their destructive force.
  11. Flat bed is definitely a disadvantage if you plan to sew anything that isn't flat.
  12. I have some weaver master tool punches, and they very high quality. Never going back to inferior quality leather tools.
  13. Makes sense. When I run that thread, it rips and frays eventhough the same machine with the same setup will sew white the same size without issue.
  14. I have a spool of black thread that wont feed through my 206.
  15. Well the RB-5 is made in China, and has a different style forward/reverse lever. The RB-1 is made in Japan. The RB-1 is built like a tank, so I can't imagine the 5 being more HD. Its just the latest model. The 206s are advertised as being able to sew 207 thread, but You have to fuss with the machine a lot to get them to work with thread that large.
  16. I have a Consew 206RB-1. It sews light-medium weight stuff like a dream. It will sew up 138 thread without a hitch. I can not get mine to sew with thread larger than 138 worth a flip though.
  17. Sounds like old grease from the description.
  18. I had a Singer 66, that I put a larger motor on. It would only sew very thin leather, and even then, the stitches were too close together. Best to use that machine for sewing cloth, IMO.
  19. Thanks guybell
  20. Thanks Bill
  21. Thanks Bob.
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