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I am interested in the single shoulders......will look forward to pics......what is the weight? Good enough for guitar straps?

Cowboy 3200 from Neels .............. Ferdco 206 HL from Hoffman Brothers

Wow........absolutely beautiful!

Nice job.......I like the color combos.......Nothing better than making the FIL happy!

Hello All........I have a bobbin winder question.........I have a Cowboy 3200, and with it came a cheap bobbin winder that sits on the side.....I have adjusted it to ad nauseam......here is my problem, or maybe this is just what it is..... I believe it is correctly threaded (through the hole, around the disc, over the "field goal post", and onto the bobbin).....when I begin the winding, the first three or four "winds" go perfectly. Then, the thread gets stuck in a corner and I have to move it manually with my finger to move it along. From that point forward, I need to watch the corner carefully, and it never continues to wind perfectly. Am I doing something wrong here? This can't be rocket science..... * are there better ones on the market? I have seen some of you have made your own winder......does they work any better? I see that they are just a version of the bobbin winder with an external motor.......Thank you and any advise and help would be greatly appreciated............Don

That is one beautiful piece of machinery........! Just sayin'!

Thanks........My first time using Wickett & Craig bridle.... I have worked with Horween Chromexcel, Herman Oak tooling, Veg tan tooling ..... what a treat the Wickett & Craig bridle was to work with.......

That is very nice........a pancake holster for my Glock 22 .40 is on my short list.....Nice work Don

Thank you all for the compliments.....yes, all three are lined with a 2-3 oz. Horween horse chromexcel.

That is very, very nice........

That is a great re-purpose of an old knife block........nice!

Thanks........Not my first machine as I have several.......with that being said, it would be my first experience with setting up a machine head to a full working table mounted machine......My route might be to find a inexpensive, used total set-up that has a machine head that I don't use, but a servo motor and trade it out......anyway, thank you.....I was just checking to see if it even is a possibility.....Don

Just out of curiosity, what would be involved with getting a table, motor etc. set up with this machine.......if one was to just buy the head........thanks..........Don

Well done!

Finally had some time to finish up a couple of items.... one for a friend and a couple for customers......A guitar strap out of Wickett & Craig English bridle....Another stamped one out of veg tan. .... and a basketweave belt with a Wages Sterling overlay buckle set for a good friends 50th.....Thanks for looking.........Don

I second the advise from Bob.......casing is one of the most important steps, if not the most important, when stamping leather......dyeing, oiling, etc all fall into place if the stamping is executed with properly cased leather.

I also have the 3200 and when I do backstitch, I get a "birdsnest" as well....sometimes a nicer looking one than other times........I too have begun to leave thread long enough and saddle stitching 3-4 stitches back....I have spoken to Ryan Neel and he has suggested that you need to make sure to have the needle down in the magterial before reversing......The top always looks acceptable, but the underside is less than acceptable for me......I will continue to practice with it to see if I can find the magic formula.............Don

Very nice ... Are you going to mount it to a board/table of some kind? great work!

This youtube video really helped me in understanding and in what kind of time is needed........

Nice, very nice......I do a fair amount of business with Maverick Leather.........good to know they have ball glove leather.

Let me know........I have considered a stall mat to go on top of my bench

Looking for poundo board larger than 12"x24" ..... I've seen vids and photos of guys with their bench top covered in poundo, or what looks like poundo.......and maybe theirs is 12"x24" pieced together.......or all together something other than poundo.......thanks for any and all help and advice.......Don

I have bought the premium veg tan double shoulder tooling and was very happy with it......sorry but can't say for the Herman Oak.......they were very easy to deal with for me.

Yep.......I too am slowly replacing my older USA craftools with Barry Kings.......They really do make a difference in most applications...Nice belt!

I line mine with a 2-3oz Horween Double Horse Front......