westkyleather

I have bought all of my horsehides at Springfield Leather. I made a few 1911 holsters as well. The stuff I bought was 6/7oz horsehide belly, but it was narrower and shorter compared to cowhide bellies, but you can still get 2 or three nice holsters out of it. I'm sure there are better finishes, but I airbrush oil dye then apply 50/50 Resoline. Horsehide don't form and tool like cow, but that is my preference as well when I'm making one for myself.

I've been ordering from SLC for 5 years and I have always been satisfied! I live roughly 5 hours from there but I made a trip last year and was given a tour of the place ( It is huge! I believe the back rooms where they custom cut, and ship orders is larger than the showroom, and that's big). They sell exotic remnant hides by the lb. and I have always been impressed with what I get. About half is scrap for me, but the usable stuff big enough for sheaths or holster inlays is way more than enough to pay for itself. I order about 4 times a year and I couldn't be happier! If your picky like me, just give them a call and they will tell you if they have what you want, in the quality you like.

After talking to Bob this morning, it looks like my servo most likely got hit by lightning during a round of storms that came through. I should have had my machine on a surge protecter but I kept putting it off. I went ahead and ordered an FS-550 servo and went and got a surge protecter! lol lesson learned:) Thank you guys and Bob for the help to get me back up and going!

No luck. The servo is a TN-422B and when I hold the down button it goes to "set 0", I go up one, then hit the down button and it shows speed. But it doesn't save it. I guess I'll have to call Bob tomorrow and see if he can help me.

Thanks Tom! That is the instructions that came with the unit. I will try it out now! Thanks for your help.

Spending most of my day trying to figure this out, here is what I have noticed. When I press on the pedal to stitch, it blinks 300 then goes to 00. It was set to run as slow as it could. I have looked all over and can't find my servo manual. I'm thinking it may just need to be reset somehow. I have powered it off, unplugged it for about 2 hours. Nothing. I can't even find a manual online. I might have to put a hand crank on this thing:)

Hello leatherworkers! I'm new to chatting on this site but I have trolled it for years. I have a problem that I'm sure one of you can fix quickly. I have a Cowboy 3500 that I bought around 4 years ago and it has been an awesome machine. My problem is I left it powered up (didn't hit the off switch on the front) when I last used it about a week ago. I went to use it today and it will not work at all. I get lights on the servo motor and it looks like it is cycling, but it never shows a number like I've seen in the past. I honestly don't remember what it shows on the display because it has always worked and its tucked up underneath the table. The fuse on the servo is good. Anyone have an idea I can try? I'm sure it's something simple, but I'm stumped!