Jason046
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Would it work with a 25 or I would have to go up a needle
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I recently purchased a mini 441 sewing machine and I have a size 25 needle I'm using. I am looking for a bigger thread, basically for appearance. I am using a 346 right now and the thread is not very noticeable. Does anyone know of a bigger size thread I could use?
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Nice, thanks Mark I will check that out
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I am gluing 2 pieces of 8 oz leather. The bottom piece sometimes gets on the side that' showing. I have been using fiebings leathercraft cement and would wipe away the excess when it came through but would still occasionally leave a residue. Switched to barge but I guess I'm just going to have to be more careful where it' going. This is the kind of stuff I'm doing
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I am currently using barge contact cement and was wondering if you have to apply it on both sides. I am cementing 2 pieces of leather and the bottom piece is getting the residue. Does anyone know of a solution for this
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Thanks for the input, I have heard a ot of good things about the cowboy machines and that is what I was about to buy. Me having no experience in sewing machines and my wife with just sewing clothes I am leaning to the local distributor. The price for the cowboy 4500 and this machine are the same I would just have to pay for the shipping and would have to assemble. They are willing to let me try it on what I'm sewing and help me get going so I'm gonna give them a shot and compare what I have seen with the cowboy machines. Thanks for all the help
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For the most part I'm sewing 2 pieces of 8 oz leather together. I was meaning towards cowboy but there is an industrial sewing machine retailer in my area and most of all they sale is juki and Adler and some other chinese manufacturers. The plus with that company is them servicing and assisting with any problems along with hands on help when buying from them. The machine I'm looking at from them is equivalent to a cb 4500 but they are going to put a speed reducer on it to slow it down to help me with the turns. This is what we saw for the most part
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Thanks for the advice. The sewing machine company I went to had a machine with a servo motor that they were going to install a speed reducer on for us and let us try out. The servo motor was not slow enough for us to make all the turns precise enough. I was hoping for a cowboy 3500 but they don' sale that brand. I believe it' an Adler or juko
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Kinda what I was thinking. There is a industrial sewing machine company we checked out today and they let us try out some. All they sale is Adler, juki, singer machines. The plus with there stuff is they are there to help if I need it
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I was about to purchase a sewing machine and was looking at a couple different brands. Was wondering if anyone has used the tippman. Boss could give any info on if they liked it or should go another route
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Has anyone ever used the tippman boss they sale at Tandy. Any thoughts on going that route?
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Thanks, great work Scott
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Thanks, yea that is kinda what I'm worried about. I will check out that link.
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Thanks for the info guys, I will look into that machine. Willing to spend more to get what will work best, this is the majority of what we are sewing
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I am thinking about getting a sewing machine to help speed up our work. For the most part we are sewing 10 oz. Leather to 8 oz. Leather. I like the way the thick wax thread looks just takes too long. Was looking at getting a cowboy 3200. Any suggestions or recommndations would be appreciated
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Small world fire88, I read up on your posts and see you got a cb 3200. I have been researching a good machine to get and this is the one I think I have narrowed it down to. If you don' mind me asking how much was it for everything you needed here and what do you think about it. I really like the heavy thread and how my stuff looks hand sewn. Was hoping for a close match
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Thanks, I will give that a try
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I am trying to find the best dye to paint on top of. I am using fiebings dye and painting on it with Angelus paints but it always takes more coats than I would like to cover. I have seen videos of people painting over they're dyed work with ease. Is there a trick to it?
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Does anyone have any suggestions for some good leather cement that won't leave a glaze on the dye. I am using the fiebings and if it seeps out onto the work even after I wipe it off it still leaves a glaze where it came out
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Thanks, I have neglected the painting aspect because my wife does all the painting. She has done this for awhile so I feel more comfortable with her doing it unless it's simple. So much time goes into a project I usually don't want to risk ruining it. But I need to start putting in some work on painting too
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I never have a problem painting white over the black, just the red dye. But I do notice even after the first coat of resolene on red dye I still have dye coming off when I apply the second coat of resolene. Probably need to keep the process going till no more dye is coming off with the resolene
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I like to use a soft cloth to put the resolene on and wipe it on. Then buff it off a few hours or overnight. Then apply again. That's been working for me
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We do fire department leather too. Lol. Small world. Started up our own business and still run into problems here and there. Always trying to find better ways to do things
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Yea, I have worried about the paints sticking to the dye after resolene is on
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Cool, sounds good. So the resolene should work too right. Maybe just need to let it seal longer