Dusty2119

Ok so I've never actually even carved a sheridan style pattern at all (still saving up to order a set of Barry King tools). But while saving up I figured I might try my hand at drawing a pattern so here is my first attempt at it (I hope it even qualifies as sheridan) I can point out some spots that I can tell look bad. The whole upper right seems out of place with the sudden stop of the stem and the position of the flower. My petals need alot of work and my stems as they seem to get skinny in spots. After getting it drawn up I think I could have made it look better if it was rotated to its side and then rotated the bottom right flower to face right side up (If that made any sense). Any critique and pointers are greatly appreciated as I need all the help I can get. P.S. - The scanner didn't take well the first time so I tried to trace it in pen so sorry for some of the ink bleed.

Congrats. I just ordered one a week ago (Class 4). I have got to say that Steve has got to be the best help I have ever had out of any sort of purchase I've ever made and I'm glad to do business with him and wish him the best of luck with his new business. The wait is already killin' me though but the machines sound like they're gonna look great.

Great work. Like the colors. P.S. - Get some new heel caps on those boots quick!!! lol.

A good poly should have a firm/hard twist and not be soft and mushy. To be honest the stuff I've gotten recently needs to be hand retwisted (Later, I'll see if I can't post a before and after picture from the rope I'm working on right now) to get it hard enough. It needs to have a good lay to it though so that your body isn't twisting up really bad. It also needs to be a split film or fibrillated (same thing I think) and not monofiliment. As far as curing, thats just untwisting all your strands and letting them sit for a little while to make sure they don't twist back up on you.

I think I've made my decision and I think I'm gonna go with the 4000. I got to thinking about the flat bed and came to the conclusion that it might hinder me on other projects other than chaps whereas I can always buy or build a flat bed attachment that I can remove for projects that are easier to sew with just the cylinder bed.

I'm looking for a machine to sew chaps and other medium to meduim/heavy projects on and was wondering if the Artisan Toro 4600 is a good machine or if anybody here has used it? I've heard alot of hype about the toro 3000 but I don't want to have to try and stuff a legging through that 9" opening. Any comments or suggestions? Also I'm not into any big production so I'm not needing anything to stitch rediculously fast either if that makes any difference.

I braid myself and ironically enough talked through email to Bruce in the past quite a (not sure if he remembers) and he helped my tremendously. My name is Josh Duvall and I'm no big time braider but I braid for myself and my buddies. Maybe one of the reasons I really haven't tried to market anything is for the same reason bruce said, the right kind of poly is really really hard to find anymore. Supreme Western Products out of grand prairie texas used to supply the best that I knew of but I've only gotten one spool from them because they aren't that great to deal with. If you don't mind taking th time to really divide up strands then Erin rope company is another good source for good poly just make sure you ask for split film when you order it from them. Really the braiding isn't that hard to learn and braiding really isn't a hard thing to do but it does get hard on your hands after a while. Lacing can be frustrating at first but it's not too hard to get the hang of. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.