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Hi thanks for the good comments . Your not wrong they do take a bit of working out but I have it sorted now . So If you ever decide to make yourself one . I won’t mind if you wanted to pick my brains and I’ll try to explain how I did it . Thanks again .

hope these few photos help you .

Thanks for the compliment AndyNext . It took me a while to work out and make the patterns but got it sorted in the end . I have now got a set of paper patterns for my cartridge bags so if you need to pick my brains on how the bags are made . I’m no expert but ill try to help you out . Ok

Hi I made the underside of the seat in 2mm steel plate using a paper pattern I made and cut out . Welded in bolts and then riveted a piece of 2mm thick leather about 50mm wide around the underside of the steel plate and then glued on about 30mm thick hard foam. I carved the design on the leather that was cut out roughly the size +about 3” bigger of the seat then wetted the leather stretched it and bulldog clipped it around the edge of the seat . Waited for it to dry then glued it on. stitched round the edge and trimmed of the excess. Slicked the edge and dyed it and whala you have a seat . Hope this helps you if you decide to make one. I’ll try and put on a underside photo of the seat later . Ok Ps when making your carving design just draw one side of it then trace it . Turn the tracing paper over and trace the other half . Photocopy the complete tracing paper design and wala you have your design ready to go.. I have put on another seat I made with a different design on it . Ok I’ll stop boring you now . Ha ha

Custom motorcycle seats and shotgun cartridge bags just do my leather work as a hobby in my spare time

Hi I went to their showroom and went to their warehouse to pick up my machine . Nice people to deal with. I have found the 3200 will stitch a lot thicker leather and can use a lot heavier threads than the old singer 45k . It never misses a stitch and has the advantage of the walking foot design . Ha ha I should be a sales rep for them .

Hi that’s where I got my 3200 machine . They were Very helpful they also got me all the attachments for it too . I owned a Tippmann boss i found it ok but very temperamental so it had to go then I got a windham cub sent in from the USA .and had problems with the cam and timing on it . So that went as well . Now got the singer 45k . A lovely reliable machine but have now upgraded to the cowboy 3200 machine . So my old singer 45k will probably be up for sale now .

There’s not much in it. both machines mark the leather a bit depending on what foot attachment is fitted . And must admit hand operating machines keeps you Fit . But I only use them occasionally as it’s one of my hobbies . Very stress reliving Ho and good excise .

My cowboy 3200 sold by HM Hightex based in Colchester Essex UK I paid nearly £2000 for it and converted it to hand operation . I also have singer 45k and that is also converted to hand op.

My singer 45k converted to hand operation

Thanks for the info on sending photos . Here’s my machines

Sorry still not sure what I’m doing sending photos of my cowboy 3200 which cost me nearly £2000 and my singer 45k . The cowboy is sold over here in the uk by the HM Hightex company in Colchester Essex

Hi I will try to get some photos of my cowboy 3200 on here for you but I’m new to messaging on this site and haven’t be able to work out how to do it yet as it keeps saying it’s to many MB’s when I try to send pictures. but when I do find out how to do it I’ll put some on . Ok Paul

Hi again I think I have worked out how to send photos now so I will take some photos of my cowboy 3200 and put them on for you later .ok Paul ps the photos I have tested it with is a few cartridge bags and motorcycle saddle I made and stitched up on my hand powered cowboy 3200 machine .

Hi I will try to get some photos of my cowboy 3200 on here for you but I’m new to messaging on this site and haven’t be able to work out how to do it yet as it keeps saying it’s to many MB’s when I try to send pictures. but when I do find out how to do it I’ll put some on . Ok Paul