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Looks to have a clutch the switch on the table appears to be the clutch style on off and the ad does not say servo

Well I found an ad for a 111W155 for 400$ running and can be tested.

I will be doing the same. The seller seems to not answer questions so must have sold any way

Here is a closer shot

I love the look of this pull up leather. cheaper because of defects but I am still new so no need for fancy leather. Now to get to work.

Each millimeter is .03937 of an inch. But as others have stated just get a metric ruler or tape and have at it

I can see your point there. And this would be a cheap way into the machine world. I guess I should talk to the seller and take a ride to test it out. I was hopping to find a 111W155 to have the walking feet. But I could always resell this one if I find a better machine.

Thanks. Little less of a machine than I want for the future, maybe I should just save up and buy the cowboy machine that will do most any project I can see my self doing

Looks great

There is a craigslist post about 2 hours away from me for a Singer 111w150 for 150 bucks ad states the seller is retiring and wants the space. Looking on line in the "list" of Singers i did not find a w150? But for sewing bags wallets and accessories do you think is would be worth a look and a test run? Thanks for any input.

Thanks I was worried about that as I could not find much information about that model

I have found this machine listed about an hour and a half from me and was wondering about the value on it the seller is asking 850$ I cant seem to find a lot of information about this model yet. I want to sew holsters so would this be a heavy enough machine? Thanks for any input Dave

Weldwood is the glue I use. Auto correct made it into redwood.

I should be able to and get the time to mold the holster this next week. Between regular job, bbq catering on the side and a girlfriend I don't get enough time on the leather bench. There will be more updates that should clean up the questons very soon. For the glue issues I did not deglaze the lining leather well enough and the redwood to had some spotty adhesive spots. Then when trying to fix it I got some glue on the rough out side of the liner causing "stains" in swade

Well here it is stitched up. Had some glue and stitch issues but getting better with each run. And the back.

Ok got the backer all glued up and the flesh out liner on the outboard side. Of the here it is. As you can see it has a good arch which is what I was after. Got to stitch it up and then onto the spacers and holster.

Exactly my plan. Save space and keep costs down for now. Use the savings to fund more projects and practice pieces.

Here is the "backer" all glued up with the kydex ribs in place.

I did not care for how my first try came out on the pocket holster for a scamp. I changed the design today and started version two. Here is the pattern with the tracing paper over it to make the competent parts of the holster patterns. Here is the backer that will keep the gun from printing once in the pocket. It is a piece of 11/12 oz skived to take kydex strips that I will mold into a curve to keep the backer curved. the strips will be covered with flesh out liner leather create friction in the pocket. The holster will be attached to the "backer" with Chicago screws.

I took 3 semesters of drafting in high school two of architectural and one mechanical. Used boards like this one the last year. We only had a few of them though. So had to do it the old way most of the time. I was a mechanical designer for 8 years and used CAD on the computer to for everything. It is nice to get back to basics I don't have a ton more space that I can use for leather work right now so the space saving of making the table dual purpose will help in the long run.

I found a drafting board on Facebook market place for 100 bucks. It was in great shape and all there. It is a full "e" drawing size board so it is 38" x 50" think I will add a plastic top that is removable so it can de dual purpose. Patterns and cutting table just by adding the cutting board.

It is the direction I will go in the future. I will also be digitizing the patterns and may even draw new ones on the computer. But I want to get competent to at hand work first before I spend huge money. Last week I went to a manufacturing trade show for Machining for work but spent a few minutes talking to high end later guys and liked what I saw.

I see that Barge cement offers a thinner, guessing this could be used. I have only used small bottles of weld wood contact cement so far. Just ordered a quart to save money but need some storage jars with the applicators to help prevent the same issue your having.

I like it. Once I get a pile I will have to do something similar

That is where I may end up! I have a few different sized guns to try this with so a flat plate might be the best route.