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  1. coma44
    I have found this Juki 555 in craigs list not to to far from me, seems like a good price. But is this enough machine for holster making? https://providence.craigslist.org/tls/d/portsmouth-juki-industrial-sewing/6859504639.html Thanks for any input. Fave
  2. coma44
    Looks awesome. I need to make something like that for my bike once I get better at leather craft stuff thanks for the inspiration
  3. coma44
    nice work
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    Great work, I hope to get half that good some day. I love the ostrich, how hard is ostrich leather to work with? Thanks for the inspiration
  5. coma44
    looks great to me
  6. coma44
    incredible work
  7. coma44
    Very nice work. I like the design also.
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    Grain side
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    And two medium coats on the grain side. I bought the regular (cheap) dye for my first several projects so the dye job might be better but over all I am happy for a first try. It won't let me add the next picture yet so more later.
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    Then I put some dye on the flesh side or the inside of the holster
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    I did some more work this weekend on the holster for my flashlight. Cut out the pattern for the front and back and then cut some leather. it is going to take some practice with the knife and I think some tweeking on the sharpness of the stock razor knife I have to help me cut smoother lines and curves. I have a good set of wet stones just going to make a guide to hold the razor blade at correct angle so I can Polish the edge to perfection.
  12. coma44
    nice work.
  13. coma44
    This is a beautiful piece of work, and it is exactly the level I wish to get to some day. Thanks for sharing.
  14. coma44
    good looking work.
  15. coma44
    That is a good one too. I watched part of it last week and forgot to get back to it.
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    The "drafting board" is a 29$ cheap one from amazon it is a "foreign" A3 size board but that means it just fits the 11 x 17 graph paper. The good thing about the metric system is it is whole numbers no fractions to convert so it takes out a step. https://www.amazon.com/Multifuctional-Ergonomic-Adjustable-Stationary-Architectural/dp/B07H3QFRZ1/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1548970016&sr=8-5&keywords=a3+drawing+board I am a prototype machinist so converting numbers is something I do everyday all day, it is now automatic for me. But doing this stuff I can see the metric system being faster. Less mental gymnastics on numbers means I can pay attention to the design and procedures better.
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    I like that Idea as well. This place is full of people who like to think, and that is rare these days
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    I have the hand stitching book and the leather tools book from Stolman still reading the stitching one and only skimmed the tool book so far, the cases book on the list, but right now I have enough to learn with stitching and pattern making for holsters and all things gun related I will be some time before I make any cases. Yea I want the light to be secure but would like it to snick in and out so that was the reason for holding off on the stitch lines, at least until I got my head wrapped around how to get there. French curves are indeed called Freedom curves here .....I had given mine away 30 odd years ago when i finished High School drafting class, so i bought a cheap set on amazon.
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    That is exactly why I stopped last night, I could have pushed through and finished but, once i looked at the picture this morning I saw two places I want to make improvements. Also since I did not remember the exact steps i saw in the video last week I figured give it a rest and get the correct information, you end up wasting less time this way in my experience building things. And thanks for the tip on double checking the stitch lines with the pattern I will use that for sure. Dave
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    My Dad taught me this long time ago, basically he said pay attention to how people do things, especially when you see failures. Welcome, and again my dad said work with people you will learn more.
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    I would agree on that whole statement I have seen this with most of the "Video guides" in just about every topic you can name. But for me I have to at least see the methods other people use. So after watching about 10 videos this one helped the most to wrap my head around laying out the stitching lines. Just watched it again at break and figured out how I plan to get there. https://www.learnleather.com/shop/perfect-holster-stitch-line/ You would be past this is my guess so be ready to fast forward some of the video. The video explained it well and I think my adapted method will be good. Basically he started with a base line he calls zero and marks every thing out from there to get his stitch lines for the trigger guard side of the holster. Since the flash light is round with only one diameter change I will be working off the center and usung one half of the measurement split on center (quarter each side of my center line of the flashlight). since I measured this with the same leather I will be using mathematicaly it should be correct. But if you see any flaws please feel free to let me know, I like learning as much as I can and I am willing to listen to pointers. This leather game gets expensive fast but so far I am cheaper than buying what I want to make.
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    Yea I am working on that part before I make the "stitch lines" and cut the pattern up to make the separate pieces of the pattern. Have to watch the video again to be sure I am doing the stitch pattern correct. Also looking at the picture I think the bottom needs to be stepped in a little glad there is these fancy erasers now a days.
  23. coma44
    I like it. would be a good project for myself to do
  24. coma44
    looks awesome. nice work
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    close up
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