chuck123wapati
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thank you guys..
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it is for his you tube channel lol. and probably Halloween too.
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Well here is my sons first dip into the leather pool with my help, its a work in progress and a first for me lol. Its a bugger teaching someone something you have no idea how to do. There will be modifications!!!
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Thank you right now i have some 3/8th closed cell foam in them i have a set of pads made out of leather that Dwight showed me how to make but i'm not finished forming them. whats nice is i can change them out. The GI type used felt pads in thiers.
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i was going that route but i also have in mind making a better foot with shallower teeth. The biggest problem i see with them is they are so rough they tear the top layer of leather all i have done so far is finish them better so they arent rough and sharp. the tension is at the very minimum
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Singer 29, worth the asking price?
chuck123wapati replied to Redbeeerd's topic in Leather Sewing Machines
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thank you Dwight or the great instructions and pattern here's the result, a bit of your pattern and a bit of the military pattern and my weird brain rolled into one lol. Its ambidextrous but my new pattern can be either side.
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after finishing i think they look like any other machine stitches. the turkey tracks are virtually unnoticeable also all i have done to the foot is smooth them off so they don't tear the leather, they were as sharp as sharks teeth lol. i will be fixing the foot more however.
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your making a matching belt and holster right? lol
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really nice work friend i need to get going on my old shooter.
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great idea !!!!
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thanks i will check that out.
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just thier catalog lol. i love a good catalog.
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thank you And they have a free book!!!!
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they are for the home machines 130/705 H LL 110/ 18 on the box. i can go up to the system 135 but haven't yet i saw they had some different shapes for the larger system and i will be doing that as i get the bugs worked out. I am shopping and researching on the thread exchange.
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thank you Wiz i had hoped you would add a word it is a Schmetz leather needle, i believe it is a tri point needle. thank you for the tip!! i was taught to sew on a machine as a boy but that was a looooong time ago so have have forgotten most of what my mom taught me and it wasn't leather lol. Once i wet formed it to the stock they pretty much closed up.
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here is my first try aside form the turkey tracks what do you think? the thread looks small for the hole but i haven't pounded it down. I used a shmetz 110/18 leather needle with tex 90 thread.
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Bee knife/sheath
chuck123wapati replied to MRknives's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
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i use a cotton buffing wheel to burnish the handles or as the pastor says a piece of canvas will work, clamp your knife blade in something and go to town like you would buffing a shoe.
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i can go slow enough to place the needle in a crease and still out sew myself ten times over. An edge guide is on the list as well.
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excellent!!!
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that's about what i am getting also but it isn't as reliable at that thickness as i would like it yet. That thickness would be great i would have a lot more options. I'll be getting the longer needles next as you can in your photo that thickness is almost up to the taper of the needle, on mine if i go any thicker it sticks and raises the foot
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Heck yea!!!
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Seems it works pretty well if you use it in lighter leathers. i see it as a way to get a better machine by utilizing it within its abilities. Then maybe mine will collect some dust too. lol but i doubt if i get it dialed in to a certain task i will get rid of it.
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thank you !!! i will .