different approach to tippmann tension

[AlZilla]

9 hours ago, fredk said:

Hardly a 'best kept secret' but an under-used tool. Most of us have several in our tool drawers but rarely use them 

Well, not a best kept secret any more. That Bruce guy went and blabbed ...

Never heard of it before now.

[Dwight]

That was always a problem with me and and my holsters . . .  I had to sometimes stitch one piece of the holster . . . stop . . . turn it over . . . and stitch another piece . . .  so when it was done, the stitching ALL looked right from the "used" point of view.

Guess I'll try this next time . . . after I finish getting my 4500 settled on 6 stitches per inch.  I don't know how it happened . . . but somehow it got to where it was doing almost 9 . . .  and I had not done any adjustments.  I ruined a belt I made for a young lady from Hungary . . . had to make her a second one . . . 

Thanks  Bruce  for another bona fide "tip" that helps out.

May God bless,

Dwight

[badhatter1005]

Finally enough I use my over stitcher to mark stitching holes if I'm going to do manual stuff without a pricking iron.  I actually do have several in my drawer of different sizes. Now I know what it's actually for I'll try it and see how it works.

[dikman]

That is an interesting idea, using a fishing reel to control the tension. Could be more difficult to set up (and look funny) but a large baitcaster reel should work well, they generally have very good drag systems.

If I had a Tippman Boss I would do it, just 'cos......

[waynebergman]

Thanks Alzila for the info on the "back side stitch". Its good to know the look of the back side can be helped like this. My main issue with how the machine stitching looks with this thicker thread is the "Back Stitching" to lock the stitch, not so much the back SIDE of the project. I am hoping the thinner thread 207 and the smaller needles will help with the bulkyness of the appearance gives for the needed back stitching. I feel my hand stitching is looking like I want but for the projects I tend to work on but I still want to clean up the look of the back stitch that my machine gives before using it on anything other than testing. Thanks again Alzila, if I stay with this machine and I dont go back to hand stitching I will get the tool you recomend to clean up the back side of the project.........wayne

[waynebergman]

My Groz-Beckert 794 160/23 LR point needles arrived today and if gives the stitch I was looking and hoping for with the 207 bonded nylon thread. Shown on the test strap of nat veg tan 2.4mm with a pre dyed black kip at .8mm glued to its back side. The saddle tan dye side is the top side of my stitch and the black, the back side. I experimented with lock stitching with the boss at the top right and on the top left I lock stitched by using my hand stitching needles to give a final saddle stitch treatment for the last two stitches to lock in the stitching. Not sure if the hand stitch locking is worth the effort but perhaps a little cleaner looking....... Question please - is it needed to burn the thread after trimming after the lock stitch? Any other tips appreciated for the lock stitching as the maching stitiching process is new to me. Overall I am happy with this boss tippmann, it will speed things up a lot for some projects but perhaps not used on everything I try.  ......edit, my phots wont upload so not sure why, i have re resed them down to 1/2 mg each but no joy. I can try again perhaps another day........wayne

Edited October 2, 2024 by waynebergman
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