Tippmann Boss Feedback?

[Denster]

GEEZ!

By the time I use the thronging punches and hand punch all that, and then go back and stitch it, I've wasted a day! Well....... half a day anyhow! I've changed my quivers a bit last year...... the bottom part mostly. They still look the same basically, but made the bottom cup a little deeper.

Regardless, I can do slight modifications that will only be visual to accompany the sewing machine.

Bobby

I guess it would save you quite a bit of time. You wouldn't have to make much of a change as the cylinder bed on the Boss is 3" in diameter so just increasing the diameter a bit so it wouldn't drag as you rotated it sewing the top and bottom rollover welts would be enough.

I did think of a way you could close the back with the Boss. If you were to take a 1" wide strip of say 3OZ the length of the cup and glue it in overlapping the rear seam you could then stitch it parralel to the ends just above the rollover on the top and bottom and again top and bottom about 1&1/4" in from both ends. You would still have to punch the holes for the attaching thongs of course.

[highnoonhunter]

Oh...... I no longer do that style, although, I would possibly go back to doing that style edge along the openings, were I to get a Boss! LOL!

Here's a few pics of the newer ones with lacing around the edges, but you can see that I would still save lots of time with my stitching:

[Denster]

Wow! That is nice. You have changed the design a lot. Have to revise my estimate on stitching time. On the one you show the areas that are stitched I'd estimate could be done on the Boss in 20 to 30 minutes.

[highnoonhunter]

Wow! That is nice. You have changed the design a lot. Have to revise my estimate on stitching time. On the one you show the areas that are stitched I'd estimate could be done on the Boss in 20 to 30 minutes.

Thanks Denster!

The bear paw relief is not the norm. Just something custom someone wanted. But, I feel the Boss could/would open up more opportunities for me to do that kinda work, because most the time I turn it down, unless someone offers me a goofy price. I think I could offer to do more if I wasn't taking so much time doing stitching.

What number is your quiver? Does it have the fleece cinch?

[Denster]

Mine is #30 . No it doesn't have a fleece cinch.

[particle]

Oh...... I no longer do that style, although, I would possibly go back to doing that style edge along the openings, were I to get a Boss! LOL!

Here's a few pics of the newer ones with lacing around the edges, but you can see that I would still save lots of time with my stitching:

Cool! I love my boss, but look forward to the day I can afford a powered stitcher. The only thing I'd suggest you give serious consideration to - if you're sewing large items like that, you'll need one arm to cycle the action on the Boss, and the other to hold the item you're sewing.... How are you going to curl/maneuver such a large piece of leather as you stitch your item? It's easy enough to do with a small item like a holster (the only thing I sew right now), but I've still found some difficulty when it comes time to work with wide holsters and curling them to turn them as I stitch - the throat on the Boss is pretty shallow.

[Dwight]

The "Boss" takes a bit of getting used to if you have any experience with a "standard" sewing machine that does clothing material.

I still reach occasionally with my left hand behind the needle to lift the presser foot, . . . duh, . . .

The good side beyond the durability of the machine, . . . is the people who make them. Mine got out of time, . . . rythem, . . . and I got out of patience. Called Ben at Tippmann, . . . told him I needed help with a capital "H" and he said bring it on in.

Three hours later, my machine was sitting on his desk, . . . after a few of those doctor like, . . . "Hmmm"s, . . . "Ahhh"s, . . . and an "Uh Oh" or two, . . . he grabbed a battery drill and proceeded to disembowel my machine. When he stitched her back up, . . . she was sewing like she should.

Cost, . . . a hand shake, and a "Thank You". That is my kind of warranty, . . . my kind of service, . . . and they are my kind of people.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Shooter McGavin]

Sorry to revive a dead thread, but would anyone be kind enough to post some examples of stitchwork that has been done on the Tippmann Boss. maybe a few close ups of how the stitches themselves look front and back. Im seriously considering buying one this weekend after only a month of building holsters, but cant find anywhere that shows the actual stitch work it does.

Thanks in advance!

Dan

[Denster]

Go to the holster and knife sheath topic and look at some of Particles work. Those are all stitched on the Boss and are an excellent example of what can be done.

[particle]

Go to the holster and knife sheath topic and look at some of Particles work. Those are all stitched on the Boss and are an excellent example of what can be done.