Members leatherkind Posted March 21, 2013 Members Report Posted March 21, 2013 Since the last post i was trying to develop a stirrup plate best i can. Made a few prototypes just to find something wrong again. Or dimensions , or printing settings... or weather. While that I went to a hardware store to look for plate bolts with wider heads and lost one of mine there. Could not get new screw for two weeks and could not test the prototypes... it turned out that those throat plate bolts on Cowboy 4500 are 11/64 40t/in. the most unusual cut! and you can not get them anywhere! However, here is a good news. I finally ironed out most problems with the prototypes and learned how to polish ABS and how to use darn 3D software too. The bottom plates on the pic are my latest version. The stitch on the bottom looks very good and leather slides very well. I am now going to give them to one experienced leather worker for a test drive ans see what he has to say. The last version has a shorter needle slot then previous versions. Therefore the stitch length has to be limited otherwise they will interfere with the needle and the dog. Have a very nice day everyone. Quote
Members billymac814 Posted March 21, 2013 Members Report Posted March 21, 2013 Once you get them ironed out how much do you think you could sell them for? Quote www.mccabescustomleather.com
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted March 21, 2013 Moderator Report Posted March 21, 2013 Those plates look really nice, Leatherkind! I tried grinding the bottom of my stainless steel stirrup plate and couldn't remove enough steel to allow the feed dog to move freely. I almost cut right through the right edge! I still have to drop the feed dog to use it. It is probably going to snap under a heavy load. I have ideas for better plates and maybe your plastic parts can be models for a high-end Lapeer Michigan metal shop I have business dealings with. They can scan/copy a prototype part into the $10,000 CAD program they use and have several huge Haas computer driven milling machines that run constantly. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
MADMAX22 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Posted September 8, 2014 I know this is an old thread but Ive been out of the loop for a while. Was wondering if anything came of these new improved plates. Would like to pick one up if anyone is making them. Quote
Members Darren Brosowski Posted September 8, 2014 Members Report Posted September 8, 2014 Every new machine takes time to get used to. If leather sewing was easy then every idiot would be doing it so take it as a win every time you learn something new. It is possible to make custom feed dogs but the investment in tooling is scary. Quote
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