How I Make A Belt.

[Blak Smyth]

Wonderful video, I watched it without sound. Very impressive on all accounts.

[hornm]

Good looking belt there chief. Definately going to have to stop by your place here in the near future and check out your collection of "toys".

Horn

[Leather by LOU]

whats the trick to sew around the belt tip? I new to machine sewing, just got a consew 206 rb 5

first thing i would suggest is getting a drop down edge guide. that is a very worthwhile investment! $125 will really help you hit your stitches where you want. I have modified my consew in with a speed reducer and also modified the servo motor optic to have a much larger range of speed control from and absolute crawl to bobin winding speed without adjusting the servo programming. the more work you put into your machine to make it more user friendly will push you to want to use it and will also greatly increase your craftsmanship. Feel free to message me if you would like more specifics. All of the mods i have done I have found on this forum and if you cant find them I could help you locate them. But as of 1 year ago I was using a stock consew 206rb5 and my learning curve was quite slow. I invested 300-$400 in operational upgrades and now work with a machine I am excited to turn on every day. Everything I do can be done without these upgrages but it sure makes it more enjoyable and also has a larger room for error.

Good looking belt there chief. Definately going to have to stop by your place here in the near future and check out your collection of "toys".

Horn

Your welcome to stop by anytime! we had a great meetup last saturday prolly close to 13 people. hopefully it continuers to grow.

[Leather by LOU]

whats the trick to sew around the belt tip? I new to machine sewing, just got a consew 206 rb 5

As far as technique with no investment, you could start by lining up your stitching with a stitching wheel so you know where your end placement will be. Just make sure to coordinate the stitches per inch on the machine with the stitches per inch on the stitch wheel. (i don't actually know for sure what the tool is called) I think its refered to as a stitch wheel. Same tool is used to get your spacing correct for hand sewing.

[hornm]

Figures I'd miss out on a good size meeting. Hopefully things keep their pace and we get a good steady group. If I can get my errands done on Sat I'll try to give you a call to see about wandering over.

Horn

[abn]

Nicely done -- both the video and the belt! It's always fascinating to watch how others work to see similarities and differences in techniques, etc.

[Leather by LOU]

Sounds good. I'm in production mode so feel free I'll be working!

[CanadianGirl]

Your work is amazing.

Can I ask for a little more detail about how you did the lining? Was it pigskin? How did you fold it over? It looks like you folded and glued the edges down? Thank you!

[nrk]

This is a link to a new video I made for a new belt.

www.portlandcustomleather.com

Hi, liked the color of the belt.

Would you please share the dye used and some finishing steps done on this project?

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[jus10]

Should belt edges be beveled or left square ?

Great vid makes me want a sewing machine