Double Layer Gun Belt Thickness

[Dwight]

I have been looking for about a month now at all the information about sewing machines. I would like to start to make gun belts to match the holsters I am making. Having gotten it crystal clear that there is not one machine to do everything I am really trying to assess what I would use the machine most for. I have made a couple using two layers of 8-9oz and final thickness was about .28 in. Im wondering if this is overkill and should I move to 2 layers of 5/6 oz. Looking for your opinions on overall thickness.

Alex

Thank you!

I have one machine that does 95% of everything I want. Haven't trained it to fry a bologna sandwich yet, though.

Seriously, . . . I use a Tippmann Boss, . . . and someone will be getting a sweet machine when I wake up dead some morning, . . . because my wife won't mess with it, . . . and I doubt my son will. I've done chaps, chinks, sheaths, holsters, belts, suspenders, pouches, wallets, . . . . and that's just the leather stuff.

But, . . . I digress. All of my gunbelts, . . . generally hit in a combined two layer thickness of something between .160 and .220, . . . and most of that depends on the length. Longer belts start out thicker, . . . shorter ones tend to be thinner.

But that's the way I do it, . . . YMMV. My old beat up CCW belt I've got on right now is closer to .250, . . . but I surely would not want it any thicker. Personal preference is the reason.

May God bless,

Dwight