Moderator Wizcrafts Posted June 29, 2015 Moderator Report Posted June 29, 2015 I never thought about that. So going around a belt tip would be one of those certain turns? I guess I need an open toe type. Troy; If you are sewing bridle leather it is trivial to rub out the foot marks. 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.
Members Troy Burch Posted June 29, 2015 Author Members Report Posted June 29, 2015 I've never used bridal leather. I pretty much always use HO because I tool everything. Quote
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted June 29, 2015 Moderator Report Posted June 29, 2015 I've never used bridal leather. I pretty much always use HO because I tool everything. I suppose you can try backing off the top pressure to reduce the footprint depth. This might also require a reduction in both the top and bottom thread tensions. 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.
Uwe Posted June 29, 2015 Report Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) I was curious about the belt tip and corner thing and tried sewing a few sample belt tips. I don't normally do belts, and I don't claim to be an expert at this. It turns out the ridged harness feet can indeed sew a tight corner without leaving extra impressions, but it depends on how you move around the corner. I did the variations by accident, actually, and I'll have to watch my own video again to figure out how I did it, haha. Here's the video in glorious 1080P: https://youtu.be/I55V6FboCeE Edited June 29, 2015 by Uwe Quote Uwe (pronounced "OOH-vuh" ) Links: Videos
Members Troy Burch Posted June 29, 2015 Author Members Report Posted June 29, 2015 Can't access the video for some reason. Quote
Uwe Posted June 29, 2015 Report Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) Hmmm, let's try this again with a slightly different link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I55V6FboCeE You can also just go to Youtube and find my channel by typing UweXY in the search box. The public videos will be listed there. Edited June 29, 2015 by Uwe Quote Uwe (pronounced "OOH-vuh" ) Links: Videos
Members Troy Burch Posted June 29, 2015 Author Members Report Posted June 29, 2015 Ok Uwe, looks like a square corner is the main culprit there. I think I'll get both that and an open toe and see which I like the best. Thank ya'll for the help. Troy Quote
Uwe Posted June 29, 2015 Report Posted June 29, 2015 Forgive me for over-analyzing this, but I just had to figure out how this works and why the two belt tips turned out differently in my video. Normally, you want to turn your piece while the needle is in the DOWN position. For this belt tip application with a ridged presser foot you want to turn the piece when the needle is in the UP position, coming down for the next stitch hole. After looking at the video a few more times and thinking about how it works, it occurred to me that it's important to keep the back of the presser foot pointing toward the previous stitch hole. I didn't do that when I was sewing the red bridle tip (I turned the leather one hole too early, and too much), but I WAS doing that when I was sewing the tooling leather tip. Perhaps this little diagram helps illustrate what I am talking about: Quote Uwe (pronounced "OOH-vuh" ) Links: Videos
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