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This is how I went about making my first heavy duty linesman's pouch.there have got to be easier ways but for now this is what I did. I got a call from a guy that wants his own pouch as he is left handed and also wants the tools to slide in easy and not fall out when upside down.Leather has to be waterproof and as thick as 3.6mm (9oz) to remain durable as possible.No problem!!??. First step buy a big Cowboy sewing machine and spend a day learning how to use it and find its capabilities. This resulted in knocking it out of timing as I found it could stitch OK going forward but would not pick up the bobbin thread going backward. A search on the net showed some videos on the subject but the best info I found was in a Juki engineers manual which gives clear measurements I found referenced in L.W. After getting in the right needle and thread (277-10metric used top and bottom) I proceeded to CAD out some patterns as shown below.                        DSC06977_resize.JPG

Second pic shows leather cut out and bolted together to test pattern.

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Picture 3 shows back view.DSC06982_resize.JPG

4 shows the test hanging upside down worksDSC06984_resize.JPG

Pic 5 shows the outer third piece stitched to the second piece.DSC06989_resize.JPG

Pic 6 shows stitching the outer stitched layers onto the back layer by sewing through and following the same holes and removing bolts on the run. Bit scary but all went well.DSC06994_resize.JPG

Pic 7 shows the finished pouch with tools in and it tested good.DSC06996_resize.JPG

Last pic shows the belt that is suede backed  and measures 6mm (1/4") thick stitched here with a 230 size 26 LR needle except for the keeper.DSC07002_resize.JPG

Any tips and criticisms are most welcome. Brian

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Looks awesome, Brian.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

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Looks great Brian. Did you use nylon or polyester thread? Nylon is much more readily available but I'm worried about its UV resistance when used on outdoors products.

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Great job!

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6 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

This is how I went about making my first heavy duty linesman's pouch.there have got to be easier ways but for now this is what I did. I got a call from a guy that wants his own pouch as he is left handed and also wants the tools to slide in easy and not fall out when upside down.Leather has to be waterproof and as thick as 3.6mm (9oz) to remain durable as possible.No problem!!??. First step buy a big Cowboy sewing machine and spend a day learning how to use it and find its capabilities. This resulted in knocking it out of timing as I found it could stitch OK going forward but would not pick up the bobbin thread going backward. A search on the net showed some videos on the subject but the best info I found was in a Juki engineers manual which gives clear measurements I found referenced in L.W. After getting in the right needle and thread (277-10metric used top and bottom) I proceeded to CAD out some patterns as shown below.                        DSC06977_resize.JPG

Second pic shows leather cut out and bolted together to test pattern.

DSC06981_resize.JPG

Picture 3 shows back view.DSC06982_resize.JPG

4 shows the test hanging upside down worksDSC06984_resize.JPG

Pic 5 shows the outer third piece stitched to the second piece.DSC06989_resize.JPG

Pic 6 shows stitching the outer stitched layers onto the back layer by sewing through and following the same holes and removing bolts on the run. Bit scary but all went well.DSC06994_resize.JPG

Pic 7 shows the finished pouch with tools in and it tested good.DSC06996_resize.JPG

Last pic shows the belt that is suede backed  and measures 6mm (1/4") thick stitched here with a 230 size 26 LR needle except for the keeper.DSC07002_resize.JPG

Any tips and criticisms are most welcome. Brian

I like that. Would you be willing to sell me that pattern with assemble instructions

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5 hours ago, wlg190861 said:

I like that. Would you be willing to sell me that pattern with assemble instructions

I would be happy to give you the patterns for free but you have to consider that it is made size wise for the actual tools in it. Are you able to take DXF format?  Or which file format can you use? Instructions on how - as this was my first I would wait for a few days and see if any other members can input any better ways of construction as this took more time than I thought with all of the bolting etc.

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I love the idea of using bolts to pre-assemble and test the design... Why didn't I ever think of that??

 

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Very cool! Looks very durable. What kind of leather is this?

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