SheltathaLore Report post Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) Last week I took a class on making boots, and I am *super hyped* to make more (for friends, for everyday, for costumes, you name it). From what I've read here, I'd eventually want something like a Consew 205/206 or Cobra 17/18 (or the cylinder arm equivalents) for stitching the uppers, which would likely no more than 1/4" chrome tanned leather. However, I don't want to actually go out and buy a new machine until I've established that this is something I want to keep doing. For garment work, I currently have a Typical GC6760 - direct drive, single needle lockstitch, bottom + needle feed. I'm sure it's a clone of something, but it's a perfectly good machine and I love it to bits and pieces regardless (Juki 9010 perhaps - anyone know? Incidentally, a post outlining the knockoff family tree would be super helpful). The servo can be programmed down to a lower top speed, so at least in that respect I can make do; I suspect that the limiting factor is going to be the thickness of thread and needles I can use without throwing it out of whack. (I also have a teflon foot and a roller foot for this machine. Not the super fancy permanently installed kind of roller foot, just the kind you can swap in.) Do you guys think I'd be able to safely make another couple pairs of boots with this guy? PReferably without switching everything over to the heavy-materials version of the parts. (What I really want to hear is "yeah, you'll be fine, you're doing relatively light work, no need to get a new one" - but I'm fairly certain that is not actually the case. Le sigh.) Here are the specs and documentation for my machine, if you're interested... as well as a pic of the super awesome boots that I made, that I am still IMMENSELY PROUD OF. :Dhttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/b5c0fqvankyotcw/AAANJTPg9KhoKqUt7Df98aTza?dl=0 Edited October 8, 2017 by SheltathaLore Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJole Report post Posted October 8, 2017 Hey, that's nice set of boots for first time! I can see why you want to keep going after being pleased with them. Sorry, I can only comment on the picture.I know nothing about machines! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SheltathaLore Report post Posted October 8, 2017 16 minutes ago, DJole said: Hey, that's nice set of boots for first time! I can see why you want to keep going after being pleased with them. Sorry, I can only comment on the picture.I know nothing about machines! Aww, thanks for the compliments! I'm just really happy to have shoes that actually fit, and some friends of mine and I are gonna get together and try making more. For most of my life I've had to settle for whatever shoes didn't actually hurt (bonus points if they weren't hideous, but sometimes I had to give up on that criterion), so I'm pretty excited about being able to make shoes that both fit *and* look neat. We're gonna split a hide of the raddest purple bullhide and make some exceptionally fabulous shoes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJole Report post Posted October 9, 2017 Purple bullhide... the mind boggles... ;-) But those will be truly unique shoes which, more importantly, keep your feet happy! (and dry... dry is good!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
