Members stormdevil Posted July 5, 2018 Author Members Report Posted July 5, 2018 Hi Here's the final product. Well - actually two. I did a cartridge belt slider and a full belt. The slider was to make sure I had the spacing correct - (I did do a couple of loops on some scrap first so I was pretty sure, but didn't want to ruin the belt). Then I finished the belt. I went with military grade elastic webbing - which works well, and rivets. Quote
Members dikman Posted July 5, 2018 Members Report Posted July 5, 2018 Looks good! See, that wasn't so hard after all, was it? Seems like an awful lot of (small) rivets, though. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Contributing Member fredk Posted July 5, 2018 Contributing Member Report Posted July 5, 2018 That should do the job nicely Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members stormdevil Posted July 6, 2018 Author Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 11 hours ago, dikman said: Looks good! See, that wasn't so hard after all, was it? Seems like an awful lot of (small) rivets, though. I'd rather rivet than hand stitch :-) It wasn't too bad once I had everything marked out. Quote
Members dikman Posted July 6, 2018 Members Report Posted July 6, 2018 That's why I do loop-through style, much easier! Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members noobleather Posted July 9, 2018 Members Report Posted July 9, 2018 Great work Stormdevil. On 07/07/2018 at 7:16 AM, dikman said: That's why I do loop-through style, much easier! Agreed I am working on my second lot of loading strips using your advise. Quote
Members dikman Posted July 9, 2018 Members Report Posted July 9, 2018 Now that looks nice. I've never bothered with anything fancy on a cartridge holder simply because it's a purely utilitarian thing. I suppose, though, it could be good practice at stamping. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Riem Posted July 9, 2018 Members Report Posted July 9, 2018 Fabulous information in this thread, thank you! I've been asked by a friend to make him a shotgun shell belt for clay pigeon shooting. Below is the prototype I've come up with from scraps and leftovers from previous projects. Edges coloured with a sharpie, and burnished with saddle soap (yeah, on a prototype, but I want friend to sign off on the design... ) I've gone the route of hand stitching the loops, as I don't have the punches needed for the slots, and cutting it instead of punching would have been a recipe for disaster. Belt will be 4 mm vegtan, 80 mm wide, with 10 mm "stop strip" stitched 7 mm below the loops. Loops will be cut from 1.4 - 1.6 mm calfskin vegtan, 50 mm wide. And here is the back (unlined, of course). Stitching looks a bit wonky, and that vague glimmer of red? 100% natural, biodegradable dye pumping through my veins... Still enough of it left to allow me to type this posting! I'm still undecided about lining it at the back - what would you recommend? I'd be interested in reasoning other than esthetics - I'd love to line with calfskin, but haven't got enough of the length to laminate the back. Quote "People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous
Members dikman Posted July 9, 2018 Members Report Posted July 9, 2018 Are you talking about making a full belt or a slide? Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Riem Posted July 9, 2018 Members Report Posted July 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, dikman said: Are you talking about making a full belt or a slide? Full belt. I'm not skilled enough at stamping and tooling to do much embellishment though. Quote "People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous
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