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[Wizcrafts]

37 minutes ago, Bennyg11 said:

Any thoughts on a singer 29-4 I know it's an old cobbler machine but I'm just starting out and wanting to get into leather holster and western type setups

That is the wrong machine for holsters. The 29-4 is a cobbler's shoe upper sewing machine. It is meant to sew 4 to 8 ounces of leather. It can sew into 1/4 inch of soft to medium temper leather, but nominally with thinner thread than is suitable for securing a holster. The Singer 29 series manual recommends wetting the leather if you need to sew 1/4 inch of hard temper leather. The teeth on the foot will dig in even more than on dry leather and leave horrible tooth mark patterns.

All that said, the 29-4 "can" be fitted with a #22 needle and  the dime sized bobbin threaded with a few yards of #138 thread. You will be lucky to get 8 stitches per inch and the knots will tend to stay visible near the bottom layer.

[Bennyg11]

I would like to thank everyone for their input I very much appreciate it

[dikman]

You have two options if you want to make "Western" gear - hand stitching or a heavy duty machine. The most common machine used is a 441-class, e.g. Cowboy CB4500 etc.