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The bag looks great!

Chainstitch is used on stretchy textiles. Could it be beneficial on stretchy leather? Perhaps it could be, but I doubt it.

Machines: Mitsubishi DB-130 single needle, Kansai Special RX-9803/UTC coverstitch, Union Special 56300F chainstitch, Pfaff 335-17 cylinder arm walking foot, Bonis Type A fur machine, Huji 43-6 patcher, Singer 99 hand cranked, Juki DDL-553 single needle (for sale)

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Absolutely Beautiful work. I'm so jealous of people that can do work like this:You_Rock_Emoticon:

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20 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

Absolutely Beautiful work. I'm so jealous of people that can do work like this:You_Rock_Emoticon:

Oh my.  Thank you for that.  I struggle along on these projects progressing through each step very slowly learning as i go.  I also use new projects to "Tool-up".  This project required hot foil stamping which I knew very little about.  I did some research which lead me to buy a 2nd hand Kwikprint press and the Type Set initials of my Client.  Now I have that capability for other work or for customers who want their initials stamped too.    

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That is a sharp looking bag.  I am particularly impressed with the handles.  I tried making a similar handle for my wife's briefcase and it turned out a bit lumpy and asymmetrical.  I am buying time watching it break in, while procrastinating about making another.  Mine was based on a pattern in Stohlman's Art of Making Leather Cases.  He used a plywood form to shape after sewing but I don't have or want a band saw.

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Thank you.  The handles were a challenge but I used the original leather that was intact enough on one of them to develop the pattern.  Note that the leather is only a cover.  The load bearing is taken by a steel wire that formed a hooks which the Dee's connected to.  Pics Ive attached show this.  Then I skived the flaps of the cover to reduce the witness bumps you describe.  Frankly it would have been better to make the covers from a 2-3oz instead of 3-4oz leather.  Handles would have had a less bulky appearance.  That, and it would have given me a 2nd shot at the wrapping process thus reducing the touches. 

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On 7/20/2021 at 1:05 PM, jimi said:

Yes correct tsunkasapa, that is a chain stitch and looks like a double needle machine. This works with one thread only and a looper instead of a bobbin, in this case 2 threads and 2 loopers. The machine that comes to mind for this heavy duty work would be a Puritain stitcher. You have probably heard of them???

 

Super cool video btw.  The stitching on the original caseooked a lot like what the Puritain is laying down, however much of the stitching was single row...and the two runs of double row stitching was not very perfectly parallel.  Did they make a single row looper do you know?

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Yes Silvered, I think they had the 1,2 and 3 needle option, there was a catlouge i think somewhere on here with the models? Great job on the case by the way...looks amazing:thumbsup:

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5 hours ago, jimi said:

Yes Silvered, I think they had the 1,2 and 3 needle option, there was a catlouge i think somewhere on here with the models? Great job on the case by the way...looks amazing:thumbsup:

I'd say they used something on the order of this machine to produce these trunks back in the day.  I'm looking for a high post (17") to enable the same but with lock stitch.  

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Story of my life...a day late and a dollar short!  These machines sold on ebay a few years ago.  Wow...what a find.

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20 hours ago, Silverd said:

Story of my life...a day late and a dollar short!  These machines sold on ebay a few years ago.  Wow...what a find.

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Yeah these are monsters!! I imagine parts would be hard to find and needles probably expensive too?

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