Purchased a Cowboy 3200 and have been spending most of
my time figuring it out.
One thing I have noticed as I began making a study of
leather work. Everyone starts off with hand
stitching, and the old adage is "sell what you have". People will automatically say that a hand
stitch is stronger, until they get a machine and then it
is how a machine is stronger.
I will say this, Hand stitching is easier to get good at. I have hours of figuring out this beast. The sewing itself (I have never
sewn) is pretty easy. The back stitching and adjusting thread tension is
sleepless nights. A regular sewing machine does simple fabric which is all thin
stuff, this machine sets up for paper thin to 1/2 inch thickness. That's where
the fun starts.
Just a random shot. All the
pieces of thread are from the start and stop attempts. Every little piece of leather on the floor has practice sewing done on it. I think all
the heartache has resulted in understanding the way the machine works and how
to adjust accordingly.
While I was waiting on this machine all the projects were
built up to the stitching phase, then put on hold. The first project that I used
the machine on was the cowboy belt that was in last weeks entry. I told the wife
I was going back to do some sewing and a few minutes later she walked by and I
showed her the finished belt. She said "but you didn't even have time to
watch a movie". Typically I would have watched two movies while hand
stitching that size belt.
By the way I will be building gun belts in the near future.
That is one of the reasons that I invested in this machine. The one that I wear
daily took about 10 hours to hand stitch the 4500 stitches.
︻┳テ=一 Bam Bam 一=テ┳︻
~~~~~~Whats on the Bench~~~~~~~~
That which we affectionately call the brick holster.
An Omni Skinny for the M&P shield
And just starting on a Omni Skinny and a hybrid for this Glock 42
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