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Just in time for BBQ season...
CaptFun
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Looks great. Thanks Trinity!!!
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Trinity does some damn fine work![;)][:D][:D]
it does make a nice looking bbq rig .
Beautiful work!
Very nice job.
What type of material did you use for the lacing?
Looks like it would a lot easier to work with compared to leather lacing.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
W.D.
My pleasure sir, I'm glad you like it.
wizz19197,
The holster is hand sewn with a very strong nylon imitation sinew. It is double threaded to front & back along the entire length. There is a toe/plug sewn into the bottom of this holster pattern, and because of that you have to use a curved needle to catch the thread holes.
Since the toe is the first part sewn you have to keep using the curved needle throughout the entire process, all the way up, and back down again. The thread ends are melted together at the end on the bottom near the toe where it was started at.
The imitation sinew is strong, and it tends to cut into the side of my right little finger when I start torquing down on the thread to tighten it. I have to rest the fingers after a while, and when I sew a large item such as saddle bags it can be quite the process.
I was just given an older White model 651 sewing machine that is supposed to sew leather, so I'll have to see how it works...[:)]
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CaptFun,
My pleasure sir, I'm glad you like it.
wizz19197,
The holster is hand sewn with a very strong nylon imitation sinew. It is double threaded to front & back along the entire length. There is a toe/plug sewn into the bottom of this holster pattern, and because of that you have to use a curved needle to catch the thread holes.
Since the toe is the first part sewn you have to keep using the curved needle throughout the entire process, all the way up, and back down again. The thread ends are melted together at the end on the bottom near the toe where it was started at.
The imitation sinew is strong, and it tends to cut into the side of my right little finger when I start torquing down on the thread to tighten it. I have to rest the fingers after a while, and when I sew a large item such as saddle bags it can be quite the process.
I was just given an older White model 651 sewing machine that is supposed to sew leather, so I'll have to see how it works...[:)]
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Get yourself a "thimble" for your finger...Fantastic work!
Thimbles only work for the finger tips, and they are mainly used for pushing needles.
The nylon thread is being pulled tight by my pulling with the side of my hand, therefore the pressure is being applied to the side of my hand & finger near the middle knuckle.
I guess I could use gloves, but I would lose some feel, and might pull the thread too tight causing it to cut the leather.
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at the factory where I worked a lot of the assembly line people would use the medical tape ( cloth type I do not remember the correct name of it ) and wrap different areas of the fingers that were in the high use area ? may look in to that , we had rolls of it at all the desk on the floor . sure helped the high friction areas and still allowed free use of your hands
Holds up well and water proof. Sometimes the sticky stuff comes off if cheap tape.
I have electric tape, but I also have many relatives close by who are in the medical profession, maybe I can con some tape out of one of them...[:)]
Thanks for the advice.
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