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MI Vintage Sewing Machines: Sewing machine needle details
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines. Soon after I began making shoes I realized that I had to learn to sew leather. The next question then was what type of machine. As a result I have another hobby. Vintage sewing machines. March 12, 2013. Sewing machine needle details. I thought I would give a little insight on the Needle! It's so small but has the potential to effect the outcome of your work both positive and negative. The features that make the needle work. Thanks to this great section drawing. If the outer pa...
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines: Pfaff 360 (1960)
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines. Soon after I began making shoes I realized that I had to learn to sew leather. The next question then was what type of machine. As a result I have another hobby. Vintage sewing machines. February 5, 2013. I found the SN date on Ismacs. I found it so annoying to have the whole machine cleaned up except for the yellowed numbers. Since I use a flatbed machine when I need a flatbed I took the Rube Goldberg flatbed conversion parts off and stored them safely away. I found a Pfaff 3...
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MI Shop Tools Inventions: Why I hate my Ryobi 208B 18V Hand Drill
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MI Shop Tools Inventions. Trained as a Draftsman over 30 years ago I have been in Advanced Vehicle Engineering all that time. With a BFA in Crafts from CCS I have been making art in my studio all that time too. I love ALL Crafts and have a fantastic shop that includes a hand-crank Sherline lathe and mill, and a CNC Sherline lathe and mill. Thursday, April 2, 2015. Why I hate my Ryobi 208B 18V Hand Drill. I have always been happy with Ryobi tools in the past. Posted by Tom Carbone. Metric Over - Under Dri...
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MI Shoe Making Craft: Bespoke Handbag: Calf skin
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MI Shoe Making Craft. In 2006 I decided to shift my primary craft focus to the Art of Making Shoes. Shoes are hard to make. This is where I am so far. I like to call myself a "Self Directed Apprentice" I also make custom tools for Shoe and Boot Making. Monday, December 1, 2014. Bespoke Handbag: Calf skin. When my friend Marcia stopped me in the middle of the street and asked if would remake. Her favorite bag with a calf skin she recently found, I simply said Yes. The old one was in bad shape. Fashion and...
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines: Cowboy 8810 - Problem Fixes
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines. Soon after I began making shoes I realized that I had to learn to sew leather. The next question then was what type of machine. As a result I have another hobby. Vintage sewing machines. January 29, 2015. Cowboy 8810 - Problem Fixes. Two things that continued to be unpredictable. On the 8810 were the top thread fouling and the presser foot loosing pressure. Maybe these things never happen on your machine but on mine it happened just enough to get my attention. I feel like the ...
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines: Necchi BU Supernova (1956)
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MI Vintage Sewing Machines. Soon after I began making shoes I realized that I had to learn to sew leather. The next question then was what type of machine. As a result I have another hobby. Vintage sewing machines. October 2, 2013. Necchi BU Supernova (1956). Well I have heard about them and of course I have the greatest respect for the Nora. So when one came along I went for it. It came with all of the parts and pieces, manual and the unusual stitch selector ditty box. Motorsport racing was passing thro...
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MI Shop Tools Inventions: March 2015
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MI Shop Tools Inventions. Trained as a Draftsman over 30 years ago I have been in Advanced Vehicle Engineering all that time. With a BFA in Crafts from CCS I have been making art in my studio all that time too. I love ALL Crafts and have a fantastic shop that includes a hand-crank Sherline lathe and mill, and a CNC Sherline lathe and mill. Saturday, March 28, 2015. I have started to rely more on my CNC mill to scribe outlines for 2d parts. I typically scribe, band-saw, and then end-mill the profile.
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McKay Champion 77 Forum: Champion 77 Whirl Replacement
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McKay Champion 77 Forum. The old 77 is pretty cool, I'm inviting all owners to weigh in, send pictures, and share how too. Let's get all this info in one place, maybe even a registry? Thursday, November 7, 2013. Champion 77 Whirl Replacement. I decided to replace the Whirl and Pinion today. Following the instructions in the manual of course but because the machine was already stitching very well I took careful note of the small hole location before I removed it, and that was a good decision.
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MI Shop Tools Inventions: July 2015
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MI Shop Tools Inventions. Trained as a Draftsman over 30 years ago I have been in Advanced Vehicle Engineering all that time. With a BFA in Crafts from CCS I have been making art in my studio all that time too. I love ALL Crafts and have a fantastic shop that includes a hand-crank Sherline lathe and mill, and a CNC Sherline lathe and mill. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Shop Orginization = Time. Shop organization is not totally about storage, its about time; clean-up time. Tools and Taps on Trays.
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McKay Champion 77 Forum: Champion No. 12 Channeling and Grooving Machine
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McKay Champion 77 Forum. The old 77 is pretty cool, I'm inviting all owners to weigh in, send pictures, and share how too. Let's get all this info in one place, maybe even a registry? Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Champion No. 12 Channeling and Grooving Machine. OK World who else has one of these? This thing is seriously rare; I have reached out to all of the North America shoe machine companies and NOTHING, its like the machine came from outer-space. A few hours on PS and we have something that really pops.