aarondhgraham
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I do own a Tippman Boss machine,,,
I do own a Tippman Boss machine,,,
But all I use it for is sewing linings onto things.
For a buscadero style belt it takes about 2 DVD movies (3-4 hours),,,
Just to sew in the lining if I saddle-stitch it in by hand,,,
I can do that same job in about 30-40 minutes,,,
With no quality problems using my Boss.
Since there is no strain on those stitches,,,
I don't mind a lock-stitch machine.
Everything else, and I do mean everything else,,,
Gets stitched with two needles and an awl.
If I were working commercially,,,
Repeating the same thing in volume,,,
I would definitely own a powered sewing machine.
But since I only do custom work,,,
And darn little of that is for pay or profit,,,
I saddle-stitch everything because it's stronger.
The instructor where I got my saddle-making certificate thought I was nuts,,,
Every saddle I made there was completely hand stitched,,,
Except the sheepskin lining of the skirts.
There is nothing wrong with machine stitching,,,
Bianchi, Galco, and DeSantis certainly don't hand stitch their products,,,
I tout this as a matter of pride that my work is done using old world hand techniques.
Aarond
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I do own a Tippman Boss machine,,,
But all I use it for is sewing linings onto things.
For a buscadero style belt it takes about 2 DVD movies (3-4 hours),,,
Just to sew in the lining if I saddle-stitch it in by hand,,,
I can do that same job in about 30-40 minutes,,,
With no quality problems using my Boss.
Since there is no strain on those stitches,,,
I don't mind a lock-stitch machine.
Everything else, and I do mean everything else,,,
Gets stitched with two needles and an awl.
If I were working commercially,,,
Repeating the same thing in volume,,,
I would definitely own a powered sewing machine.
But since I only do custom work,,,
And darn little of that is for pay or profit,,,
I saddle-stitch everything because it's stronger.
The instructor where I got my saddle-making certificate thought I was nuts,,,
Every saddle I made there was completely hand stitched,,,
Except the sheepskin lining of the skirts.
There is nothing wrong with machine stitching,,,
Bianchi, Galco, and DeSantis certainly don't hand stitch their products,,,
I tout this as a matter of pride that my work is done using old world hand techniques.
Aarond
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