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Access All Accessories / Re: Making Dog/pet collars advice.
« on: November 25, 2020, 17:03:18 PM »
Thank you both ill have a look at those too! I like the idea of being able to stitch slow for the box x stitch.
With my inexperience I seem to go a bit heavy on the pedal and then I stitch too far! 

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Access All Accessories / Re: Making Dog/pet collars advice.
« on: November 25, 2020, 08:14:05 AM »
Thankyou Silver Rose!
I'm happy to be here and look forward to chatting to you all!!
Many thanks!

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Access All Accessories / Re: Making Dog/pet collars advice.
« on: November 24, 2020, 18:25:59 PM »
Thank you for the reply everyone!

Greybird, thank you I will be sure to check that model out!  :)

Ploshkin  thats great i would not have thought of that another thing I will be looking at this evening.

Iminei, I have considered a second had industrial. Just working out where to put it at the moment! Again ill have a look on the machine review thread!

Thanks all!! Glad to be here!!

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Access All Accessories / Making Dog/pet collars advice.
« on: November 24, 2020, 12:46:06 PM »
Hello,
I'm new to this forum and was just after some advice from those of you who will undoubtedly have more knowledge than me.
Me and my partner have decide to start a very small side business making dog collars etc.
I knew I needed a better machine than the one we borrowed from my partners grandma so I bought a singer 5523.
It said heavy duty which is what I thought I needed. I bought some size 16/100 needles and away I go.
Or so I thought.

My issue is is that I've had to reduce the webbing  thickness down from 3mm as this would not fit comfortably under the presser foot. I'm going to try 2mm so hopefully that will be better. Its when I have to double over and stich on the hardware thats the problem. Which  rings me to my second issue.....
I'm really struggling to do a box x stitch for strength and getting it tight to the hardware.
Is there a different stitch I can do that will be just ass good as the box x or will I need to just make the box x stitch further away from the hardware?

Maybe I'm trying to compare mine to mass produced industrial machine made collars and get the same finish that is near on impossible?

Any advice would be great. Even if its advice to get a different machine. Haha

Many thanks in advanced

Dean

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