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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
I wish I could sew. The fact that you're sewing leather makes it even better. Is that just a home Singer? I always thought you needed a rugged industrial machine for leather....maybe it's an industrial Singer?
Here's a tip, you can buy side-mount water bottle cages. I think your bidon is going to be trapped without one.
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LOL- You beat me to it! (and wish I could sew also!)
Just after I posted this, I changed out the front cage. These actually pull out sideways pretty good. The singer is a "heavy duty singer', which is code for "not so heavy duty", but it does pretty good on light leather. This is all waxed cotton and it does fine. I was going to go out and buy an industrial machine, but researched this one- it works better than my beginner skills. All the industrial machines I looked at were all over 50 years old, well used and potentially needed timing and spare parts, -above my time and interest level.
Eventually, I will drill the frame and mount rivnuts, which should pull the bag tight with some CF struts I'll make for support. Ths supports should flare the sag out. Now I need a 90 degree drill that can fit into the frame triangle. My current 90 is way to big. I might freehand with a dental drill
