Hepville said:No problem mate... I´m alway willing to learn some besides my shool english
It´s about 14 inches.
I bought this one. I still have not watched Men In Black, I know I don't get my head out of motorcycles much these days! I would think, as long as it is not a automatic transmission, a shift knob with a red button would not be to difficult to make out of either aluminum or resin, assuming the button is not to large!Diamondback said:Stearmen, do you make custom car shifters, too? I've got a project I need advice and ideas on, trying to figure out the "Little Red Button" for a Men In Black LTD.
Doug C said:Hey folks I've been planning on starting a smallish line of leather and canvas goods. Here's a prototype wallet I built a while back. It's kind of rough but that's because it's completely hand made. I should have myself a nice industrial machine real soon which will refine my work a bit. If anyones interested in having me make them one pm me.
Doug C
Flat Foot Floey said::eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
I like them a lot. I am almost tempted to start sewing too. My girlfriend is a seamstress but always busy. I am jealous of the skills to make things that are unique
softouch said:These were origiinally made in 2007 when I was 57 & are still under construction. They are not complete yet... Laila and Aidan! Not too bad for an old man!
Nick D said::eusa_clap
Great work! Are these the 1940s trousers? My only note is on the blue pair, the front dart (it looks like a dart, not a pleat, am I right?) puckers a bit at the bottom. Not a big issue.
I've got some fabric for another pair of the '34 trousers, but I've been thinking about ordering the '40s pattern.
Nick D said:Johhny J, those look great!
Here's my latest finished project, a collarless shirt. I copied the pattern from an old shirt that had gotten a hopeless stain on it. Turnback cuffs, flat-felled seams, enclosed stud pocket for the back collar stud, two-piece yoke, and side seam gussets. There's no front band, and no front interfacing, making it very simple, clean, and easy to do. The sleeve placket also has an interesting construction, with one side of the slash simply rolled and the main placket a simple rectangle.
Next shirt will have a horizontal bottom buttonhole (which this one was supposed to have but I forgot), and I need to figure out a simpler way to sew in the side gussets.
For the next shirt I have a great brown and tan tattersall, and I'll give it barrel cuffs and make a couple different collars in self-fabric. After that I have a nice brown, blue, and black check that will have an attached collar.
Johnny J said:Wow! Very Nice! The shirts I like are those 40's style with the longer peaked collars. Have you made one of those? I have not tried anything else, but the trousers. I would like to get more experienced on one item, even though I am tempted to try a coat; looks like alot of work. I just started to unseam an old coat I have and, man, talk about alot of work.
Have you made a coat before? Any pics? I seen the vest you made and its very nice too. Keep up the good work.
Nick D said:Thanks. I've done the point collars as well, there should be some photos a few pages back. They're a lot easier than rounded collars, particularly the top stitching.
I have the Vogue suit pattern, a 1950s McCalls blazer pattern, and the EvaDress belt-back pattern, and none of them really tell the whole story of a suit jacket. I'm working on the belt-back right now, it's slow going, but I'll have pictures when it's done.