Re: [CR]Leather covering handlebars

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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:43:06 -0400
From: "gabriel l romeu" <romeug@comcast.net>
To: Steve Maas <bikestuff@nonlintec.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Leather covering handlebars
References: <e388c8971af00.460281e0@optonline.net> <4602974F.6090609@nonlintec.com>
In-Reply-To: <4602974F.6090609@nonlintec.com>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Nice job Steve, i tried a set a couple of months ago with mediocre results compared to yours. It did get me thinking about maintaining even spacing and straight stitching, and thought that a possibility would be 'pre-drilling' the holes with an unthreaded sewing machine and set with a longer stitch length. I have an industrial machine, but most

of the softer leathers i use for upholstery can be drilled with a home machine. Steve Maas wrote:
> You can do it; it doesn't take an "artisan." The hardest thing is
> keeping your stitches straight. See http://www.nonlintec.com/allegro/
> for a description of how I do it (near the bottom of the page).

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