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This is embossing and carving with a rotary knife.

I have a Juki 1508NH but it didn’t come with the knee lift attachment. After installing the attachment, I noticed the knee lift would only raise the feet about 4mm, although it would still drop the hand lift. I tried making a few adjustments on the bottom of the machine using the engineer’s manual. Now the knee lift goes up the same height as the hand lift (but I believe it should actually raise higher than the hand lift). The problem now is that the knee lift no longer drops the hand lift at all. Has anyone run into this issue before? Any guidance or suggestions would be much appreciated. IMG_7170.mov

The leather is Tandy’s 2-3 oz. as that is what I had on hand. Herman Oak is sending some 1-2 oz. which will go on the next saddle cover. It is comfy for a beach cruiser, its primary purpose. Attached is pics of the wood form I made and used for initial wet forming. I did use staples to aid that process. Thanks for the comments!

Really great work!

When I rub the green stick onto the leather I find that it builds up too much thickness so that the stroping surface is not smooth but bumpy. Is that a sign of overdoing it? If I use less it seems that the green does not transfer well to the leather.

Beautiful work, could you explain how you did that belt in the first picture?

Beautiful work indeed!!!!!

Thank you guys for the compliments and the feedback

"As has been said"... One way of putting it, I guess.😄 Different suppliers using different sources of varying qualities. The oil thickening and turning liquid again I can understand. But if the oil has a rancid smell, I wonder whether it will not transfer to the leather and linger.

Всем привет! Хорошего дня! Я из России и давно занимаюсь рукоделием. Хочу показать несколько своих работ.

I moved your post to leather sewing machines. If you haven't looked at this thread, you really should.

It looks good. Nice design. Good function. Can't ask for much more than that.

The Singer 66 and 99 are domestic sewing machines. I wouldn't waste my time or money on trying to sew the veg tan to a hair on cowhide. What size of thread are you planning on using and how thick in total (veg tan plus the hair on cowhide) be?? kgg

Overall, looks really good. If you want fine tuning suggestions, read on. I'm not sure what is going on with your sewing but the back side wanders but the front side looks good. Round needle? Maybe shorten up that stitch length some too. My preference for "fine work" like yours is a little shorter stitch length. Finally, the thing pounded into me by one of my resellers early on - the oversew to lock stitches. You want to put it in the least conspicuous place. Never on the front and your eyes are also drawn to the top and side of the back. Bottom of the back is the best place to "hide it". With tooled work you see the overall pattern of the tooling and borders first. With plain leather like this, the first thing eyes are drawn to is the stitching and an obvious overlap breaks the "flow". Also, I would lightly round or "chip" the 90 degree corners and ends of your pockets and liners. 90 degree corners will eventually curl or lift.

Thanks, it was fun to make and hes happy with it, so its a win for me haha

I'm just remembering that Tandy used to sell a plastic sort-of sheet that could be formed with the heat of a hair dryer. Some ppl used to make holster shapes out of it and use it as a stiffener in the holster I got conned into buying a sheet of it in 2017. I wonder where its at? Somebody more intelligent than me might remember what its called edit; Kydex? or something, maybe

This is my portable bbq cooker. Its supposed to be a copy of a real medieval camp stove - yeah, right. I saw a similar one in Anne Hathaway's* cottage about 7 years ago. I thought it was real but it turned out to be one of these repros The box is about a foot cube and stands on four legs. Below the box is the ash pan. It can be placed on picnic benches whilst cooking and it won't harm the table. It has a big loop handle so it can be carried with charcoal burning in it. It's a good and efficient burner but a devil to clean out the ashes. I used to make the lunches on it for my medieval team. It used to get lots of attention. Now I just get it out occasionally to cook me a burger or two I think I might take to a company and get it grit blasted to clean off that rust before it gets too bad * Will Shakespeare's wife

Good job in my book . . . May God bless, Dwight

All in all a good job . . . but as another pastor besides Bob . . . as he said I would slick the edges real good . . . PLUS . . . I always run an edger around the leather . . . knock off those little peek-a-boos that slip up just above the edge . . . make it look like a torn piece of paper. But I do like the design . . . you did a good job. Especially the designs on the flap and the back . . . I'd never attempt it because I would get almost done . . . and I'd have a double line I could not cover up. That is also why I don't do a lot of stamping . . . etc. May God bless, Dwight

It's designed for both shot and powder. I think I'll end up using a plastic sheet similar to the thickness of a milk jug. I can manipulate that into the right shape funnel which means no pattern adjustments. It's already a difficult build, so I'm gonna try and keep any modifications easy. I'm lost when it comes to black powder and the accessories, but it works and he loves it enough that he wants to get one made for his son (eventually). The prices of materials have jumped significantly more than either of us expected. He's gotta get funds together. In the meantime I'll be making the final of five identical holsters. The whole family is full of collectors and his dad gifted them all colt woodsman 22 pistols.

Which glue did you use after all?

You're not wrong. One side holds powder and the other holds shot. He's an upland hunter and this works well for the shotgun I guess. I know little about black powder. When I made the first one, I did a lot of research along with digging through my stacks of patterns. I dunno where I got it, but i found a single shot snake pattern in my collection and went from there. He really loves it. Now he wants to get one made for his son, when the funds come in. I started above about the sticker shock we both got haha

I'm going to be the odd man out here and say most likely it is not compounded NF oil. The oils most are compounded with will not solidify as easily as what is recognized as pure NF oil today. I can't speak for other countries but here is the thumbnail sketch of NF oil as I understand it in the US. Traditionally yes - the recognized standard pure NF oil was made by boiling leg bones of cattle. During one of the world wars ( I am thinking it was WW2) the military need for neetsfoot oil out stripped the supplies. The military standards were relaxed to allow any animal based oils that fit similar characteristics of NF oil. I don't have exact details but pressed hog lard was one of them and available. Since there were few consumer standards but a military standard, depending on manufacturer other animal oils besides cattle make up some percentage of pure NF oils since then. I would suspect that some name suppliers have a standard and source and some of the lower end suppliers use price-point sources with less standards. I have used several and some did consistently smell different than others, all solidified at some temperature but melted easily with a little heat.

That's some nice workmanship. Yeah, I like the color contrast too!!!

Thank you all for the suggestions. I think I've figured out what I'm going to do now. A plastic sheeting will probably work best. I can make it the right shape without having to make any adjustments to the pattern. For now though, the order has been postponed. I can't blame him. Those shot chargers are 110 bucks a piece now. When I made his first one in the picture they were only 70 bucks a piece so he got a little sticker shocked. I did too lol He's getting a holster for his colt woodsman first. This will be the final of 5 identical holsters. His dad and brothers all have the same model colts.