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I wrestled a little with this post yesterday and decided not to respond further. To me, giving (whether a brand new car or answering a question like the OP presented) is done without expectation of any return or even a thank you. So, I wouldn't boot someone for not checking back in. An acknowledgment and thank you would certainly encourage more dialog, but people seem to be pretty self focused these days. Maybe he forgot where he posted the question ... It was really kind of a fragment of a question anyway, not really enough info to give a coherent, specific answer. I think Chuck nailed it - pretty much any information a person needs is somewhere here.

Oh wow! So many steps. I should look into getting a hand vacuum pump. I am increasingly beginning to wonder whether it is worth testing chicken fat. I have not really heard of it being used anywhere on leather anyway.

Maybe we should kick them off if they can't be bothered to check for a response. They certainly aren't contributing to the site! @Johanna

Yes, I noticed that. He may not have notifications set correctly, so I quoted his post so he should get a notification due to the quote.

@Northmount @DieselTech @RWentz OP hasn't been back since asking. kgg

Moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines Argued with myself as to whether this should stay in history or move to leather sewing machines. Guess who won?

Moved your post to Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes

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Moved your post to leather sewing machines. Have you figured out the problem or do you need more input?

It's a climbing rose, but I haven't tied it up so it's getting kind of droopy. We usually have snow, but many years it is a brown Christmas. We have SW winds called Chinooks that come in over the mountains. As the air descends about 3000 ft, it warms up 20C to 40C. A roaring Chinook can melt a foot of snow overnight. Wind gets pretty bad sometimes. Dec 31, 2018 Hwy 22 about 2 hours SSW of Calgary. Lots of semi-trailer roll-overs in this area as well as on Hwy 2, due south of Calgary. What the sign is supposed to like like.

Good idea, learning about slips. The small clips are hard to find, but it will be another option. Thank you Finished a horizontal belt sheath for a Large Case Stockman, messed up when tracing pattern had it upsiide down which makes this one mine to try.

Frankly, "Bruce said it was a good idea" is good enough for me!

I would imagine Resolene was your problem all along. What part is getting clogged, the nozzle? Usually IPA does a great job on Fiebings pro dye - I clean up with IPA, then for storage I run US Airbrush Supply "airbrush cleaner" through it. I have seen guys doing Cerakote cleaning up with acetone, but that's hard on your O-rings. Just don't use anything with ammonia in it - ammonia corrodes brass (your airbrush is likely chrome-plated brass, most are). If you do notice that your O-rings are fat or mushy, you could try to change out some of them to PTFE (Teflon). PTFE is harder to dissolve, but isn't indestructable. If it is your needle that is getting gunked up, I sometimes put some Brasso, Flitz, etc. on the end of a shop rag, chuck up my needle in a drill, and slowly spin it while pinching it. Don't do that long, it does remove material, but if your needle is really gunked up, that's better than buying a new needle. Be careful - needle obviously sharp and delicate.

You probably know about as much as I do, but sometimes I have luck trying to see if an old off-brand airbrush is a Badger clone, or an Iwata clone, etc. From there you can see if the parts thread together. I got a box of "parts" from an estate sale and was able to put together two Harbor Freight Badger clones and an Iwata Eclipse. The rest of the parts were for a "Master Airbrush" ... and are sometimes Badger-y and sometimes Iwata-y. They were all siphon feed and used for dyes. US Airbrush Supply has "Master" parts. Iwata parts are more common, I have them at my local Hobby Lobby (but they are *expensive* parts). It's also possible to homebrew your own flow reducer, airbrush cleaner, etc., but for leather dyes I wind up just using isopropyl alcohol and then US Airbrush Supply airbrush cleaner. Oh - some magnifying visors can be super helpful in cleaning/inspecting airbrushes ... sometimes weird flow stuff can be caused by an almost invisible dent in the nozzle, or some fleck of stuff on the needle.

I'll bet that there will be water in whatever you're rendering from the chicken fat. The easiest way to get rid of that is to put it in a container in the refrigerator. The fat will solidify leaving the water behind to drain. The liquid fat can sometimes be hard to draw through filter paper. You may want to get yourself a cheap vacuum filter (has a hand vacuum pump, got mine on Amazon for not much money). I tried this with raw shea butter and it worked pretty well, chicken fat is less viscous, so should work really well. Might work easiest if you rendered it, vacuum filtered it, then refrigerated it to remove the water? After that, if you wanted it even more pure, you might try sparging it with air and an aquarium bubbler. That would get rid of some of the smoky/cooking smells.

Hope you heal up quickly,just remember to use it once in a while to keep the blood flowing,LOL!! Had a guy in here one time that got one in his thumbnail,had pics & x-rays to show me,said it took 3 hrs operation the get it out(went into the bone)Closest I've ever came was a needle broke once hit me in the cheek,felt like it stuck in.Glad I have to wear glasses & recommend safety glasses when sewing. Stay safe!

you lot are really dangerous to yourselves. I'd not let any of you loose with a plastic spoon to eat some Jello/jelly !

Thank you. I just followed the pattern I'll probably make my own changes along the way at some point lol

Thats a nice bit of tooling But, what ruins the look for me is that short strap coming over the top and almost blocking out one leaf, leaving a hint of it

my mother once put a needle through her thumb nail. very gnarly. i always wear safety glasses while using a machine. never know where broken needles might go.

Thank you. I figured the "fancy" Chicago screws added a bit of flair rather than just plain ones. Thank you.

@morningskye Admittedly I know very little about western saddles, but if you have a picture it might help some of those in here that really knows about this stuff. Based on European saddles, I suppose that the brass plaque could be either the horses name or the owners name (maybe not in this case) Brgds Jonas

Looking really good. I like that that the rivets have some texture. That is a nice touch. Also the creasing on the top part of the strap (the part with the rivets) looks really fine and consistent. Brgds Jonas

Ouch, jamming a fingernail is really not recommended. I never really thought about it until now, but that is an advantage with foot powered machines. Best wishes for a speedy recovery Brgds Jonas

Perhaps we ought to make a post with "get rich quick" business ideas (just kidding)