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An original Russell belt embossing machine with 10 embossing rolls original to the machine. Rolls are marked Russell. Pick up in the Denver area or delivery to the Sheridan leather show possible. Thinking $2,000. Line machine $500 5 in 1 $500. And feel free to make a reasonable offer

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LOL, Chuck and HS! Lent is coming this week, so I stole this off of FB: A protestant moved into a community that was almost entirely Catholic. When Lent rolled around, the Catholics were upset when nearly every Friday their new resident would barbecue himself a lovely steak, instead of eating fish as the Catholics do during Lent. A number of the men got together to discuss the problem. "Listen," one of them said, "I've talked to him, and he definitely is a Christian. Why don't we see if we can get him to convert to Catholicism?" The all agreed that sounded like an excellent idea, so they nominated one of their group to approach him. Much to their delight, he agreed! So, the following Sunday, they arranged with their priest to do a short conversion ceremony. The priest sprinkled him with Holy Water and said, "I baptise you in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Behold, you are no longer a Protestant - You are now a Catholic." But the following Friday, when dinner time rolled around, once again they smelled the tantalizing odour of barbecued beef coming from the man's backyard. They went over to his house, and were just in time to see him put a steak on the BBQ grill. He sprinkled it with water, and said, "In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, you are no longer a steak - you are now a fillet of fish!"

Wow, that really IS ridiculous! I've been dealing with hearing aid batteries since I was in Grade 8, and the only thing I find annoying is some hearing aids make it ridiculously hard to get the battery in and out of the battery slot. My cochlear implant has made battery removal a snap, though. I just use the magnet on the receiver's headpiece, place it over the battery - mission accomplished. Canada still uses the dial packs for batteries, which make it almost TOO easy to remove a battery from the pack. Have had a few wind up on the floor while changing batteries while driving. (Yeah, probably shouldn't do that...) I would reallyreallyreally be P.O'd if Canada switches to the system you describe, Chuck. It sounds like the blister packs they use here for larger button style batteries, like the ones that go in garage or auto remote controls or the SNARK guitar tuners. I've said a few nasty words getting THOSE critters out of the packages, believe me! Darren, those are beautiful! Well done for a first attempt! We are having unbelievably cold weather here, and I do worry about putting the dog out and forgetting about her. I have done that now and then, and with these cold temps, she could easily suffer frostbite. Last night, it got down to -25 C/-14 F! Maybe I need to start setting a timer, too. My memory isn't quite what it used to be... Oh, and did I mention my furnace STILL isn't working right?? The furnace guy was out again the day after I called him, and diagnosed the problem, but he had to order a part to fix it. Meanwhile with these very cold temperatures, I've got so many blankets on my bed that it's hard to turn over!

Thanks tomorrow I'm going there to figure out what the problem really is, I'll try to remember to take some pictures

Making the pendant for Gini was my purpose in tooling a tiny flower, this is a completed one and she was happy so job accomplished.

I may have an original one - will check in the days to come.

Hi there, I’m making this breast collar from a template that wasn’t in hind sight super detailed. I’m trying to figure out the best way to attach it to the D ring, now realizing I should have given myself more length for overlap. I’m putting a concho on the circle portion. I’m wondering if the rivet from the concho and a couple of stitches will be strong enough or should I start over?

I might have actually found one... It says fits 29k3 and small shuttle carrier..the worn gears I may be able to get around with some shimming...time will tell.

I'll post a new thread too, but seeing as thsi is one of two threads here that mention this part...thought I'd post up here as you guys on this conversation will get notifications... I have a 29k3..that i suspect will become a boat anchor...but no harm in asking. any one have a scrap machine and will to sell me this carrier? The shuttle carrier plate is broken, this is probably my fault, but the machine was 'broken' anyway, the drive being so worn and the housing was letting the shuttle carrier move and bump in to the needle. Had to drill out the grub screw. A couple of weeks of heating, soaking / small impact driver and it was not going to move. Think I put weight on the edge of the carrier as I drove it out of the gear So here is my carrier, I do not think silver soldering will save this I see plenty of parts from China..but only the bigger ones for the newer machines, or 11 mm diameter gears where this takes the 3 tooth 16 mm gear. Did any one ever gets parts made for theseolder ones?

I have gotten a reputation as the "odd ball" holster maker. Made an appendix carry holster for a double barreled derringer . . . made a double shoulder holster rig that doubles also as a pair of suspenders . . . made a double carry vest for notebooks / pencils / other oddball stuff / could carry a small auto pistol in it . . . made one to carry a long barreled .22 auto with a large scope mounted on top. And that just scratches the surface of my shenanigans. I simply make a decision that "this" holster will carry this weight / in this location / so it needs to be ______thick. I cut a piece that I know will be 1/2 inch to 1 inch too wide and too long along sides . . . get that dude sloppy wet . . . thumb mold to start with . . . then stick it on the vacuum former. Depending on how hard I do or do not want this . . . I may stick it in the hot box for hardening thru heat. Either way it then gets dried. Come back within 48 hours after the above . . . cut out what I need . . . put a back on it . . . glue / trim / sew / sand / and finish. I have more back patterns than I have for the fronts. May God bless, Dwight

I have some letter templates that look just like that, amongst others. I have done an assortment of lettering, so with practice, that can be achieved. HS

I like that 👌, 😆

I don't do podcasts, but I have a 3 disc CD player and a few hours of the Chieftains or Clapton, Janis and I'm good for the afternoon. Oh, and Jimi!!

Very nice!

MOST of the 1/4" sets I've seen are on a par with your Tandy set.

I have two sizes/wights of the poly mallets and like them fine. I've tried a couple of the round mauls and don't care for them. But that may be because I was a carpenter for 40 years and I'm used to doing things with a 'hammer'. But the poly mallets work fine.

Do all the research, then use really good leather, don't practice, do the job the best you can. Learn from your mistakes and do better.

Price drop!!! $3600 OBO

Well when you say "design" a new holster I'll answer from my experience. What I generally do, is make a couple samples without the stitching. Glued, dampened and worked/boned/formed etc. When it dries, I draw on the formed holster the stitch lines and make patterns to match the stitching. Either by working it out directly from the unstitched molded holster, or by cutting it apart on the stitch lines and making stitching templates/patterns from the pieces. After I have my patterns I work up a couple extra holsters and mark stitch lines from these patterns and give it a test as a prototype. If you plan to make multiples or big runs of holsters it's not much of an investment and you can place your stitching very elegantly on the finished products. Leather can stretch in odd ways when you bone it over a mold/gun. Sometimes it's hard to work out where the stitching would actually go, without actually molding it first.

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When I built my 1st holster 25 years ago, I simply bought a likely-lookin' piece of leather. I didn't know belly from butt. I've made better holsters from better leather since then, but I still use that old Slim Jim for my '58 Rem NMA clone. I think that old piece I bought was a relatively firm piece of belly, perhaps the upper portion and I've made sheaths and phone cases with it, too. Belly ain't all bad. It's good for learning.

Seems I aint gotno time git round here these days, so I aint passed out too much free stuff of late. So, here's sumthin to play with - don't say I aint ne'ev gih ya nuttin' Follow the structions, it'll fit a S/W bodyguard right nice. Note this is sort of a 'avenger' style holster, right handed, 7/8 oz leather, 6 spi, -- all of this in the pattern if ya check it. BG380_A0.pdf Holster_Inst_avenger.pdf AboutHolsters.pdf

As Bruce said, a rubber mallet is probably the worst thing you could use as regards stamping efficiency. There are also many posts on here about people making their own.