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Thank you Constabulary. Hi Stella, my computer (containing those files) has crashed. Until I've get it fixed, I'm unable to upload the manuals. You got the help you needed anyway. Tor

Hi Simon, you probably got them from me because I posted them here earlier. I know this tool maker, his name is Mark. He made a burnished and a awl for me earlier. I tried to talk him in to making a plough gauge too. But I'm afraid he is to busy with his own many projects. Mark could not afford buying leather tools so he made his own. He is a great tool maker. Tor

Thank you Celticleather, I will try that the next time. Perhaps it was extra loud since it been standing idle for some time too. Now I have the courage to try it again, I can perhaps locate the parts that vibrate (It they do) and eliminate some of the loud noise. Thanks again, this was just the kind of answer I was looking for.

Thank you all for the answers and sorry for the late replay. The oven has no fan. I took off the back plate and cleaned out all dust/dirt before starting it the first time. It had a timer inside set to 12 second, a 3 position switch, a infrared light tube and a fuse. I could not see the heat elements because they where protected with a plate and placed inside the ovens ceiling. There where no other visible components, only good organized wiring inside it. It looked pretty straight forward. Electrathon, I know what a transformer hum sounds like,but this sound is what I will call horrible. I looked true the wiring inside, it was very well organized and looked like it was made for high current. In fact I have never seen any such electrical component better organized than this. It was built by someone that was very concerned about safety, thats for sure. That is why I wondered it perhaps should make some noise during its boost period. Not as much as this one, thought its an old "machine". I would have asked the previous ovner if I could, but I do not know his whereabouts for the time being. I had never heard the term "flash activator" either, before I started searching about it on the Internet. I suspect it is a British term. It makes perfectly sense when you think of its use; to activate the glue on shoe soles. When you turn it on the red light tube produce a bit of heat, then you set it to the 12 seconds boost mode and the heat is intense. http://www.standardgroup.co.uk/ http://www.standardgroup.co.uk/shoe-repair-ancillary-items The Withfield and Wylie LTD Company Kettering UK who made this and many other shoe machines, is now a part of the Standard group. They make similar ovens today and you can see the timer is placed outside on the front panel on them. Perhaps there are some shoemakers/cobblers out there that use these that know how these are suppose to sound like. I just want to know if it worth using more time on, before I start searching for any errors on it. I can always send an email to the Standard group and ask them if its a well known problem or not. But I am afraid they just will tell me to send it in for refurbishing or buy a new one. Thanks Tor

I like that face bag, you have a good hand and head....... well done. Tor

Thank you, but I do not need to buy that edge paint anymore because I bought the Italian Giardini edge Paint instead; http://www.leatheredgepaint.com/ I am very happy with that edge paint so far. It is a new and time consuming product where you do not have to burnish and round (edge bevel) the edges anymore. It works with heat treatment as well. Allot of nice fashion colors like fluorescent and glitter edges, along with normal matte and shiny colors. You can even get your own colors mixed. The best are that you can buy small quantities of it and you get a free trial pack to test them out. Their main partners are the Stahl group and OMAC leather machinery. I am very happy with the paint I have tested so far, it gives a "stunning" result. When I ordered my first trail packs (fashion and standard packs) I had to pay for the shipping my self of course, but I received eight 250 ML bottles with different paint for free. That's two liter of different edge paint for free. Make sure you order their roller applicator-pen or buy one from Tandy (on sale now to 9 $) or from Campbell Randall. Because this paint has to be applied in a thick layer to build an round edge. And this paint will not come off easy, its like its welded to the edge. Try it out yourself and see. Thanks Tor

Hi Bruce, the plough do look good, but it would look better with some parts made of steel. I love brass , but its kind of simple/easy material to build tools of. Just a couple of parts in polished steel would do the trick. Anyway, nice talking to you again and I hope you are well. PS. I am looking for a wide smooth duckbill pliers and some (small) oval punches, got something that you have not listed yet. Thanks Tor

Is there nobody who have an opinion about this tool? Bruce Johnson, I am sure this would interest a tool collector like you. I also found an other plough gauge made by them, this was much older. Therefore, this leather tool making brothers must have been in business for some time. Its strange that nobody have heard about them. Personally, I think the plough look quite good. Better than the "new" German Paffrath anyway. Thats the only new tool I can compare it too. Its a copy of a French tool, but that does not matter much. That pattern is so old that nobody remember who made it first place anyway. If it is any Spanish speaking members reading this, please do a Internet search about it and see what you can find about it. Thank you Tor

With the new Giardini leather edge paint, all you need is a sander http://www.leatheredgepaint.com/ But perhaps yours a bit of a overkill Buy the way, that Giardini edge paint was very good, a true time saver with a great result. Check it out. Tor

Has anybody seen tools from this Spanish tool maker before? I found a picture of this plough gauge on a German web site, with no more information or price on it. There was also a pic of a large round knife from the same maker. They seems to be from the Robledo Brothers in Madrid. Perhaps there are some Spanish member here who care to enlighten us about this toolmaker. With my non existent Spanish I cannot find anymore info about them. I also found an older (used) Robledo H plough for for sale in a Spanish auction site (now sold). There has to be some Spanish leather tool makers out there, they are hard to find for us non Spanish speaking. Anyway, I think it looks pretty good to be a "new" tools. (I found another one; a French pattern knife or cornette) What do you think about them.... Thanks Tor

Hi, My Dürkopp Adler 267-373 table has a table top that you can build on extra size to. You put in long steel bolts in pre drilled holes and add the extra table pieces, see pic. It will not be extremely big, but you can at least double the size when needed and take it off when not. Perhaps something to think about when a big table is not needed all the time. This is a Norwegian table system, I am sure it will be similar tables available other countries too. Tor

Is it somebody in this forum who knows these ovens. I got an old Whitfield and Wylie flash activator from a shoe repair shop I sold for a friend. This was a leftover from the sale and I thought about using it in my leather shop. I cleaned it up and checked the wirings before I tested it. I turned it on and the infrared bulb was working, then I pushed the boost button and a terrible sound started. The boost was set for 12 seconds and the sound lasted these 12 seconds as well. It produced heat as I suppose it should do. I never tried a "machine" like this before, and it sounded like a very loud microwave. Perhaps it is a kind of microwave for all I know. Are they supposed to sound like this, or is something very wrong with it? It has a fuse inside and nothing happened to the buildings fuses. Somebody with knowledge about these please give me some help here. Thanks Tor

I got my two trail packs now and testing them out, looks great so far. I understand why I need the roller applicator and roller machine too. You got to use a really thick layer to form a raw edge and thats best done with those applicator tools (and machines of course) I am impressed with the results so far. Very good. Thanks Tor

Hi, Please let me know how this paint worked out with heat treatment. Thanks Tor

Hi Mikesc, Any news about the edge paint, I would like to buy some and try it Thanks Tor

I have one and its good on skiving strap ends and splitting reins. You cannot lock the handle and use both your hands when splitting, that limits the width of what you can split. Its a upgraded model on the marked painted in black that let you lock the handle. Perhaps with a different name, but built on the same frame/technology (Osborne # 83 copy). The blade needs to be stropped quit often, but performs well when sharp. Tor

I cannot understand the concern about this, they sell you machines without belt guards. Strap cutters without safety switches, no eye protection on any machine. No finger guards on sewing machines, sewing machine motors that runs several minutes after you turn off the main switch. They even sell you a Russian atomic submarine without any liability waiver. But the clicker press..... no that one I do not dare to sell you Perhaps they are scared your fingers get stuck and you cannot pay them?

I use a cheap belt sander with good result. I use 2 inch wide belt belts for wood, because thats the only ones available for it (180 and 80 grit). Remove any under belt support plate and let the belt be slack. Always sharpen against the belt movement of course and use a flat angle. I move the knife fast sideways, especially with a new belt. Start practicing with something cheap until you get the hang of it. The advantage with this system is of course that you can sharpen for a long time without the need of any cooling. I use it to form an edge, remove rust etc. The final sharpening is done on a fine ceramic stone before polishing. However, I know people that do their polishing on their belt sander too. It all depends of the grit of the belt. If you only have coarse belts like me, moving the knife fast sideways will make a finer result

Constabulary, Strange that everything with the first name "Press" has 000$ as their family name. Even small 1/2 ton arbor presses cost allot. I found my good old German Sandt clicker press for the pick up price (free). Even thought I live in a very small country; (only five mill citizens) with even fewer saddler's. You should be able to find some old iron in your country. I wonder where they all went, perhaps they where all melted down to war material during ww2. They are not easy to miss and they are built to last; strange it is so hard to find a vintage press these days.. This is my vintage German Sandt, some Hamerite and rewiring the motor to single phase was all I had to do with it. I had it for some time now and it always do its job just fine. Tor

Sorry just a joke, and it is here like everywhere else many that use facebook. What I meant was that it is very time consuming, but of course important to keep in contact with friends and family. For that purpose I guess I have to sign up soon too.

Thank you, but I am not a member of Facebook or other social medias. I use enough time on LW as it is, no time for anything else. Here you can learn something useful, I do not know what to learn from Facebook. Part from being a hipster, learning urban terms, being politically correct and such Tor

Yes, its a common problem here on LW, you got to keep your pic small. I can upload unlimited amount of files and single file size up to 128 Mb because of my LW membership. Anyway, pics larger than 500 kb will turn up bigger than the site and not easy to view at all. Next time you take a picture with your phone or camera, select a small resolution. Most phones and tablets will resize them self when you select sharing with email or sms too. Email standards are about what works well on LW. I would love to see you knife . Later anyway. Thanks Tor

Thats a full movie about pricking irons, impressing.

On my android Samsung phone I use a program called resize me pro from XnView. You can do allot of stuff in it, but most important select the size you want to save the pic in. Its free from Google play