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  1. dirtclod
    More than you would think if you cut from a round !!
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    You want to back braid through what you have already braided. I don't know how to explain it. But when i did a search this is the closest thing thing i found to explain how to do it. http://www.yalecordage.com/pdf/brait_eye_splice.pdf and you can look here and probley find out how to do it. http://kingsmerecrafts.com/
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    Here is his profile http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showuser=12 and his website is down at the bottom of the page. He explains how do some of the things he does on his website.
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    Get a piece of poster board and start drawing and you will have a pattern. It doesn't look like theirs much to it. I bet you could draw your pattern in about 15 or 20 minutes tops.
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    No where i did say not to post. What i said was i didn't want to see every thing he had ever made. I counted 21 post of his showing things he had made. One page was nothing but things he had made. I use veiw new content button in the top right hand corner of all of the pages and it shows every thing that has been posted. Now i looked in each form i would of never seen any of them because i don't go to the show off part. Now if any of you think i'm some kind of cyber bully report me to a moderator !!
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    My repliey was for / to coiledup.
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    I like seeing what other people make ! But when i look on a page and every thing on it is from one person showing the same thing but a different color or design it gets old. I really doubt you would want to see every thing i have made the last couple of weeks because a lot of it the same thing but a different color or has a different pattern on it. Or i started putting pictures of every thing i have made over the last 25 years that would get old in a hurry to.
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    I know your proud of what you make and have made. But i really don't want to see everything you have ever made and i don't mean that in a bad way so please don't take it that way.
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    Whats PU leather ???
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    Try wetting the backside and put something heavy on them. Might try it on one first to make sure it works.
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    On the third of January i got a new stamp made by her company looks great and works great. I will be happy to recommend her business.
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    You can use a cup, plate or anything else that has been fired to sharpen a knife. Use the part that has no glaze on the bottom it works. I tried it after i seen a movie on you tube where they did that. It does leave a black mark on what ever your using. I think you can do the same thing with the back of a ceramic tile.
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    When you call ask them if they will cut a piece off and send to you. That way you can try it before you buy some.
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    You can put a single edge safety razor blade in a vise and break it off. I've done that a few times after seeing where a guy did it on here. Sometimes it works better than others brakeing the blade.
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    I have got more use from them by using a buffing wheel on a grinder to slick up the edge. Their kinda tricky to hold though
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    I guess i do mine different than anybody. Most of the time i do my burnishing after i come in from the shop setting on the couch watching TV. I use a wet sponge to dampen ( not wet but damp ) the edge and the use a piece of deer antler to burnish with and finish up up a piece of cardboard off of a cereal, cracker, or beer box for the final polish. Sometimes i go back over it with antler piece after it has dried. Oh i do use paste saddle sometimes on a dyed black piece sometimes it makes all the difference in a good burnish. Like others have said try em all and use what works best for you.
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    You could try a wire wheel on a buffer that might eat the edge up enough to get the look you want.
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    Trox are their any trade schools around that teach machineing ? Making a blade would be a good project for them.
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    Nice job !!
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    You could cut some plugs out of wood that fit inside the horns and screw from the inside of your helment imto the plugs.
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    You can get a 1/4 bag punch Osborn from Ohio Travel bag. I think it's 40.00. Chief is right if their not perfectly straight they look really bad. I would make a cardboard pattern to lay them out with.
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    Trox take it to a machine shop and have them make a blade for you. I had to have one made years ago.
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    Gregg your a 100% right it is a picture of a Highlead machine. I figured they were all about the same. I learned something new today and that's a good thing.
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    Call some of the dealers they may have a junker laying around that they can take the plate off of.
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    billymac painting the celeing will help a lot. You could make some reflectors for you lights. Fluorescent light used to come with or the one that hung down did. I have plugs in the celeing in my shop just so i can move light around if i want to move a work station. Another thing you can try is day light bulbs they are brighter than the regular ones and cost the same or not much more.
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