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  1. dirtclod
    If your talking about winding a bobbin, get a piece of dowel rod that bobbin fits good on. Put the dowel in a cordless drill and your good to go.
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    http://www.wawak.com/Leather-Tape-1-2-x-60-yds try this it works great.
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    I hear people say that the leather will tear before the glue gives up almost as much as a lockstitch machine stitch will unravel. I've been doing leather work full time for 30 years and used just about every brand of glue made and had to take my share of things apart after they were glued and i NEVER had the leather tear before the glue gave out/ gave up. Somebody put a picture up where the leather tore i want to see it ! Till then i'm calling BS on the leather tearing ! Make me a beliver.
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    Hoffman brothers bought Ferdco. http://www.ferdco.com/content.php?page_id=1
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    Try a different thread and see if that helps.
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    No expert, but do you have a picture of the machine where your talking about ? You can try using a spring that has a magnet on it or one that has a claw on the of the spring that will open when push the handle and maybe get lucky and get it out with that. I got mine at a auto parts store, they will know what your talking about if you ask.
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    A picture would nice because I don't what your talking about.
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    IMHO long stitches make things look cheap. 6 to 7 maybe 8 inches to the inch would look a lot better.
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    Glue everything, when you get ready stick it togeather. Use binder clips to hold it togeather and take them as you get to them when your sewing. I always make gusset a little long and cut it off after your done sewing.
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    Search horse lineart. I found several.
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    The one in the tool is stitch groove. Sometimes they work sometimes not. The ends with splits are edgers for cutting the sharp edge off after you cut you leather.
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    I worked setting tombstones for a while, to unload the stones we took 2 pieces of fire hose and two 2x10's slid them under the stone then raised the 2x10's up and rolled 3/4 or 1 dowels under the 2x10 and pulled the stone to end of the truck bed on the rollers and slid them down to the ground. DON"T stand in front of what ever unloading. It would work to slide in your truck to. If you want to do that be sure and take some tin snips to cut the bands with and unload a piece at a time with a friend.
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    Glue plugs to the back of the punkin till they even or close to even on the back, put glue on the edge of the plug then glue them to the rosett. Or you could make the plugs longer where the will be past the back of the ribbon and drill 2 holes like a + sign and run the wire through to where it will will be past and it should hold hold it in. Might work.
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    Nice job !
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    Reach up by the take up leaver and pull some slack in your tread then cut your thread and you wont have to rethread.
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    Febings and Angelus dyes.
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    Hold it under a light or when the sun is bright. A pencil mark will show through black to.
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    File it off till its the same size.
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    Wellwood red can you can get it a hardware store.
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    Snubbyfan in your movie you say that you can see a ink line through black dye. Thats not right, you can see a ink line through black dye. I've seen it happen to many times. I had a customer that made holsters and he would bring them by for me to sew up and he had marked all over the holster with a ink pen and i told him that the ink would show through even after it was dyed black. He didn't belive me so after i sewed it i dyed it for him and you could see the ink lines.
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    I use side window from a pickup. Got it junkyard.
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    Have her measure it on the horse.
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    Try pipe pouch pattern. Their are several styles of pouches.
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    No I never have. But I think it will fine. After all I see purses made from cloth and they seem to hold up fine.
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