dirtclod

It's really not a problem at all. Like i said filling out the customs forms are the worst thing and their not that bad. Just make sure you have the right one. So you don't have to fill out another one at the post office. One other thing i send the customer a scan of the form, receipt and a picture of the box so they will know it has been mailed.Oh i put what ever their ordering in a plastic bag incase the package gets left out in the rain because the person's not home and it won't fit in the mail box.

The customer pays you for the insurance and you buy it for them when the package is mailed. I sent a $50.00 package to Canada this week by priority mail $20.00 and it came with $60.00 worth insurance i belive. In all of the packages i have sent all over Europe, Canada and New Zealand i had one person say they didn't get their order and that was in the UK. It wasn't insured and i made another one and sent it. After that i make it real clear that it's their baby if they don't want insurance and it gets lost. Filling out the customs forms are the worst thing. Make sure you get the right form when you go to the post office to check postage cost. It's one type for first class mail another for priority mail and let another one for express mail. Customers don't have to pay a brokeage in Canada if it's sent through the post office UPS charges a extra $20.00 fee if you send something bu them. Or at least that's what a customer from Canada told me.

I send quite a few things out of the country and never have had a problem. Generally you don't need the exact address until you mail it. The county is fine to check on the postage with the post office not sure about UPS, i don't use them because their to expensive. When i get a price i get all three first class priority and express. But with a seat your limited to priority or express because of the weight. Make sure you take the box your going to use and put every thing in it that will be in the box when you mail it. The post office has a size limit to, before they charge a oversize fee. I let them choose the way they want it sent with extra insurance or without. Priority and express mail both come with some insurance but it won't be enough to cover the cost of a seat. Good luck with your sell. John

When i read that a 6 point socket wouldn't work. I though maybe a piece of square tubeing might do it. For more leverage you can drill a hole in it and stick a screwdriver through the hole or maybe weld a bolt or nut on the end if the tubeing fits and then use a wrench to break them loose.If that won't work ask at the Universty and see if they can make you a wrench. They may have a machine shop. Tell the teacher it would be a good project for a student..LOL.

I have used a table mounted belt sander a couple of times to thin a blade down. When do it start with a 150 grit belt and go down to a 400 then buff it. So far i haven't had any problems loseing temper. main thing is take slow and don't get the blade to hot. That's the way i did mine but if you do yours do it at your own risk because i'm not a knife maker. I may of just got lucky. John

Nice job on the straps. I'm betting somebody will want them.

A 6 point socket might work on the square nuts. As your tearing it down i would take pictures of everthing along the way just incase you forget how some thing goes back togeather that wouldn't take but a few minutes and may save hours of hair pulling when you put it back togeather. I can't wait to see it all back togeather and sewing. John

After moving my shop 4 times to a bigger and better place each time. I screw everything togeather now as far as work tables, racks and shelves. The third time i moved the door on that shop was to narrow to get my work table through the door. I had to cut one side off to be able to get inside. It was nailed togeather so it was cutting the wood and the nails to get it apart. Then i had to take it apart again to get it back out the door when i moved to the shop i have now. It was rebuilt useing just screws and only screws. Ever thing i am building now is screwed togeather so it can come apart pretty easy if i it needs to.

A 2x4 or 2x6 is strongest when it's vertical not flat. With a 150 to 200 pound weight above my feet vertical is the way i would want them even i had to make my bench a little taller and needed to get a taller stool to set on.

Max i just painted mine and it's been that way for 12 or 15 years and i never had any problems. I do cut every thing on a cutting board though. One other thing i would put the cross braces under the top on 12 inch centers at the most. On one end of my table i made it solid 2x4's for about 3 foot length ways and all the way across to try and stop bouncing when i use a big punch and it still bounces some.Oh make it high enough for you to be comfortable. If you get to high you can cut some off easier than than trying to raise it up.

Every time i tried something like that it always backfired. I would have so many of this or that made up and their always the wrong color or wrong design when i get a order and it takes forever to get rid of them. But if you go to a show or something along those lines you need to have several of every thing made up. So it's durned of if ya do and durend if ya don't. Right now i have a box of things made up that i didn't sell at the show and a order for a couple of things and bet i don't have the color or design they want. John

Yes, leave 2 to 3 inches of thread hanging out of the bobbin.

Really nice job !!

If you have thread on the bobbin put it in. Then thread your needle and turn the wheel by hand and your bobbin thread should come up and your ready to sew. You can get servo motor to show the machine down. I've never used one personally. There are several sewing machine dealers on here that can get you a servo motor. Plus they can probley help you the right size neddle.

Nice collar.

You did a nice job on your cut and that's a great ideal on how to do it.

Clay you can get full extension draw glides that will hold up to a 100 lbs. I got mine off of ebay. So far i haven't tried them to see if they will hold a 100 lbs because i don't have ever thing done on my bench's. But i had some that held 60 lbs in my old shop and they worked fine. John

Yepod, yes the second picture is in inches. Clair you more than welcome.

Clair here are the pictures of the thread. From left to right 277 207 138 .

I sew mine.

Clair i'll see if i can a good picture of the thread like they have tomorrow. John

Hi Clair, i can send you some pieces of different thread sizes if that would help. John

Learn something new every day because i never knew they medium and heavy blades. Around they only sell one kind and i guess it's the heavy blade. Either way could get both sense they don't cost alot and see which one you like best.

Is the kind of knife you have? This is what i am talking about. As far as i know theirs only two kinds of blades for them. A straight blade what you want and hooked blade. I've heard that some folks use the hook blade but i would just use the straight blade.

Try stroping first if that doesn't help, then sharpen them. you can make a strop out a piece of leather, poster board or file folder. Then rub some red or green buffing compound. You can get compound on ebay if their isn't a store close to where you live.