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    When i get rich i want to come and see your collection in person !!! The old machines are so neat to look at, not only were they built to work but the stands are amazing desgins !! What is the three legged machine in the first set of pictures. It looks like some kind of Mac Kay ( probley spelled wrong ) it reminds me of a crown. Well reading again i see what it is, it is neat looking.
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    Found this https://www.google.com/search?q=Cordura+nylon&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb and theirs some places at the bottom of the page.
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    Sometimes you can use a pair of hog ring pliers and get them out of they haven't bent the screw on the concho real bad.
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    Personally i use a 160 / 23 needle for 69 and 138 thread and a 200 needle not sure what the size is in the two number sizes for 207 and 277 thread. Just went and looked on Bobs website a 200 is a size 25 needle.
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    This is just a guess but i think it's for mashing the edge of the sole against the welt after it's been glued on or maybe after it's been sewn.
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    I was able to read the numbers even when i had catracts. Most of the time now i use two pair of reading glasses to read the numbers and it is a lot easier to see them to.
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    Get a magnifing glass and a good light and you can read the size of the needle on the needle it's self. The number is on the big end where it fits in the machine.
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    Loosen thebobbin tension a little at a time sew and check and you should be able to get back to sewing in no time.
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    Take a fist sized rock and beat it and kinda drag the rock all at the same time along the edge. Something hard under it would help i would think. Might work.
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    The only time i use nylon thread is when i have run out of polyester or i don't have the right color in polyester. I've read that is hard on your machine and i do know it seems to make my machine work harder when i sewing with nylon. If your in the sun, polester will last longer than nylon.
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    You can a 3" thick granite surface plate from Enco for around 30.00 and free shipping when their on sale. I have one and it works great. For several years i used a 1 1/4 and it worked fine but thicker is a lot better.
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    That was real intresting. Thanks posting the link.
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    You better try glueing on some scrap first, because i never had any luck glueing anything to a oiled piece of leather like what you have.
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    Your welcome. You tell him i reckonmended you to call but i doubt if he will remember me all i have bought is some needles, bobbins and thread a few times, after all he talks to a lot people every week i would think.
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    Bob's telephone number 1 866 362 7397 . Yes he is Toledo Sewing Machine and a heck of a nice guy to boot.
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    I have used it when it looked pretty bad and it worked fine. You wil more than likely need to add some thinner to it. Try it on some scrap and see what happens. For the last couple of years i have been useing Wellwood in the red can ( you can get it at the hardware store ) works just as well as Barge and is cheaper plus it doesn't get thick and gunkie like Barge will or it hasn't on me yet.
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    Nice work !! Troy you can go to picmonkey.com and crop, resize and brighten for free.
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    Wow !! Stewart you have really improved !! I like them all but the humming bird is killer !!
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    The supposed to be Eel skin is really a hag fish. You can see them caught on discovery channel dirty jobs show, i'm pretty sure it's on line. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagfish
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    Mast Harness

    dirtclod replied to carver's topic in Suppliers

    Weaver bought them out several years ago. If they have reopened i haven't heard anything about it.
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    Oltoot reading your post brought back some not to pleasant memories patching blankets....LOL. I had people that would bring a blanket covered in manure and soaking weat with pee and stinking to high heaven and want them patched. Then swell up like a toad when i told no, wash it and bring it back. The next question was always where can i wash it at ? My answer was the car wash, some did and some never came back.
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    If your wanting to sew straight lines for any distance i would save my money and get something else. I have a patch machine and their good for what Wiz discribed but their not so good for everday sewing making something and reading your profile it seems you want to make stuff.
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    I'm not against somebody doing well in business. I don't really like that people come and want money to start their business and you never see them again ! Why are they better than other folks that have to save their money or go to a bank and borrow the money ? More than likely they do both. I was like most people when they started i had NOTHING but i bought a tool or tools when i saved up enough to get them. Doing that i built up the tools that i needed. When i needed a new sewing machine i took what i had saved and borrowed the rest from the bank and made payments. I'm proud for anybody that well it's just i am more proud for some folks than others. I guess what really gets me is most of the time it's their first post and they ask for money or send your customer to me. Personally i have worked years to get a good customer base and i'm not going to tell them to try so and so espically when i know nothing about their work. People on here have given freely of their knowledge to help some body and lots of the time get told they don't what their talking about and never get a thank you. When i started 30 years ago it was HARD to find somebody that would share anything with you, if they did it was just enough to get you in trouble. You can put me in which ever catagory you want the lazy bunch or the won't tell bunch. I don't care !!
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    I agree with Sylvia get some Angelus dye it's the best i have used. You can get it at Turtle Feathers and they ship it quick. I mix 50 / 50 with denatured alcohol and it works fine, alot better than Febings and i use it for years but no more !!
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