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The stain works purdy good. Wipe on with a soft cloth, wipe off... wah lah I don't use a lot of it (old dog, old tricks?) but I've got good results with the mahogany, black, and walnut. It's quite thick...not warm jelly and not cold syrup, but somewheres in there Very consistent colors. Honestly, ya know whata fella otta do... I really like the look of leather done with WOOD stain. Check out some of the holsters (and other projects) on here by fgabesz... the coloring itself is an art... very nicely done.

Some of you have noticed I am not currently using the Cutesy shop. That actually felt pretty good-- and I don't know that I'll go back to using it Something about being in the middle of acres of useless 'cutesy' junk just never sat well from here. Anyhoo.... Patterns are still available on the site, and more will be added time to time. For now, though.. since im all up in teh tax crap anyway.. maybe some o you boys been payin' for these otta git an 'extra'. Hey -- anybody makin' holsters for the .45 shield .. ?

Nah... wrong guy. I tried to buy a couple Landis stitchers when that place closed -- offered 'em $5k just for the machines. Short version is, the guy became ill and his nephew and daughters basically robbed the guy... I don't think he saw much of the money, and I don't think those machines went to someone who could use 'em. I mean real stitchers.. staple a guy to the floor if'n he aint watchin'. Not this piece of cobra I'm making work out of shear determination

Glue is good 'n'' firm, but not as "permanent" as thread. You likely could wear a belt "glued only" for a good long while without problems, but honestly when I hear "N-frame" I'm thinking stitch Plus, it's good to agree with Josh ↑ rawt cheer Good tip on teh saddle shop / hirin' it done, too. The last one in these parts closed a couple years ago, so I hadn't thought of that.

I assumed it was a typing error and the guy meant $250 ... not $25 At $250, still a good deal!

A grade HO. I'm assuming that something got IN the leather.. not sure what or when. No discoloration prior to use.

Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of some type of oil in the leather (from thumb?)... but that don't explain the different color on teh "flaps"

Okay, what happened? Guy sent me this, and I don't know whatz the deal here. After dye only After forming

Well, yeah... it's purdy straight. I generally start taking leather off teh OTHER side (along the spine) so put my own straight edge on it. I guess I always thought of that cut they do at HO as just removing the belly. I aint like somebody just put on a blindfold and slashed it "somewhere around here".. Here's one of 'em.. the left side is the belly side.. it's THEIR cut.

YIKES.. that laser eats up some space QUIK Discount achieved... message sent

What size payment you can / will make and for how long is really "the' question. Personally, I would put $3k items on a card at 0% to pay it off over 6 months (ish) no interest (plus the purchase protection comes with the card). If instead we were talking $30k, that would be a finance consideration (at least, around here it would be).

Actually, there are some things which are black and white. This pic would seem to show that the truth is unchanged, regardless of how someone might try to show it in a different light. An example: A guy stood on the roof of a tall building, believing he could fly. Believed it enough to jump. And seconds later, he died. There were multiple sad stories about mental illness, questions of drug use, etc. But neither believing he could fly or why he believed he could fly could change the truth that he can't fly. As for opinions, some folks get so scared of not being "one of the group" that they are unwilling to say the emperor has no clothes. There is truth (this pic actually points to it with an arrow). The sun rises in the east. This is a simplified view, but a true one. The sun is not actually "rising" at all, and we can debate why that direction is called "east", but it won't change what happens. I didn't cause it. And I don't have an opinion about it one way or another. Just the way it is. True.

Chocolate is a bit less 'red-ish', and there is of course walnut color. OR, you might try taking your brown and adding a few drops of green -- this will tend to counter the red tint. Do it slow, little at a time... the green is quite strong.

You'll have better luck looking for teh "or something". Check teh type of file your printer needs, and search for that type of file.

YIKES.. It would be funny if it weren't so pathetic. In today's mail... doll clothes my little girl wanted ("american girl" doll clothes, from China?@!@)) plus my insurance bill... f a form letter from David... Allstate insurance, who can give me a no-obligation quote.... blahblah a form letter from Mitch.. State Farm insurance who has the "formula for big savings.." ...blahblah. This one actually addressed to Jeff or current resident... Scratch Dave and Mitch.. two people who will never sell me anything. OH.. and Great Western Bank (who I do not use) will give me $50 if I open an acount and use it 20 times ... (ughhh... does anybody actually think they aren't charging YOU for the crap they send ME?)

I don't mind paying for a service IF I'm actually getting that service. I'll do the work myself. OR I'll pay someone to do it. Not both. I don't go looking to find out who is the burglar, or where, or why. That's [theoretically] what the cops are for. If you're a cop, and you cashed your check this week, then do not come round asking me to find the criminal for you You got paid to find 'em, you find 'em. Not sure how this became about insurance, really, just one example. But Menard's can suck it All teh materials for the bath renovation at the other house are being returned (if you shop menards, the prices might go up since they'll pay that girl to handle the return). And in the future, I'll just leave them alone. And I will expect either teh dishwasher or the money... and at this point don't really care which. But up there where yer at.. you know the history - been the same story for centuries (and I fully believe the facts are actually worse than stated). Push them "indians" (their word, not mine) to the black hills (under threat of death). BUT only until they find black hills gold -- tehn that land aint the part the indians was supposed to get after all. Move 'em again. Now, "they" want to run an oil pipeline through land supposedly under "treaty" .... song remains the same. Well, not everybody. Is there even such a thing as an auto policy without "uninsured motorist" section (you know.. YOU pay for when the guy who hits you DOESN'T PAY for insurance). But, we haven't mentioned the BIG one... at this time of year, folks in the US are paying someone to tell them how much of their own money they are getting back (tax "refund"). So you pay tax in... then you pay someone else to get back some portion of what was already yours. Unless you're us... in which case you get a bill, not a 'refund'. And after paying all of that.. the 'refund' actually goes to someone who doesn't work. Nice.

THIS is what I'm referring to. Not any one group of people, so much as the general apathy. I closed a business about 10 years back because I refused to keep signing checks to people who think they should be paid simply because they showed up.

That would be fine if insurance paid "so I can buy... without having to pay", but truth is more like I pay the premium, the deductible, co-pays, and so on. And that's without filing any claims. But I'm not 'down' on paying for MY insurance... it's the idea that I'm paying for OTHER'S insurance. When a hail storm goes through tearing up homes and cars, you get to pay.. even if you aren't one filing a claim. When some idiot in a car not mine swipes someone in another car not mine, because 1 or both was on the phone (or drunk, or just stupid, etc)... don't send me an increased bill. Absolutely should be regulations on day care. Even more than there currently are. Nice to see, though,.. if it was to actually protect the children (and less to line the pockets of those who claim they are "regulating"). Keep in mind, every drug that was ever "recalled" for killing people had been previously "approved" and "regulated" by some "authority". And this is absolutely correct. My issue is not what is being charged, but who is being charged. When I ship finished goods, I don't send a bill to people who didn't order it Long as I'm at it, I don't much like paying cops, either. The pastor says he wouldn't want to live someplace there weren't cops -- but I think until they stop whoever has been breaking into homes.. they been paid enough I have never accepted payment for something I didn't do. Guess all I can do is minimize my involvement ...

It's no wonder.. that things cost what they do in this country. I'm surrounded by a dozen levels (at least) of incompetence. Ordered a new dishwasher, since the one in our main home was 'clicking", so I just told the buyer we'd replace it... whatever. So I ordered it. Tracking says shipped from WI. Then went to OH, no idea why. That's hundreds of miles in the wrong direction. So I complained on about day 5. Tracking then quickly showed transfer to some little town in northeast IA. And at the same time, tracking shows NEW shipment from WI. Been 9 days for something that was supposed to take 7 max. And I don't have it yet -- or even a definite time where I might see it. I'll give 'em 3 days, then I cancel the order and buy it from the guy who brings it and hooks it up. Of course, the girl who took the order gets paid. And the person who took the money gets paid. And the person who contacts the shipper, and updates the tracking, and cancels the tracking, and re-does the tracking. All getting paid in spite of no delivery. No wonder the price of everything is up. Trump signed orders 'forwarding' the work on a couple of large oil pipelines recently contested and protested in the news, which had been temporarily stalled (one by Obama's order). Same time, there's a pipeline "spill" on an Iowa farm.... company says they'll "look into it", but not our fault (ugghh). Paper today on and on again about shortage of child care available for working parents. New "regulations" day care centers have to comply with caused some to just close up rather than go through the new "regulations". Seriously? Any idiot can see they are still taking kids... but now only accept cash either "under the table" or "not registered" as day care. So of course, the parents don't get reimbursed (by tax payer money) so they think they should be paid more And the "county" response is to have a meeting (with the attendees being paid) to talk about this "problem" which will of course require more funding ... I guess all of that will continue as long as it's tolerated. Personally, I think the only reason you never see a city-wide or US wide idiot contest... is it's not going to be possible to declare a winner And, don't get me started about insurance. How many of us have paid insurance on our vehicle for 20+ 30+ or more years, even though we've had no accidents or driving issues? Neat 'racket' though... who else has the govt making laws saying you have to buy our service?!@!

No whoopin's necessary. But since I aint currently sellin' em, perhaps I'll just start uploadin' more free ones based on how many pics git uploaded o' the finished goods

It will depend on what you call "light to medium" leather. For me, that would be 4 0z to 8 oz veg tanned tooling leather (what I would call "medium"). NExt guy might think "medium" is 4 oz garment / chap leather So let me say this much. I used to own a Consew 206-RB5. Only "bad" thing to say about it is I was dumb enough to let some girl up the road talk me into selling it. Only one issue with it EVER, and that turned out to be a bad spool of thread! BEST choice, find something local where you can have it serviced it needed - at least until you're comfortable with doing it yourself. NEXT best choice, call Bob. Knowledgeable guy who can answer your questions and - while he will sell you a machine - I don't believe he will throw a bunch of BS at you to do it. You might ask about the CB 3500 or the 227R (for example). LAST, but not least -- I'm hardly a sewing machine expert. But, I tend to pick up things fairly quickly, and I actually read what the real pros had to say about various machines / uses, and I have actually used more than one model. And I would certainly say that you'll get more useful info out of a 15 minute phone call to Bob that you'll get in 6 hours of poo-tube videos Note that I could "suppose" and "guess" here, but I'm only putting down what I know to be correct. In fact, I'll sign it ... -- Jeff

This is a good deal on a good brush. Everything but the compressor (which you can get at Harbor Frieght for about $100 -- last forever). http://www.ebay.com/itm/Paasche-VL-SET-Airbrush-Set-Double-Action-Internal-Mix-Siphon-Feed-/222233824521?hash=item33be2b0d09:g:1wYAAOSwxN5WXePt Short video shows just how easy this is to use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMVHrTPf1AQ And this brush will go from that broad, simple approach to pretty fine detail without altering anything at all. So the same brush that does this : Will also do this : And this :

While I don't think the anchor is "surrounded" by circles, a simple pressing of a seed tool makes consistent "rope markings" quickly and easily. Just maybe not quite so deep ... Just FYI, I've had people run pretty fast at the price of these -- guess it depends on the intended use.

The thing to remember about making holster patterns... as long as it isn't loaded, there's no real harm done, ever. Worst case, it isn't quite what you were looking for, and you ended up trading less than $20 of material for lessons you can buy or beat. In fact, these days you'll get a LINE of folks lined up to sell you something that also isn't what you need for more than that Jim's tutorial (you already mentioned) has some good stuff in there, well worth reading a second time if you haven't already. Armed with that, some good leather, and a bit of desire, you'll likely be fine.

Seriously, the little girl who makes sure the coffee is fresh at the convenience store makes about $500 / week. Since she has little to do other than that, she stays busy doing her nails and thinking of new ways to get a larger tax refund. One day, I'll just go get a job so I can relax