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We use a very large converter in our shop. If you only have the one piece of equipment that is three phase, by all means install a single phase. Make sure you get correct horse power. ferg quote name='Yanni' timestamp='1344508719' post='259856'] Thanks Mike, Would it be safer to have a single phase motor installed instead?

Blade on scroll saw has an up and down motion. It would lift your leather off the table unless it was held down plus you would get a rough edge on up stroke. ferg

Tandy has it. Comes as you pictured and also with a solid side with the mesh. ferg

I would try the stirrup plate on some scrap. I think it will work. The plate Bob is making for me won't have the rise in it. You realize with the stirrup plate you lose some of your leather thickness ability. ferg

Kevin, Bob is making a slotted plate for my Seiko. He may have one in stock for your 4500. I have one for my Consew flat bed. Have used it a lot especially for soft/and or thin leather. ferg

Dwight, That isn't a special order blade. We used to buy bulk blade, I have a blade welder. Remember the width of the blade determines how short the radius you can cut. Check this: http://www.doallsawing.com/products_detail.aspx?idcategory=saw%20blades&idsubcategory=knife%20edge&idproduct=DOALL030 ferg

That is pretty light. Biggest problem is attaching a strap to the thin leather. It doesn't do real well and can pull stitches or metal attachments right out of the gusset. ferg

Until an idiot neighbor decided his relation could hunt "MY" deer a couple years ago, we had 26 at one time within 25 yards of our log home. I named a few and could talk them into posing for photos. Also eight antlered bucks at one time, stunningly beautiful. We now see one small doe at the salt block. Sick! ferg

JoAnn Fabric has a pretty good selection of foam. I assume that you know it is not cheap. Most urban areas has a store close by. ferg

A Seiko cylinder arm. I had to elongate one hole in the guide about .5 mm so both screws would tighten. Before working on the hole I tried the guide with one screw, posed no problems. Love the doggone thing. I talked to a gentleman at the business to make sure which guide would work best. BTW: I didn't need to do anything to the machine. ferg

I am doing a purse for my wife that has some gentle and not so gentle outside curves. Decided to use the straight guide from kwokhing. Worked beautifully. Sewed with about 8spi, slowly around the corners. Never skipped a stitch. ferg

Your method works fine on long edges, when you need to do inside corners and such, the large diameter doesn't work. ferg

I have #1 and #3, they work okay. I also have from kwokhing, they are the best. Mine had both straight and the round. ferg

Bob Covar has a number of binder attachments for many types of machines. His banner appears at top of these pages. ferg

Are you planning to carve/stamp your projects? You will need at least 5-6 ounce veg tanned. Get a shoulder if you want all thickness to be nearly same weight. A back will give you some thinner leather in spots you can use for card holders. The garment leather is fine for some purse designs with no tooling. Buy ready made wallet/purse liners, you won't need another leather to line. Large carved purses do best with 6-8ounce veg tanned. ferg quote name='RunKittyRun' timestamp='1343255842' post='257923'] For wallets I think you want something like 3-4 ounce veg tanned. Springfield leather will sell you a smaller, like 5 sq ft. piece. You're also going to want some lining leather like pig or sheep in the 1 ounce range. Straps would be best with latigo or harness leather I think, For bags and such you'd want a 3-4 ounce garment leather. That would be chrome tanned. It's softer.

I am sorry you had a bad experience with the servo. I have a Consew rb5 and a Seiko cylinder arm, both have servo motors, one from Bob one from Consew. They both work perfectly. I have plenty of torque at every speed in almost everything I have tried to sew. That is why I suggested the servo. If you bought the servo from any of the dealers that frequent this forum I am sure they will almost stand on their heads to get you going correctly. If you bought the servo off e-bay, what can I say? ferg

Sylvia, Wife and I drove over 3000 miles in February on our vacation. Think I will pass on that trip until I get rested. LOL ferg

Mike, Fine work as usual. Your hand stitching is fabulous. Glad to hear Ma Kat is up and about, give her an extra hug for me. ferg

I modify most pieces of machinery I own, that is many. BUT, there are times when modification can turn into a nightmare, why don't you just bite the bullet, call Bob, get real reduction with no loss of torque with one of his servo motors? I forgot to mention, I like to sew slow on some things, very slow. Does that equal sewing by hand? Definitely not. Also like to speed it up,SERVO, ferg

I doubt I will be visiting them, I live in Ohio. LOL ferg

Melanie web site has nothing on it right now ferg

I have an 8500watt generator we used last year when a storm took our power for 7days. It has two wheels at one end with handles/stand at the other. Takes two men and a boy to put it into the bed of my pick-up. Generators must be located a safe distance from any live animals, humans included. All that said, here in Ohio I doubt if you would get on the grounds with a generator of any size. Noisy? you bet. Smelly and other problems. I know where you are coming from but personally, I wouldn't even consider it. ferg

I see at least 4 or 5 tools that have been hand made by someone. The leather stamps look exactly like some I have which I would have bought between 1954 and 1956. ferg

Obviously this is going nowhere. We all have our opinions and there is know point in dragging this out which does nothing but create some hard feelings. Johanna, please lock this thread. ferg