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@Chrisie Moved your post to Marketplace. More chance of selling in that forum! Should identify if you are willing to ship etc. Read the marketplace rules here https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/70-announcements/ Tom

@TomSchell I moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines. You are more likely to get the help you want here. Tom

It appears from your IP address that you are located in Golden Grove So Australia. You should add that to your profile so you can get responses that are more suitable for your location. Are you asking for vendors? If so you are probably more interested in an Australian source rather than USA, Europe or Mars. Tom

See the following for info on resizing your photos. Tom

You could put a post under business / estate sales. Tom

Reduce the file size! See the following. This thread has several instructions and suggestions. Tom

As mentioned in your other post, you should be posting for sale items in "marketplace". There is nothing in this post to "show Off". Tom

@ScoobieYou should be posting for sale items in the "marketplace" forum. Pay special attention to the requirement for posting for sale items. Description, model number, photos, price, shipping, condition, etc. Tom

Thick layers of paint or finish crack and flake off with continual flexing. Need to minimize the total thickness to avoid early failures. Tom

Tandy has a suede / nubuck cleaner. https://www.tandyleather.ca/en/product/fiebing-s-suede-nubuck-cleaner?ip_lookup_country_id=CA&loadedFromCookie=1&session_id_token=d8eee6b6122de1c8e3e90b7a3a4c5d7f2e5e1ebf And a google search returns many possibles. https://www.google.com/search?q=cleaning+nubuck&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Don't use something that will stain the skin. Dry type cleaning should be the best if it hasn't been stained with some sort of liquid. If stained with a liquid, you may have to treat the whole surface in order to maintain a consistent color. Tom

@bruce johnson Can you provide some input here? Thanks Tom

Off the main topic: I worked in a electric utility plant. We had 2 steam turbine generators built by Parsons (UK). One was purchased and installed before WWII. The other was purchased and installed post war. Both were the same capacity, but the threads were different for each unit. So had to have 2 sets of common parts, and 2 sets of wrenches. Couldn't even have common British/Imperial units! I inherited a set of taps and dies. Didn't notice at first that they were Witworth threads instead of our common NC of NF Imperial measures. Messed up a number of bolts and threaded rod! Tom

Do a google search "site:leatherworker.net dixon plough gauge" (without the quotes) and pick images. There are lots of photos. You'll see the layout and may be able to estimate overall dimensions based on your plough gauge. Tom

@dramdani @mikesc Just a few posts above, is this post! And by the way, this is not the same bag as in the video linked above. Its source is https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/582183857/bag-pattern-leather-diy-pdf-download?ref=shop_home_active_28&pro=1 Tom

@archerydude If you type the at '@' symbol followed by a username, click on their username from the popup list and type, they will normally get a email depending on their settings, for the post you are making. Just like I did here. Tom

When you click quote, this (above) is what happens! If you highlight a piece of text a box pops up "Quote Selection". If you click on it, it places that selection in the reply box after the last post in the topic thread. Just like this: There is an envelop icon just to the left of your username at the top of the current window. Click it and see what happens. To contact a particular person you need to start typing the username of that person and pick (click) on the list that pops up. You can also hover the mouse over the username in a post and a box pops up. One of the items at the bottom left of the box is "Message" which takes you directly to the PM System. If you go to the main page https://leatherworker.net/forum/ You can see a list of all the different forums with descriptions here on LW. You will find one that is called "Computer Help". It has "sticky" posts that stay at the top of the forum for common items that people often have questions about. The top 4 threads are 1. How to post pictures on LW, 2. Inserting link into topic, 3. Picture resizing, 4. Tips on backing up your data. All good topics to review. Tom

go to the top right of the screen to your username and click on it. You should get a drop down box with selections for profile, settings, etc. Tom

@chouinardragon You should update your profile with your location so people have a better idea of where you may be able to buy a machine, that might even be more local to you. Or so they and you know that here will be overseas shipping from USA. It appears from your IP address that your are in Taiwan. Tom

That's a good solution as long as your work space fits. I have MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) so am more concerned about keeping the vapours out of my space. "Comfort" Tom

@Scarolamade Moved your post to "leather sewing machines". You'll get more comments and action here. Have you searched this forum for replacing timing belts? Tom

I'd pick either one of the larger bathroom exhaust fans (with a low sound level) or a range hood. Need to keep all we have! Tom

I would cross post this under leather sewing machines since most guys that would have some ideas for you frequent that forum. Tom

Really great piece of work, should say really great piece of art! Tom

The head page says Resources: Links, periodicals, books, Guilds and other professional organizations, trade show and demonstration announcements go here. So I believe you are in the right place. Fire away, full steam ahead! Tom

Another dumb story! I had a wet distributor cap after washing down my car's engine. So I took the cap off, rinsed it with methyl hydrate (alcohol) wiped it out, plugged all the spark plug wires and coil wire back in and put the cap back in place. Climbed in the car and hit the starter. BANG! Didn't start! Checked under the hood. It had blown the distributor cap off. So had just enough fumes, plus a spark, and off she went! Haven't tried that since and that's over 40 years ago. Tom