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@bruce johnson Hey Bruce, could you add your expertise to this question? Thanks Tom

According to the OP's IP address, is located in the Paso Robles, California, 93446 area. @vintageredesigned Always a good idea to include your location in your profile. Nice to know what part of the solar system you are in so people can see if they are really interested. Probably pretty expensive and long shipping time from Mars! Your should also give information about shipping or local pick up only. Tom

Moved

OP's IP address is for the Harker Heights, Texas, 76548 area. @Mandajane It is a good idea to add your location to your profile so you can reach people in the area that may be interested. Tom

I fixed the link to make it "clickable" Tom

@tieflyer You have some interest shown here. You haven't been online here since March 22. @StitcherToo If you quote or flag someone, they normally get an email so you will get faster response. Type "@" followed by the username and a list will pop up. Pick from the list. Tom

Hey @CowboyBob do you know anything about the Cowboy 8020 splitter? Looks like some interest in this thread. Tom

Copied and pasted into a browser, works for me. Tom

I came across this checklist. It is not specifically for leather sewing machines, but has many common problems listed. Hope it is of help to someone here now and then. Sewing Machine Common Troubles.pdf Tom

A great amount of really great leatherwork (tooling, stamping, carving) has been done with all kinds of tools; home made, cheap, expensive, etc. Good tools may help, but the main thing is how you use the tools you have. You don't need 100 different stamps. 10 stamps in total may provide all you really need tool-wise. Practice and patience are the requirements for good tooling of any style. Of course we all like to have nice tools, and there is always another one that we want to add to our collection, but this is mainly just "wants". Tom

I'd say leave it as is, mostly due to your comments, but mine would be much the same. Tom

Most of the kind and grateful people don't make the news. There are lots of them around, quietly going about their life, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease, good or bad. Seems more often bad. Tom

Both are good choices. Ad revenue is good as it supports operational costs. Send a PM to @Johanna Tom

Definitely! Tom

Content in the photo really has a big impact on file size (range of colour and intensity). In Photoshop, when saving a JPEG, I have a choice of "quality" from 0 (smallest file size) to 12 (largest file size). So I picked a random photo that was saved as a TIFF. 1447 x 1551 pixels (20" x 21.5") saved with a resolution of 72 pixels / inch with a 3 MB File size. Saved it as a JPEG without reducing the size. Set at 0, file size was 142 kB. Set at 12, file size was 1.4 MB (10 times larger). Resized the original to 746 x 800 pixels maintaining the same proportions, and did test over. 0 yielded a file size of 81.6 kB, 12 yielded a file size of 514 kB. So quite a range of file sizes. My numbers quoted in a previous post above were out by at least 10 times; should never quote numbers without testing and confirming! Resizing makes a substantial difference, and the quality setting makes a lot of difference too. I think the quality setting gets missed in a lot of resizing applications, or missed by the user in other cases. Would be nice if we could keep things simple, just one setting instead of too many choices for the average user. Tom

The only size restriction is the size of the files. I think it is about 3.4 MB. (Maybe I reversed the digits.) My limit is different and I of course don't see the regular users limit anymore. 800 x 600 pixels yields a file around 4 kB. So you can load lots of photos if resized down. Depending on software you have or are using, you can set file size rather than pixel dimensions. Up to you to resize to what will fit within the site's limitations. Would be nice it the site resized automatically! Tom

@lintonleather according to the IP address OP is located in the Nottingham, Nottingham, NG5, United Kingdom area. It's a good idea to add your location to your profile so you get help related to your area of the solar system! Tom

This statement is not correct. For the past say 100 years or more we have been heating objects to expand the hole to enable release of nuts, etc. We heat a ring and drop it over a shaft to act as a bearing retainer for axles. As soon as the ring cools it shrinks tight to the shaft. If you look at the molecular level, heating an object causes the molecules to vibrate faster and push away from each other. So looking at the circumference of a hole, the hole can not get smaller. One problem with heating a block of metal with a relatively small screw is that the screw heats up nearly as fast as the block of metal. Thus not enough differential expansion to really loosen the screw. But simply heating to a high temperature (not enough to destroy the properties of the object) and cooling often helps to break the rust or corrosion that has locked the 2 pieces together. An impact driver is very helpful, but care must be taken to avoid the driver slipping out of the screw slot and damaging the screw slot so you can't get a good grip on it after that. Tom

There are various types of penetrating oil available. Lots of different brand names. Loosen-all, penetrating oil, rust remover, etc. In general, they work better than diesel fuel and other light hydrocarbons. Tom

@jdwhitak You've got a couple unanswered requests here. Are you still selling the knife? If not, tell us and I'll move the post to old/sold. Tom

Fixed broken link in original post. https://leatherworker.net/SimmonsHolster.pdf Tom

@McBeal Moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines (even though you are using canvas). You'll get more input here. Tom

Because you posted in Help Wanted, which non-members of these forums may post in. Help Wanted is generally for hiring help, or alternately, people wanting work post here too. Then almost all replies to the post also require approval. Moved your post to How Do I Do That. Tom

@ABHandmade Top notch as always. Great job. Tom

He hasn't been back to this site since he posted it! @Saleigh You still around? Tom