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Resize your photos to fit. http://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/15122-how-to-post-pictures-on-lw/?do=findComment&comment=551171 Tom

Have you tried a new needle? Tom

Check this post Tom

The OP appears to be at Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12, United Kingdom according to the IP address. @plingboot It's a good idea to add your location to your profile so people here can give you more localized help and answers. Tom

You should start a new thread so it gets the exposure that you want. Tom

@Cal1 Moved to leather sewing Tom

@Cal1 Moved to Leather Sewing Machines Tom

@MillennialProl Moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines Tom

@dogboy You don't need to be able to draw or sketch. There are loads of patterns around that you can copy and others that you can purchase. The majority of the usual tooling process is basically learning the mechanics of the sequence, which side of the line to bevel, etc. If you are talking about figure carving of animals, scenes, portraits, etc. then that becomes a different story. You need to have some artistic talents and skills. There are a number of books available showing how to do tooling and carving. Also some really good videos on YouTube. Jim Linnell has a series of lessons at https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+jim+linnel&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Tom

@Gullex Oops! The forum won't let me add another photo, they're to big. See this post Tom

Or another option is @RockyAussie sells or makes his files available to someone in the USA to print a bunch and sell / distribute in the USA. @YinTx have you bought a 3d printer yet? And there are others here that have. Just a thought for you all to kick around. Tom

Have you done a search in the forum "sewing Leather"? If not, take a minute and do it. Lots of threads on this site about this same problem. You can use the site's search or do a google search. This google search string brings up lots of posts. site:leatherworker.net "sewing leather" dirty thread Copy this to your google search. 66 results. (The "site:leatherworker.net" parameter restricts the search to leatherworker.net) Tom

@SilverForgeStudio Even though you are past the 30 days, I would talk to Springfield about it. Even the plastic cap may show it was faulty from the start. Many suppliers will work with you to resolve situations like this. It's to their advantage. Tom

Check out this post. Tom

Beautiful dog! Tom

@LeatherworkingNovice Merged both threads and removed redundant posts. Tom

Just a couple thoughts. You could mount a piece of leather in the shape of a dog, or paw prints, etc. on a piece of mat board, place some of the hair across part of it, or beside the shape you picked, and frame it with a non-reflective glass. Even a swatch of hair over a good photograph would do the trick. Hope this is enough to jog your thinking cells. Loss of a long term pet is traumatic. We won't be getting any more pets. Our cats were very difficult for us to put down when they became ancient and very ill. Tom

Look for saddle skirting. Even Tandy sells some. Most leather suppliers should be able to source it for you. Tom

@millrat Moved to leather sewing machines Tom

Welcome aboard! Hope you find all the help you need here. There are certainly lots of great people and examples here. I notice that this triple posted! Please avoid hitting submit more than once. Also avoid going back a page after posting, and hitting submit again. I've deleted the extra posts. Tom

Howard Imprinting supplies hot stamping machines, foil, type and accessories. Also have some videos. My imprinter is a Howard machine re-branded by Gold Star (who has gone out of business). It is similar to Kingsley and works well. They are expensive. Bought mine secondhand with a couple boxes of napkins, pencils, card stock, foil, etc. for about $300. Had hardly been used. I decided I needed something to be able to hot stamp chrome tanned and other leathers. My son had used a Kingsley when he was a teenager to print business cards. When he quit using it, I finally gave it away. Wished I hadn't! Tom

For patterns you should always print actual size as a starting point. When you scale a PDF to fit paper, or to remove borders, you skew the pattern dimensions. Tom

@IronbridgeKOREA Hasn't visited this site since he/she posted Aug 28. Strange how people can't follow up on their posts when they are supposedly trying to sell something to us! Tom

If everything you make is flat, then a flat bed is all you need. Have you read this post? Tom

OP is located at Valrico, Florida, 33594 according to the IP address. Tom