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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

@marronne Moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines. You'll get more info and feedback here. Tom

@McLestergl You have some people interested in your machine. I notice you haven't been around here since Dec 3. Tom

@Boston10 See below

It is a clone of this one. https://www.hewitonline.com/Scharf_Fix_Paring_Machine_and_Spare_Blades_p/tl-091.htm The original has more adjustments than other simple ones like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Metal-Leather-Splitter-Rollers-Device-Edge-Skiver-Paring-Cutter-Craft-DIY-Tool-/303030069152?hash=item468dffe7a0 I purchased another very similar to this one and have not been happy with it. I built one of my own based on the Scharf Fix Paring machine. It works much better. Tom

You should indicate who you are interested in hiring. There are many posters to this thread. If you include their handle in your post, they will receive a notice. example @heavyleathernyc Also not the last post to this thread was November 2014. Tom

Please include photos as per rules for market place. Review the rules here http://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/70-announcements/ Tom

@Chamod Please read the rules for market place http://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/70-announcements/ Add selling price, shipping, etc. Tom

Photos might get some interest. And I'll move this to market place where you should be posting items for sale. Include price, shipping, etc. Check the rules for market place. Tom

From what I see, most of it would seem to be individual users' computers, software, WiFi, and internet connection and routing. I have not had problems uploading or downloading, or connecting to the forum. Here is the tracert results from southern Alberta Tracing route to leatherworker.net [142.4.4.102] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 5 ms 8 ms 16 ms xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 2 17 ms 14 ms 13 ms xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 3 26 ms 29 ms 29 ms xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 4 38 ms 41 ms 33 ms rc2wt-be100.wa.shawcable.net [66.163.75.233] 5 41 ms 31 ms 32 ms ae-7.a00.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [168.143.229.41] 6 38 ms 33 ms 36 ms ae-14.r05.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.5.133] 7 38 ms 36 ms 32 ms ae-6.r23.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.88] 8 50 ms 196 ms 48 ms ae-3.r23.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.124] 9 164 ms 96 ms 97 ms ae-45.r01.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.175] 10 148 ms 50 ms 57 ms ae-1.a01.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.48] 11 76 ms 77 ms 75 ms ae-0.endurance.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.195.138] 12 73 ms 72 ms 72 ms eth3-33-3.prvspn001.net.unifiedlayer.com [162.144.240.143] 13 72 ms 73 ms 75 ms po97.prv-leaf3a.net.unifiedlayer.com [162.144.240.43] 14 77 ms 74 ms 75 ms 142-4-4-102.unifiedlayer.com [142.4.4.102] Trace complete. Tom

Your original post. I am asking Ron at Techsew to respond to this thread. Tom

@Techsew Ron See post above Tom