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  1. White wood glue in general is not contact cement and does not perform as well as contact cement during assembly. Contact cement when properly applied and used, adheres upon contact. Parts have to be placed accurately as you may not be able to separate the items again without damaging them. There are lots of threads here about usage of various glues, also many resources on the web that you should review to better understand the types and usage. Tom
  2. Michaels has various sizes of wooden boxes. Tom
  3. Northmount

    Doc's Visit.

    Apology accepted. When we are dealing with text only communication, we can't see the person's face or body language or hear the nuances in his voice, so literally 3/4 of the conversation is missing. My apologies to you as well. Differences in cultures can result in huge misunderstandings. I have a friend from Bulgaria. In her culture, nodding the head is a no, shaking the head is a yes, completely opposite to many other cultures. Tom
  4. Northmount

    Doc's Visit.

    Really! Your comment is not related to the intent of my comment at all! If you have a beef with the carving/art work, you should take it up with the OP, not me. Tom
  5. Northmount

    Doc's Visit.

    Reminds me of a cover photo on the front of a POST magazine many years ago. I like your art work. It is your perceptions that count. It is not supposed to be just like a photo. Tom
  6. Pretty sharp looking spur straps. Very nice. Tom
  7. @Sheilajeanne The screws are "oval head" type. "Trim washers" are used with oval head screws. https://www.google.com/search?q=oval+head+screw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=washer+for+oval+head+screw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Tom
  8. URL for above https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/PFLeatherGlass Tom
  9. Photos deleted and albums hidden since I can't delete them. Tom
  10. When you are viewing the gallery, do you see small tick boxes in the upper right of each photo? If you tick them, do you see a bar across the lower part of the screen with a garbage can? If so click each pic to be deleted and then click the garbage can. I'm not sure if you have this access. Try it and see if you do. Else let me know and I will delete them for you. By the way, the items look quite good. No need to be embarrassed. On this site, members in general do not have permissions to delete posts, so I assume that is the problem you are up against. But moderators and administrators can. Let us know if you need help with this. Tom, another Calgarian
  11. Take Wiz's advice he gave some time ago. Start a new thread with your specific machine and problems. Take photos of the problems you are seeing with the stitching and any part of the machine that is causing you issues. Post the photos. Take video and post on YouTube and link to it. There are several people who will be quite willing to help you. Tom
  12. Kitchen knives are very brittle and snap or nick easily. My SIL won't buy anymore, low or high priced. Tom
  13. ATLA - another 3 letter acronym
  14. Floor dry compounds or kitty liter are supposed to work too. Need to stir up the mess to keep bringing fresh material against the leather surface a few times each day. Tom
  15. Billfold here used to be just for a few bills, paper money. Wallet added a coin pocket and photo sleeves which have been taken over by credit cards. Tom
  16. @Pib moved to leather sewing machines. You'll get more response here. Tom
  17. There are other threads about greasing cork clutch pads so they don't grab. If you search for them, you should be able to find the type of grease recommended. Tom
  18. Please update your profile with your location. It really helps to know if you are next door, or the other side of the world. It helps get info that is meaningful to you as well. Tom Edit: I see your IP address places you in France, so your reply above was more meaningful than your location.
  19. 277 thread is too heavy for a Techsew 2700. Max bobbin is 138. Can use 207 for the needle. If you want to continue with 277 thread, you will need to go to a heavier machine. Each dealer can give you the specs for thread, foot lift, max thickness, etc. Pick your closest dealer from the banner ads and take some examples of work you want to sew and go see them. At least call and talk to them describing what you want to do. Tom
  20. Scroll up three or four posts and there is a PDF posted for you to download directly. Tom
  21. Rod has retired from tree making I believe due to arthritis in his hands. He has a website with lots of tree information at http://www.rodnikkel.com/content/ Tom
  22. Versions of web browsers keep changing, so you will often see something slightly different from time to time. But the basic premise still stands. Copy the URL from the page you want to display and paste it into your post. When copying, the whole link needs to be highlighted. Tom
  23. Resizing photos to post on leatherworker.net There are several pieces of software and methods you may use to resize photos: An Online site http://www.shrinkpictures.com/ or another website for batch resizing http://www.shrinkpictures.com/ Download and use a free program called Irfanview for your PC https://www.irfanview.com/ Download and use FastStone Photo Resizer http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm On the iPad use an app called Image Size On many SmartPhones, you can set the size of photo the camera takes In MS Outlook, you can email photos to yourself and set the max size. It will then resize photos before sending and you can then use those photos to post. And if you search the web, you will find many more methods to accomplish the same thing. For most photos to be posted on the web, you can use a size of 800 x 600 pixels and have plenty of resolution to show what you want to show. At that resolution, you can post hundreds of photos in a single post if you want to. Please avoid the use of 3rd party hosting sites to post a link due to problems with the various sites policies where they block hosting, and due to the fact that if you delete, move, or change permissions, the link goes dead resulting in broken links and useless posts. Tom
  24. You need to resize the photos so they fit within the sites constraints. There are several pieces of software and methods you may use to resize photos: An Online site http://www.shrinkpictures.com/ Download and use a free program called Irfanview for your PC. On the iPad use an app called Image Size On many SmartPhones, you can set the size of photo the camera takes In MS Outlook, you can email photos to yourself and set the max size. It will then resize photos before sending and you can then use those photos to post. For most photos to be posted on the web, you can use a size of 800 x 600 pixels and have plenty of resolution to show what you want to show. At that resolution, you can post hundreds of photos in a single post if you want to. Please avoid the use of 3rd party hosting sites to post a link due to problems with the various sites policies where they block hosting, and due to the fact that if you delete, move, or change permissions, the link goes dead resulting in broken links and useless posts. Tom
  25. And when you change anything in your photobucket account, move, delete, or change permissions, the links all get broken. Then the posts become useless. You can see lots of broken links on this forum where that has happened. Please resize and post here. You can still space them out as you wish between text. Tom
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