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@RB12 If you are not wanting to use foil to make coloured impressions, you can use it cold to make impressions in veg tan leather. You can also use it hot without foil to burn an impression into many types of leather. It will need to be able to operate at a higher temperature to burn impressions. You can have a die made by a photo engraving process, or by CNC milling, or other processes and use an arbour press to stamp veg tan. There are lots of routes to go. Do a search for hot foil press here on leatherworker.net and you will find several threads with more information. Tom

You could purchase an eBook from Tandy that describes the use of several tools. https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/p-1141-leathercraft-tools-by-al-stohlman.aspx There a a number of other helpful books there too. Tandy and YouTube have a lot of videos describing tooling and how to do it. If you are close to a Tandy store, you could check to see when they have free tooling classes. Tom

Never suggested that there were any on my website. I pointed you to look/search for posts/threads done by Gottaknow. Here is the particular post I was referring to that you could have searched for. Also suggested that you look for comments he has posted to help various people. Here is a link for all content he has posted. http://leatherworker.net/forum/profile/33297-gottaknow/?do=content You should also look at content posted by Wizcrafts. http://leatherworker.net/forum/profile/11118-wizcrafts/content/ There are other sewing machine experts here besides Gottaknow and Wizcrafts. But this should be enough to get you started. You'll find the others as you peruse the site. Also many manufacturer's manuals and catalogs, some posted here, some links to other sites. The search function is just below the banner ads at the right. You can use it to search any topic you wish. Tom

IP address resolves to Red Bank New Jersey. @MaryMac I would recommend all users add their location to their profile. You will get better answers to your queries if they happen to be area related. Might even make connections with someone just down the road. Tom

@Game Moved to Sewing Machines. You'll get more response here. Search for the member @gottaknow. He has posted some training material for sewing machine mechanics. Also has posted a huge number of helps. Tom

2" equals 50mm (actually 50.8mm) so is considered the same size. With your Consew, you are not sewing 3/4" of leather, so don't need the higher wattage/horsepower. Depending how slow you want to go, you still might want a speed reducer pulley set. But why not test the setup with your servo first and see how it behaves before spending the extra on the speed reducer? Tom

Rub some wax into the zipper. Often helps. Stiff zipper is sometimes due to a little misalignment between the 2 sides. Tom

This is what happens when 3rd party hosing is used and the files are moved or permissions are changed. There is plenty of room on the server to accommodate storing your photos here. If they are too large, reduce the file size. When pictures disappear from a thread, it becomes useless to all. @Deemer Please upload your photos. Thanks. Tom

@RJLamie moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines (instead of How do I do That.) Likely to get more visibility from sewing machine people here. Have you looked in Marketplace under used and like new sewing machines? Tom

Is that like "slow boat from China"? Sorry, couldn't resist. Tom

Patience is a virtue! We are not sitting here waiting for you to post. We are all volunteering our time and knowledge. We have a life outside of this forum that is our primary focus. Tom

My comments work for a typical machine. Never used an Aerostich, and recognize that its operation is mostly on/off type thing. So I'm not sure how you would manage ensuring the hook has caught the thread before turning. Look at his video at 4 minutes to see how to turn 90 degrees. He also mentions a needle down operation for lining up with a hole or position earlier in the video. Hope this is of some help to you. I notice some other videos too but haven't looked at them. Tom

Needle should be down, but starting to rise, maybe a 1/4", so the hook has grabbed the top thread so you don't get a skipped stitch. Don't raise the foot so far that it releases the top tension. Turn piece 90 degrees and keep going. Tom

A photo might help people visualize what you have and enable them to make comments. It would be nice to know where you are from or where you obtained them. That could help too! Tom

To do this type of repair without disassembly, the part needs to be turned on a lathe, then a diagonal cut made through the new piece, then glued into place with the diagonal cut carefully aligned. A careful job will leave just a hairline where the diagonal cut was. Tom

Reduce the file size. Tom

@laether Lots of post about servos. Try a google search "site:leatherworker.net servo" without the quotes. Add additional words to refine your search. Tom

@tieflyer Please read and conform to the Market Place rules http://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/70-announcements/ Add photos and full description. Thanks. Tom

@teatree I assume you are requesting help with a sewing machine. Perhaps you could provide a bit more information such as the type of machine and what you need. I'll leave the post here for the time being until we hear back from you, but think it would get more attention if it was placed in the sewing machine forum. Tom

You are probably trying to push the presser foot through the plate or feed dogs. I would suggest that instead of randomly trying these adjustments, you obtain the service/instruction manual and go through the complete setup, starting witht he outlined sequence. It must be making more noise as it runs as well instead of a nice smooth operation. Tom

@levinus Moved to Home > Marketplace > Items For Sale > Hand Tools-Leatherworking Tools Tom

@SStrey Moved to Fabrication > Leather Machinery Tom

Industrial strength is a mis-nomer. It's just a old steel domestic. Have you read this post? Tom

@GaryTullos Up to about 3/8" roughly. Tom

@Patti Moved to marketplace ... Tom