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Reduce your top tension first, before you play with the bobbin tension. Make sure the top thread path is not getting caught or hung up on anything. Tom

Here is one http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=39103&st=0&p=243024&hl=+servo%20+manual%20+error&fromsearch=1entry243024 It may help to tell what make and model your motor is. Lots of servos out there. Tom

Looks like autocorrect gotcha! Super glue Tom

It's a great machine. My only problems have been my own making, like many users. Takes me a bit to get the correct tension when I switch threads between 60 and 138. But that's not the machine's problem. That is to be expected. Drop down edge guide is a great addition. I added mine later. Order a bunch of leather point needles with the machine. Then you won't have to re-order later and wait for them. Tom

ahimsacowgirl see above post.She hasn't been online since April 2013, so hopefully this quote will get to her email. Tom

I have built the completer binder of leather with a stiffener between the outside and the lining leather. Then added the rings taken from a new binder. Trashed the vinyl cover completely. Then you can do all your sewing without the rings getting in the way. Here is another 3 ring binder thread. Tom PS, by the way I use a Techsew 2700. Had to add a speed reducer to it to go slow enough for me around the corners and stuff like that. I think a needle positioning system would work ok because you can go 1 stitch at a time when you need to. You can also hand-wheel to place the needle where you want it for stitch length adjustments for corners or such, then go from there.

Remember if you lift the foot too high, it will release your top tension. Otherwise, yes, it is very helpful when matching up corners, tight curves, etc. Tom

73 Mercury maquis with C6 was the worst, with 3 attempts before they got it fixed. Tom

Nice video, as usual. You can strengthen French seams by adding a reinforcing strip behind the seam. Then the joining seam is not taking all the stress when subject to being pulled across the seam, and the seam won't tend to open and gape. I recommend it. Makes a much stronger and durable product. You can also use a pressing stick to help separate the join and to press it flat before doing the side stitches. Much like a burnishing stick. Really like and appreciate your videos. Tom

I learned at about 12 years old how to set copper rivets. The first one I tried was a disaster. I didn't trim the post at all. I just started hammering on the rivet and of course, it didn't behave as I expected it to. Bent over, deformed, ugly, useless, etc. So my dad showed me how later that day. It makes little difference as to whether you cut across one direction or both directions when you trim the rivet post to the correct length. I was taught using just a ball-peen hammer. Make sure you have a good solid backing to support the work and rivet. Push the washer down tight. Then gently tap the end of the post with the ball end of the hammer, going around the perimeter of the post so you deform it equally all around. It will gradually spread and tighten down on the washer. You can do quite a nice job without the doming tool. It just makes it a little easier to finish it up. So in my opinion, don't pound the heck out of the rivet. Won't get what you want as a result. Tom

An old credit card makes a good applicator/spreader to spread out the glue and make a nice thin layer, especially for larger surfaces. Tom

I just had a look at it. Assuming you are on a Windows based PC (for other types, I'm not familiar and am no help), right click on the link. Select "Save link as". Make sure that the file it is about to download has the PDF extension. My first attempt this morning, it had a PHP extension. That will not give you what you want. Cancel and go back and try again. My second and third tries resulted in getting the PDF file. PHP is some script to give the browser some instructions, and will look like a bunch of code. Definitely not what you want to download. Tom

Download to your computer first, then open the file. It's a large file so takes a long time to open in your browser, especially if you are on a slower connection. Also notice that this site is slower the last several days. Could be lots of users online, or just a lot more traffic on the web getting closer to Christmas.Tom PS download the file in post number 8 above.

Ok, rather than infringe further on the OPs thread, here is a new thread. The bull in the post above, is a likely descendant of the bulls in the new thread. Tom

This story carries on from the previous one. Every 2 years after buying a new bull, granddad would trade bulls with the dairy farm 3 or 4 miles away on the opposite side of the city. They didn't have nice cattle haulers like today, so would walk the bulls through downtown between 4 and 5AM while all was quiet. As they were walking past the Eatons Department Store (Canadian competition to Sears Robuck in those days), the bull saw his reflection in the big plate glass windows and started pawing and snorting, ready to go after the bull in the window. Granddad got between the bull and the window, trying to hold the bull by the horns, trying to push him away. He was pressed up pretty tight against the window before his helpers could distract the bull and lead him away from the window. You know the old saying about a bull in a china shop; this came pretty close! Tom PS If you have some bull stories you wish to add to this thread, you are welcome to post them.

One story always leads to another. First story is part of this thread. So instead of continuing to hijack the OPs thread, new post to continue with more stories. My grand parents operated a dairy farm in Medicine Hat, Alberta, many years ago. It had to be wound up before I came along as granddad had a heart attack and they couldn't continue with hired hands. One day he was out in the corral, forking the manure into a wheelbarrow, and not paying much attention to the Holstein bull as he had not had problems with him before. All of a sudden, the bull charged and pinned him against the barn wall. The only thing that saved him was his dog heard the commotion and managed to distract the bull. School kids on the way to and from school had been teasing the bull, so that is probably the reason for the change in behavior. He decided it was time to get rid of the bull before anything else happened. Granddad and 2 of his brothers took the bull out into the field nearby and chained him to a railroad tie sunk 6 feet into the ground. All three had hunting rifles (single shot) and all shot the bull at the same time. He pulled the tie out of the ground and charged. one of his brothers managed to reload and fire the saving shot. They butchered the bull and took the meat into the local butcher to sell. A couple weeks later granddad was back to the butcher shop and the butcher asked, "You remember that beef you brought in here last time?" Granddad thought oh no, he's going to complain about the beef, so sort of cautiously said "Yes" expecting a complaint about tough strong tasting meat. The butcher then said "Have you got anymore like that"? "It was the most tender and great tasting beef. I want anymore you can bring in." Tom

Call the Texas Attorney Generals office and file a complaint. It would be covered under wire and mail fraud since the check was sent through the mail. Tom

It sure wouldn't go through very far as assembled in the photo. A young Holstein bull we had paid no attention to a chain on his nose ring. Would put his head under the fence, stand up, and pull the posts out of the ground. Bolted planks across his horns so he couldn't get under the fence. He still managed to get loose. Found him at a neighbours' a mile across from us, terrorizing the poor fellow. The fellow was trapped in his garage. He would go to the man door to make a run for the house, and the bull would be there. He'd go to the big door, and the bull would be there! So he couldn't get to a phone to call for help. My brother took the little Ford tractor over, hooked onto his chain and led him home. We didn't keep him much longer after that. I have a couple more bull stories from my grandfather's dairy farm if anyone is interested. Tom

The thinner the leather, the harder it is to pull the knot on larger diameter threads into the centre of the leather (especially single layer). The stitch groove gives you even less thickness to deal with. The knot basically becomes as thick as the leather, so will be seen on either one side or the other. So either smaller thread and needle, or thicker or double layer leather, or no stitch groove. Experiment and see which works for you. Tom

They were used to try to save bloated cows. Cows that get into a lot of fresh hay when they are not used to it. Stick them one hand width behind the last rib where the stomach is basically preening against the skin. When I was about 10 or 12, a cow got into a bunch of frozen potatoes and bloated up real big. Dad stuck her with a pocket knife. Then had to insert a plastic tube to keep it open. Foamed lots, yeast and potato grow well. Had to keep cleaning it out every few hours. It bubbled for about a month before it healed up. Would have been nice to have the trocar. Think it was the same cow that got into the hay yard a couple years later. Found her too late to do anything for her. Tom

You may use the pattern as many times as you wish to make items to give away or for sale. You do not have the right to make and sell or give away copies of the pattern to others. That is what is copyrighted. You will see some magazines that say you can make/build the items in magazines where patterns, drawings, instructions are given for your own personal use, but cannot sell the items. That is false, but they use it to try to reduce the quantity of goods in the same market as the original creator. Copyright does not limit the number of items constructed, given away, or sold that are based on that pattern. Tom

If it is listed as a strap or belt blank, I would expect to see the width and length. Else must be a chunk of leather suitable for making straps or belts. Tom

Prospective purchasers would like know where you are located. Tom

Put a piece of 1.5 inch pipe in a vise and use it as the anvil to set the rivets. Tom

A lot depends on the thickness of the leather, whether wet or dry, what allowance you wish to make for pulling the stitches up tight as to whether you leave a gap because it is too short, or a less than tight fit if its too long. Thin leather, I would not bother trying to cut angled. Experiment and find what works the best for you, then stick with it. Tom