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Moved to help wanted. OP's IP address is located in Winfield, West Virginia, 25213 Tom

According to the IP address, poster is located in North Dakota. Tom

You definitely don't want mould in your shop, so need to get it cleaned up. I found oxalic acid removes the mould and stain. Some people put plain old listerine mouthwash in their casing solution to help prevent mould and fungus while tooling. Tom

Thanks from all. Great list to have available. Tom

Thread (and belts on conveyors or flat pulleys) always climbs to the high side. Tom

oltoot sent me his photos and instructions so I could put them together and upload them here. Took a while to get here since the cable company accidentally disconnected me and took a week to come back and fix it. Hope you all appreciate oltoot's work. Tom Ground Seat Instructions.pdf

Looks like the OP moved them or changed access permissions. Looks like they were posted on a photo sharing site instead of on this site. Tom

Tell your prospective buyers where you are located! Tom

I'm sure someone does. Tell them where you are located! Tom

Take a look at these links https://www.facebook.com/KingsleyMachineCo/ http://www.ebay.com/gds/BUYING-A-HOT-STAMP-MACHINE-/10000000000751965/g.html Kingsley are good presses, but are now antiques. You will need to have some method of attaching your brass stamp to a block in the type holder. The double sided tape makes that easy. There is very little working space under the type holder, so would be difficult to place the stamp, press it down to heat it up, then remove it, place the stamp on your leather, then move the package back under the type holder, keeping everything perfectly in position. When your stamp is properly attached to the block in the type holder, you let it warm up to the desired temperature, position your leather, pull down the lever pressing the stamp into the leather for a few seconds. The dwell time you need depends on the foil, leather, and amount of pressure you apply. Tom

If you use leather point needles, don't back tack. Leave your thread tails long and do your back stitching by hand, doing a saddle stitch. Tom

OP's IP address is located in Wisconsin. You should be posting photos and complete description, etc. according to terms of use of this forum. Tom

My iPad doesn't like either file, but my PC has no problems with them. Tom

I think you should copy this to a new post so you get the exposure that you want. Tom

LOL You might want to rename the files to Cylinder Arm! Tom

Merged your two posts into one and moved it to "Leather Sewing Machines". As mentioned above, you will get more response from this area rather than "How do I do that". Also deleted your multiple posts. Don't keep hitting the "Submit Topic" button after you have already hit it. Give the server time to respond. Tom

OP appears to be from the New York area according to his IP address. Tom

Moved your post to leather sewing machines. You will likely get more response there. Tom

Cut a leather gusset, cut a slot in it for the zipper and stitch the zipper into it. Cut the gusset a couple inches longer than the edge you are connecting it to. Run the ends of the gusset down into the spine, as if it were a book cover. Find the exact centre of the gusset, and exact centre of the sides of the purse and glue or temporarily stitch or staple in place. You can have the zipper unzipped while doing this. Line it all up, glue or staple in place with the gusset wrapped down inside. Don't stitch the ends of the gusset into the spine, but let it float. Sew it up, done. Tom edit If you want to keep the purse real thin, just use the zipper like you did, but get one long enough to go about an inch around the two end corners, and cut a slot for the zipper to fit into. I would still find the exact centres to match up so the zipper is not accidentally distorted and hard to zip.

You might like to let people know where in the world you happen to be. From your IP address, it would appear you are near London, UK. You will find it easier to deal with people closer to you rather than thousands of miles away. Tom

Make sure your top thread is between the tension disks, not just riding around the outside. Has to be between the disks to work. Recheck your thread path to make sure it is threaded correctly. Tom

Show us some of your new work! Tom

Nice looking bag and Oak Leaf. Tandy sells "Craftaids" with all sorts of carving/tooling patterns. Tom

As mentioned in one of the posts, observe what the needle and hook are doing so you can decide what action you need to take. I try to make turns either as the needle is entering the leather or just before it exits. Also not to lift the presser foot too high and lose the top tension. Tom

Also read this topic Tom