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You can check out the scrap bin at Tandy or other sellers a buy just the one piece you want. Scrap bag gets more pieces but might not have what you want and becomes more waste. Tom

I would remove the piece with the hole worn through so you don't have the loose edge or bulk getting in your road. Might be worthwhile to use one pair of gloves as parts for others. Palms and backs can be cut to whatever shapes you need. Good project for sitting watching TV. Tom

Anything you can lace can probably be sewen so don't limit yourself to sewing patterns. Various key cases, luggage tags, wallets, book slip covers, stitched edges on belts, etc. then you can move onto more complicated shapes ... Purses, bags, back packs, garments depending on your leather and machine types. Tom

Try acetone, dissolves many things. It is the solvent used for lacquer. As long as the threads are deep enough into the female half, you can grind or file it shorter. Fit it into a piece of leather to use as a holder. Might save some of your skin if you slip. Tom

These covers are looking really good. Nice to be able to etch meaningful photos on the covers. Gives clients a lot of options as to what "belongs" on their cover. Keep up the good work. Tom

Welcome. I'm from Calgary Tom

Here is one of his recent posts here: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=43145&hl=blackthorn Tom

I should try that, scare the heck out of my grandkids! Unique. I like it. Tom

Very nice! Looks like you are having fun. Tom

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Do a search here for wood stain and you will find a few posts. Also search for wood dye. More info there too. Tom

I see on their website they like to do contacts using Skype. Can see why now. Nobody can tell what your facility really looks like or where the "office/warehouse" really is. There area a lot of places selling off the web with no stock of their own, and often at a higher price than going to the source. BeaverSlayer ... Thanks for the info. I was thinking of dropping in on them someday soon. Wouldn't need to waste the time now. Tom

Unsubscribe only works with reputable companies. Spammers either ignore it, or register your email address as a valid address. Makes their list more valuable to sell to other spammers. Tom

Hi Bill Are you talking about pop-up ads or the info that pops up when your mouse is on a poster's name like in this screen capture? As mentioned by previous posters, there are no "ad Pop-ups" on LW. As for all the spam you get in your email, the only way to deal with that is to use a spam filter, generally on the server side so you never ever see the spam. However, good email from new contacts often gets trapped unless you have some sort of registration process. The best way to prevent spam is not to ever post your email address in a public location. If you want to give someone on LW your email address, use something like "billsmail at gmail dot com" so your email address is not recognizable to bots that are scanning all public sites looking for email addresses. Once you are on a spam list, the only way to stop the spam is to change to a new email address. Some sites require you to register with your email address to be able to download files or for access to further information. Many of these sites exist solely to harvest email addresses and sell to spammers. If you are going to register on these types of sites, use an email address that you set up for only that purpose. Then you can just dump all the email (spam) that gets delivered to that address. As for how long an email address stays on a spammer's list? It's basically in circulation forever. I recently revived an email address I used to use over 10 years ago. Within 24 hours I had spam on that address, and not because I had registered for any new garbage during that period. It was still in circulation after 10 years. Just posting your address in the open on LW will get you spam within 24 hours, so it has to be disguised. So now is the time to start changing your email addresses and habits if you want to stop wasting time on spam. Tom

Tennis elbow and golfer's elbow are tendon damage due to sudden stretching / straining impact. Tennis elbow from a backhand hit, golfer's elbow from a regular swing. Golfer's elbow gets the inside (next to your body) side of the elbow, tennis elbow gets the outside side of the elbow. Same type of tendon / ligament damage, just opposite sides of the elbow. By the way, arthritis in your elbow can be misdiagnosed as tennis or golfer's elbow. I'd hate to see what your leather looks like if you are hitting that hard with your mallet! Happy stamping! Tom

There is an "untitled" column to the right of the "Size" column. It has a small button with an arrowhead. Left click the button and select download. You can then save the PDF version where ever you want to and be able to open it with your PDF reader of choice. Then you can scale, print, etc. Tom

Did you let it dry for 24 hours before the edge kote? Sounds like it didn't adhere to the smooth burnished surface. Saddle soap is kind of waxy, and most things don't want to stick to a waxy or oiled surface. Also how long did you let it dry before buffing it? I think all these things are working against you. Do an experiment on some scrap (same leather) paying attention to all these items. I guess your experiment could be to see if it works if there is enough drying time, and on the down side, see if you can sand the edge off lightly to get rid of the edge kote, dye the edge, then buff and burnish as before (without edge kote). If it is the saddle soap that is preventing the edge kote from staying in place, then try just water for burnishing. Hope you can work it out without too much more pain. Tom

Was it too much heat and pressure from burnishing that caused bits or patches to flake off? Happened to me a while ago. I did some sanding, redyed the edge and managed to make it passable. I have found certain types of glue cause problems, especially with how well the dye will take. And I didn't use edge coat. Tom

If you are using an MS Windows system, press the key combination <ctrl> <-> (control plus the keypad minus key at the same time). Each time you do this combination, the zoom will reduce. <ctrl> <+> changes the zoom the opposite direction. <ctrl> <0> (that's 0 on the keypad) changes your zoom to 100%. Maybe try that first and see if you were zoomed in too far to start with. There has been relatively no change on my computer screen with the server software upgrade. (The old software wrapped around to fit whatever your window size was. Now it seems to have a lower limit on window width.) Tom

Edit is only available for a short time after your post. You can get an administrator to fix things for you by sending them a message. Click on report and advise them what needs done. Tom

Depending on insurance companies and agents ... I carry minimum required liability insurance on my house and cars. Then I have an "umbrella" policy that tops up liability insurance to whatever amount I want to carry, like 2 to 5 M$. This works out to be lower cost overall because you are only topping up with one policy rather than 2, 3 or more. Talk to the State Farm agent nearest your location. When I used to carry corporate liability insurance, both for professional and other liabilities, I got the best rates from State Farm as well, about 1/3 of my previous insurer. As an additional aside ... If you need to insure any of your equipment against loss, damage, or theft, State Farm has the best priced "Inland-Marine" coverage. I had some analyzers that were used by clients and transported by couriers ... so needed coverage for them. Tom

Nice job. Tom

Here is a whole treatise on sharpening and whether to use water or oil and what type http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=43081&hl=%2Bstone+%2Bsharpening+%2Boil+%2Bwater Tom

Use the link in the post directly above yours, #52. Tom

See reply #4, Texas Custom Dies. Tom