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I think you need to decide what you are doing with this machine before placing an ad to sell it. Pictures would go a long way towards helping people understand exactly what is broken. Please read the marketplace rules and conform. You must provide a price, any information or restrictions on shipping, and photos when possible. Failure to conform may result in your ad being blocked. See the marketplace rules here https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/70-announcements/

Some years ago when assembling a few portfolios with precut, prepunched stitching holes I cut a number of paperclips into short lengths and bent them around to hold all the holes in alignment. It also helped me be able to find centers and make sure the parts all lined up correctly. I glued the parts together as I removed the wire for a little added security. So that took a bit of time for the glue to grip. But I'm slow anyhow! So that didn't really matter. I was watching TV at the same time, so could pay a little more attention to the screen waiting for the glue to tack up well. I have also used staples when the stitch line wasn't all that visible, especially on a sewing machine. The staple holes are small and tend to be covered by the thread.

If your files are too large to post here due to file size restrictions, you need to resize your files to fit. Follow this link for some helps and suggestions. https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/15122-how-to-post-pictures-on-lw/?do=findComment&comment=551171 There are lots of Apps, software, and online tools available on the web, or even built into your device to enable you to reduce your file sizes. 800 pixels in the longest dimension is quite adequate. Smart phone screens and many monitors don't display high res files in high resolution. People that live on the fringes of the internet appreciate smaller file sizes and high res photos may take from 10 minutes to hours to download.

@dirk87 See also this pinned thread

Moved your post to sewing leather. Please post your photos here. 3rd party hosted photos frequently disappear due to changes in the host's policies, host out of business, users moving files, deleting files, closing their account or the account expiring. When this happens, the post becomes worthless to all future users who are researching or looking for help to solve a problem. If your files are too large to post here due to file size restrictions, you need to resize your files to fit. Follow this link for some helps and suggestions. https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/15122-how-to-post-pictures-on-lw/?do=findComment&comment=551171 There are lots of Apps, software, and online tools available on the web, or even built into your device to enable you to reduce your file sizes. 800 pixels in the longest dimension is quite adequate. Smart phone screens and many monitors don't display high res files in high resolution. People that live on the fringes of the internet appreciate smaller file sizes and high res photos may take from 10 minutes to hours to download.

Also available from https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/art-hand-sewing-leather/author/stohlman/book/ Various prices, also at Tandy $13US https://tandyleather.com/collections/supplies/products/the-art-of-hand-sewing-leather-book @rdahlinspeedboy77

One of the major reasons (according to old news and comments from many years ago) was that all the car mechanics would have to buy a second set of tools, same goes for many other trades and manufacturing. Regardless, since many cars and car parts come from Asian countries that are 'metric', mechanics have had to buy their metric set of tools ... and all the others too! For measurements, it really helps to be conversant with both systems. I use mostly American/British units, but can switch to either easily, and yes I know there are a number of difference between American/British (Imperial) units. I still buy 2x4s, 4x8 panels, etc. Studs are still 16" on centre, or 24" OC, regardless of whether your are building metric or not. And dealing with so called imperial/British units, there are many disparities. I worked on a British built Parsons 5MW steam turbine generator bought and installed before or at the beginning of WWII. Adjacent to it was a newer model installed shortly after WWII. Had to have separate sets of wrenches for each, and the threads were different for each as well. Both machines were the same capacity, and both looked the same externally. Then they bought European gas turbine generators. At least they were both the same!

It appears from your IP address that you are in the Saint James, New York, 11780 area. You should add your location to your profile so you get results for your area of the universe. I'm moving your post to the wanted area in the Marketplace forum.

Here is a site with a photo of the Bobwhite Quail BSA stamp: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-retired-bobwhite-bsa-boy-1816356987

The link kept timing out on me. I knew I had a copy so went looking for it. Here it is, small download for you all. @rdahlinspeedboy77 Farm Woodwork Stitching Horse.pdf

Please message me and I'll give you an email address to send it to so I can post it here, or give us a link to the parts list which would be much easier and better.

By posting links to FB, you are limiting your access to possible buyers. Not everyone is on Facebook. You should state any shipping costs or restrictions. This is a difficult machine to ship, so I would suggest no shipping, local pickup only. Please post your photos here. If your files are too large to post here due to file size restrictions, you need to resize your files to fit. Follow this link for some helps and suggestions. https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/15122-how-to-post-pictures-on-lw/?do=findComment&comment=551171 There are lots of Apps, software, and online tools available on the web, or even built into your device to enable you to reduce your file sizes. 800 pixels in the longest dimension is quite adequate. Smart phone screens and many monitors don't display high res files in high resolution. People that live on the fringes of the internet appreciate smaller file sizes and high res photos may take from 10 minutes to hours to download.

Here are a couple more Canadian suppliers/distributors: https://www.longviewleather.com/ https://www.buckskinleather.com/

There is always one more tool we need in our kit. For you, it is an edger with a much narrower slot. When Tandy decided to stop selling the Pro-Tool line, I picked up a very narrow, probably about the size you need! It is so narrow that it hardly takes anything off!

You need to quote or tag the person so they get a notification as they may not be following this thread as it is nearly 4 years since the last post. You tag a member by typing the @ symbol followed by picking the username from the popup box, like this: @councilman24 See post above.

You need to quote part of their post or tag them to make sure they get a notification. Like this type the @ symbol followed by their username and pick it from the popup list. @noahjoshu You have someone interested, see post above,

You deal directly with the seller to make all the necessary arrangements. You may do it through the messaging system here. Not a good idea to post email addresses and phone numbers here as they are visible to bots that crawl websites extracting this type of information. Be careful of cons and ensure payments and all transactions are secure. When an item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available, the seller is supposed to post that info in his/her thread so we can archive the post in old/sold.

No, they are not compressed or resized. First one in the Gallery is 1.9MB.

Your photos in the Gallery are quite visible. If your files are too large to post here due to file size restrictions, you need to resize your files to fit. Follow this link for some helps and suggestions. https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/15122-how-to-post-pictures-on-lw/?do=findComment&comment=551171 There are lots of Apps, software, and online tools available on the web, or even built into your device to enable you to reduce your file sizes. 800 pixels in the longest dimension is quite adequate. Smart phone screens and many monitors don't display high res files in high resolution. People that live on the fringes of the internet appreciate smaller file sizes and high res photos may take from 10 minutes to hours to download.

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If the width of the slot in the edger is too wide for the thickness of the leather, you can't get a good edge. Another way of saying it is if the leather is too thin, you can't hold the edger at the proper angle to get a proper cut.

Sandpaper removes material and leaves scratches. It is a step in sharpening. It is not stropping. Stropping polishes the surface removing the scratches left by sandpaper (or sharpening stones). Normally the sharpening process starts with coarse grit to get rid of any damage or nicks. It the edge looks good, start with finer grit as it doesn't need to remove a lot of material. Work your way up to finer grit. After you have a good edge with very fine sandpaper, then it is time to strop to polish and remove the scratches left by the sandpaper. There are various grades of stropping compounds as well and when used in sequence, result in a very smooth well polished surface. Do a little research to see best recommendations for stropping. Sandpaper is not part of stropping! Leather or paper or cardboard are good bases to apply the stropping (polishing) compounds to.

Put it on YouTube and link to it here.

Moved to wanted

@SUP SURFACE PLATE 12IN. X 18IN. X 3IN. About 77 lbs. Flat to within 1 ten thousandths of an inch. $40 to $70 approximately and even higher. These are available at places that sell machining tools and equipment and amazon.com