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If you are going to wear leather hats a lot in the summer, you need either a thick head of hair, or need to add some insulation so the hot leather doesn't lay on your bald head. I often switch to a straw hat on hot sunny days. Winter can be a problem too. Frozen leather on a bald head is not too comfortable. Some of this depends on the hat style. If there is no air gap between a bald head and the leather, the effects are really intensified. I wear an Aussie style hat, low profile; the top rests on my head, so I can tell you current weather conditions! I have at times folded a handkerchief and laid it on the the top of my head to prevent migraine headaches and heat stroke. Felt cowboy hats can be problematic in the summer too. There is good reason to have a selection of hats for the seasons. That selection may include a straw hat, a felt or leather hat, and for cold winter climates (<0C or 32F) something with ear flaps to protect your ears, as well as being able to protect your bald head. Then there's a picture of a cowboy out on a snowy windswept range with a bandana wrapped around his hat and ears. Dual purpose, keep the hat from flying away, and keep his ears from freezing.

Looks like the link didn't give you the best results.

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Soaking until wet through will weaken the bond. Warm water will make it worse. What about just dampening the two sides, then wet molding? I find the leather in general does not need to be soaked through like many do it. Also a can or bottle of contact glue is not that expensive for a test to determine its value for such a case. I'm sure you could find other uses for the remaining cement as well. Follow the directions so you get the best bond to start with. Let it dry for a couple days to set up its strongest bond.

I have missed adding my makers stamp until after the finish was applied. I dampened from the back watched for a little change of colour, and stamped it. Worked fine.

Try this link to ABEBooks https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=0295976055&cm_sp=mbc-_-ISBN-_-all A good range of prices.

It's a computer related problem, so look under computer help. It is a sticky, in fact, the top one! https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/33-computer-help/

Welcome to LW. When asking questions, please provide as much info as you can so members can assist with answers that will provide the most help. Photos are helpful too. The size of photos you can upload here is limited, so you may need to resize your images to fit. 800x600 pixels usually provides enough detail, and you could go double that size ans still be able to post several pictures.

Find a friend with a lathe, or go to a machine shop and see what they can do for you. You should be able to figure out the diameter, length, and support pins dimensions from you skiver. You can look at different pictures and scale them to match your skiver to help with the measurements.

@AmericanPatrol Let's not clutter up the forum. When you have additional info or pics to add, just add a post to the original thread instead of creating a new thread.

Old post. I am locking it and archiving it in old/sold

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I bought one of these too! Their video looks nice, but I could not get mine to work like in their videos. So it sits in a drawer. Bad purchase. See my post third one from the start of this thread.

Don't understand why you would want to argue with a moderator that has some responsibility for where posts should be! But, to each his own! Seems quite disingenuous to me.

No responses so I am archiving this thread

Done

Each to their own, but if we keep stuff under the correct forums, it is much easier to find and to keep up with content that we are interested in. Else you may as well pile everything into one area like I see a lot of peoples' desks. Guess that is the way their mind works. I won't be moving this thread.

I made it on a little metal turning lathe that I have.

How do I do that is wide open territory. Not the place I would go to find info on holsters and gun belts. It's where it belongs.

Title says New Jersey

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His profile says Newark Texas

@Kyra hasn't been around since Oct 20. But maybe she'll respond to being tagged.

@Kyra hasn't been on this site since Oct 20. Maybe she will respond to being tagged.

@Joe0630 and @mike02130 Did you notice that this thread is old, 2016?