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Here is a cahrt for sewing machine needles and thread that might help you. https://www.tolindsewmach.com/thread-chart.html Tom

You are fighting the laws of physics. The foot is squeezing the leather out to the side. Cut your projects over-size and trim to required dimensions after sewing. Reduced presser foot pressure may help but if reduced too much, will result in the leather lifting with the needle's up stroke and skipped stitches. Tom

As mentioned, HEPA filters are NOT for gases or vapours, just for dust. Respirators have filters available for organic solvents. If you use the same materials for recirculating air back to your room, you will find that it has to be capped off tight when not in use, otherwise next time you go to use it, its vapour absorbing capability has been used up just on ambient air. Since you are moving more air than what you would with a respirator, it also needs to be much larger than the respirator filter! Activated carbon filters work, but again must be capped off when not in use to save its capabilities. Regardless of what your filter material is, you also need to test the filter to see if it is working. So you put a fume source next to the inlet of the filter, and sniff the air at the outlet. If you can smell the glue/solvent, the filter needs replacement. The best has been mentioned above several times; extract the air and dump it outside. Since you are only doing small jobs from time to time, the heat loss is inconsequential. Not like you are using an auto spray booth with huge volumes of air removal that must be made up with filtered conditioned, heated air. If you want to run something full time for 8 hours per day and are concerned about wasting all that nice warm air, then you should look for a small air to air heat exchanger. Draw fresh air from outside, dump it into the room, exhaust from your gluing station to the outside. Keep about 3 to 6 feet between fresh air inlet and the exhaust outlet to prevent recycling the fumes back to your work space. Many high efficiency homes are now built with air to air heat exchangers, so they are available in many different sizes and different types of control. Unless you are using it a lot, you will find that payback will likely be around 10 years or so at a guess. I have a residential air to air heat exchanger that was built about 30 years ago as a research project. I have it installed in my workshop attic and use it to supply tempered air to a hood/helmet that I use when doing dusty wood work, or applying paint or varnish to projects. It exhausts room air and exchanges heat with the incoming air to the helmet (works winter or summer). Means I am tethered to a hose which is not all that convenient at times. Means no one else can be in the shop at the same time as they have no protection. It sure saves me a lot of headaches and sinus problems. Tom

If you go to the home page and scroll down, you will find the forum names along with descriptions. There is also a search box upper right. When you get into the search you have options as to what search parameters you want to use. You can also do Google searches like this: "site:leatherworker.net finishes top coat" without the quotation marks. The site parameter restricts Google to searching the site specified. Add what ever parameters following that you want to search for. It is a Google search so follows all their standard conventions. Tom

You need to resize the pics to fit within the limits. 800x600 pixels will do, can then post about 100 pics with no problems. See this link for some suggestions. Lost of other info in this thread too that might be useful for you. Please upload your photos here. According to the rules for marketplace, which you should read and adhere to, you need to post the price you are selling the machine for. Tom

@FleurFeroce moved your post to leather sewing machines Tom

You can upload to Youtube and post the link here. Tom

@MichelleWall Moved your post to Dyes, Antiques, Stains, Glues, Waxes, Finishes and Conditioners Have you looked through this part of the forum? Tom

No picture attached. There is a thread about posting photos that might help you. Some of it is dated, and not fully applicable, but should give you some ideas of the process. Tom

Working here at this point in time. Tom

You can send text messages (SMS) from your computer using Skype. https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34828/how-do-i-send-sms-text-messages-in-skype?q=sms Need to buy some Skype credit to be able to text (SMS) from Skype. Tom

Great job all around! Tom

@Contric Moved your post to Patterns and Templates. Have you searched here? Tom

@talon Please update this thread with pricing, location, shipping info, etc. as per the marketplace rules. Tom

@bok873 Please update all your your marketplace posts with shipping information. Will you package and ship, etc? Conform to the rules for the marketplace. Tom

Some were. However that doesn't protect the integrity of posts here if yours changes any policies or is bought up by another outfit. Also doesn't help if you decide to reorganize your files, or your account is closed at some date in the future. I just see way too many threads that have become useless due to 3rd party hosting. Some of the people who posted 3rd party links haven't been back here for years, so can't be reached to fix their posts. Same can be said for some of those that have provided links to their own websites for patterns. Their website no longer exists. I was able to source the patterns for a couple projects recently where the fellow's site is gone, and it appears he may have passed away. As luck would have it, I had downloaded one, and other members had downloaded the other, so they are now both available to all members again. We really want to preserve the integrity of all threads for current and future members to access when looking for resources to help them. Tom

That would be a good way to do it. There are several reputable 3rd party hosts that have gone out of business or changed their policies. PhotoBucket doesn't allow 3rd party hosting, and you will see that in several posts here. Tom

@Spyros Please upload your photos here in the future. 3rd party hosting results in photos disappearing due to people changing permissions, moving files, deleting files, 3rd party hosts changing their rules, 3rd party hosts going out of business, etc. If you look through a number of the older threads here, you will find the pictures missing, and the thread may become useless to all future readers since they won't be able to see what it was all about. If your photo files are too large, reduce their file size to fit. 800 x 600 pixels in most cases is adequate. Smaller files helps people on the fringes of the internet as well, as they don't take so long to download. Occasionally I'm at a location where my download speed is so slow I have to walk away and wait 5 to 10 minutes for the page to load. Tom

Gently warm it with a hair dryer to soften the glue. Heat is the enemy of most glues and contact cements. Tom

@Yanni Moved your post to leather sewing machines. Tom

@vjtp Hi there! Welcome aboard. Moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines. You'll reach the people you want here rather than in Help Wanted. Tom

The scam that has been running for quite some time is to over-pay with a forged cheque/document. Then ask you to pay the shipper, or wire the excess money back to them. When you do that, and then cash your cheque, it will bounce and you will be out the whole amount. Only accept cheques/documents for the actual amount. Cash it before you ship. Don't pay their shipper, etc. After about 2 weeks, when you are sure your document has properly cleared, then ship the object. Tom

If you start at the main page, you will see all the various forums/areas listed along with a description. Pick the ones you are most interested in and have fun surfing. The Marketplace rules are here Have a great day! Tom

@houndsnmules Moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines. Tom

@Jerdav73 Moved your post to the Marketplace. Please review the marketplace rules and add information about shipping. Will you ship, will you package for shipping, who pays shipping, etc. Tom