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Resize your photos, see Tom

DNA tests are showing many unexpected siblings and relatives! Great tool! And your work looks really nice too. Tom

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Bostrom appears to be located near Greensboro North Carolina according to the IP address. Tom

Ernie Cox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_22mBsfiQO0 lace cutter that was supposed to go into production some years ago. You may be able to build this yourself. Also demonstrates a beveler. A comment to the video above refers to " Y-Knot Combination Beveler and Lace Cutter. Not sure if Ernie invented and sold to them or if he took theirs and modified it. Go to Y-Knotlace.com " Simple cutter from DavidMorgan.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7LV8IHU7lw A DIY version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbdEvLOLpCo Lots of interesting contraptions you can build for cutting, skiving, and beveling lace on the web and on youtube. Have fun Tom

A lot of what you want to do doesn't necessarily involve tooling. So you could drop that portion until later and learn to cut, assemble, sew, rivet, etc. using hand tools. Need patterns and a sharp knife - a box cutter will do to start with Something to mark out stitches with, a good sewing awl with very sharp diamond point, harness needles and thread. Some contact cement will help hold thing together while sewing, or for attaching a lining. If lacing, will need lacing chisels, single and multiple prongs for the size of lace, lacing needles (I use a permalok) and some lace. Maybe a good place to start might be a pre-cut kit where you are just assembling and either lacing or sewing. Then you can get a feel for some of the work and move on from there. Others will be along with some specifics and ideas for you too. Tom

What type of items do you want to make? There are many routes to go. Are you interested in tooling, sewing bags, making belts, etc? Can't tell you what tools you need until you tell us what you want to make. Tom

The file size for your photos looks good, so I don't see why you should have trouble uploading the files. Maybe a slow internet connection or overloaded connection? I was going to tell you to resize the photos, but that is definitely not the problem. Tom

LWN has changed to a secure webserver so all previous URLs that were http://leatherworker.net ... etc. now need to be https://leatherworker.net ... etc. So the URL becomes https://leatherworker.net/sharpenheadknife.htm Tom

You can cut the pieces out, dip dye them any colour! Or you can now do some more searching on the web for this type that has been drum dyed by the tannery. Tom

Edit is only available for a short period of time after the post. Maybe an hour. Please post the photos to this site. Third party hosting eventually goes astray due to changes in policies, user removing their photos, changing access permissions, etc. That destroys the continuity of the thread and makes it useless anyone reading it in the future. You may need to reduce the file size to be able to post here. You can find instructions and helps here. Tom

@mrsstupz Moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines. You'll get more results here. From your IP address, it appears you are in the Winnipeg Manitoba area. You should add your location to your profile so you are more likely to get area specific help when needed. Might even find another member nearby. Tom

Hasn't been back since July 9th when this thread was started so I'm moving this to old/sold! Tom

@Russojgr Moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines. You'll get more answers and attention here. Also search this forum for more information on clutches and clutch lubrication. Tom

No exaggeration! I'm not really an artist. I can do the mechanics of maybe most tooling, but it just isn't the same. Tom

All I can say is that I can only aspire to do such great work. And my remaining years are probably not long enough to ever get there. Really great work of art. Tom

If you take a look at the post directly above yours, you will find a current link that works. Often worthwhile to look at the later posts in a thread for any updated information. Tom

@FloridaLeatherGirl Are you asking about an edge beveller, or about a stamp? Tom

I can view them but can't download them. Tom

OP's IP address shows up as located near North Bonneville, WA @Any It's a good idea to put your location in your profile. Then people can give you information relative to the area you live in. Tom

I have noticed that too high a top tension does contribute to shredding the thread. So I would look at using a larger needle size to see if you can reduce the top tension, and if you still can't get it down low enough, reduce the bobbin tension. And of course as Wiz says, get the right needle system. Tom

Needle holes look pretty big. As kgg says, need needle and thread information. Tom

See this post. Good stuff in the rest of the thread too. Tom

@BruceEW Please post the photos here. If the photos on imgur are moved, deleted, permissions changed, etc., then this post becomes useless. As you work your way through older posts here, you will find many broken links. We would like to keep these posts/threads intact for the future. Tom

Yes, really slow this morning. It took forever to login and get my list of downloads up so I could finish downloading some files that were still outstanding. Seems to be going well right now. Tom