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  1. electrathon
    Use acrylic paint from the craft store.
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    Beyond deglazed I don't know what to tell you. But I agree with Dwight, very cool piece.
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    Chuck Smith used to sell them.
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    It is done by turning the bag inside out after the side seam is sewn and sewing diagonally across the corner.
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    http://t.harborfreight.com/4-inch-x-36-inch-belt-6-inch-disc-sander-97181.html Not sure what you bought but this one is just over $60 with a 20% off coupon. If it breaks they will just give you a new one. Hard to beat for price and I have a lot of harbor freight stuff that I have used for years.
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    Be aware, most couches are only leather where you sit, the rest is either vinyl or reconstituted leather. Same with factory car seats.
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    Sorry for jumping at you, but it is a pet peeve when I see people offer things for sale in a worldwide forum without reference to location. A lot of times I would buy something if I could drive over and say "hi" and pick it up. You are too far away in this instance, I would buy it for $75 shipped. Add shipping and I could likely buy it from the store for less. Sad reality of stores and shipping.
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    You posted plus shipping, from an unknown location. Someplace in Asia? Europe maybe? Russia? I will never understand why people post things for sale without a location, about a guarantee to stop lookers cold.
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    Actually that is pretty easy to do. As a hack way you weld a 2" long piece of a pipe split lengthwise to the tool lost. Two hose clamps holds the grinder on to the "cradle".
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    The reason people asked what it was is often times you think you have a new idea and soon find out others already do it. It is nearly impossible to converse about a topic without knowing even the topic you are talking about. Most ideas are not knew and most ideas are not financially viable. Even the ones that are usually do not succeed due to the management of it. People are not trying to steal your idea, they are attempting to assist you. Assuming you can have this built (assuming you can not build a production run of it) for $4,000 each and assuming you can sell it for $6,000 each you can have a small run of them made for about $100,000 and assuming people want and like the unknown item you can likely make $32,000 profit in the next few years that it takes to sell it. Deduct your overhead to run your company and you will know how much the product is really worth. Most people find out that their item is worth less than they originally thought. A few make money.
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    That is a great idea.
  12. electrathon
    I like the design/style. Your stitching looks nice. My only critique is to suggest that you sew closer to the edges, you will get a more professional, finished look.
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    Not at all. Zero proof. You mail the letter unsealed, that gets a date stamp on it. Then three years later you add the contents. You now have proof that you had the idea years earlier.
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    A lot of people do this and the trick is to mail yourself a letter that is not sealed. Do it every so often and then when you need to show that you had the idea three years ago you pull out the envelope with the needed date, put in a backdated letter and seal it shut. That way you can go to a lawyer and open it in from of them, it will prove that you had the idea years earlier (I have been told that this is why a sealed letter is not accepted as legal proof). Keep in mind, a patent is very expensive. $15,000 if all is easy, up to lots if it gets complicated.
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    I agree with Sonydaze. your blade is likely dull and possibly out of adjustment. Once sharp you can make perfect skives in seconds. The reason for the ragged edge is the knife is not cutting clean. Take a sharpie and paint the cutting area on the bell knife. Touch the stone to it and grind gently till the sharpie mark is cleaned off. You may need to roll the burr off the inside of the bell with a round dowel too. My skiver chewed leather when I got it, learned how to sharpen it and it works well now.
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    Renia SG
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    Glue it in with spray glue. Contact brushed on will usually soak through the cloth. 3M 90 is very strong, 3M77 is a little easier to use. Most available other brand names are similar to the 77.
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    I would dampen the leather and use a texture tool to scar up the entire untooled area. The other line at the bottom of the basket weaved area is a problem too. You are correct to be critical, it is what makes your work look top notched. Your level of quality is judged by your worst work.
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    Not big enough. You need to bridge the entire blade with nothing hanging over as you work it.
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    If you have a stone big enough... You need a very flat surface, glass and a sheat of sandpaper are almost free. Don't remember where they were made, the guys at Pilgrim know the whole story.
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    Mike, do you mind sharing your scores and the judges comments?
  22. electrathon
    Lots of moving air makes smoke smell go away. In the wind or in front of a fan. It takes time.
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    There were a few versions. Pilgrim is the place that has parts and repairs them. To sharpen, if it is really dull you need to ring it in a surface grinder. If it just needs touched up spray glue a piece of wet/dry sandpaper to a piece of glass hold the blade with both hands against the glass and work the blade till flat and sharp.
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    I teach a lot of classes, it would amaze you how many times I have spent two hours trying to get the person to understand what is written above. They will use the same hole twice. Will move left thread forwards one hole, right thread forward two. Tie knots in the thread. Pull both threads in from the same side. Loop both threads over the outside edge, etc.
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    Most pig lining leather I have seen is pretty hard/firm. Sheep is very stretchy, probably not a durable choice. About 1mm max on thickness. Every bit of added thickness will stack together to make an uncomfortable wallet.
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