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    Ahh simply wonderful, thanks for posting this dream

    How serene is that video...perfect shop, gorgeous solid wood workbench, supremely clean and organized space, birds signing in the background

    Nothing like how I do leather work....messy desk, dark garage,tools all over, rushed in-between my chores workday and kids, wife yelling at me in the background

    This is a video of how I hope my retirement will be one day....peacefully saddle stitching with bluebirds signing on my shoulder

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    Hello all,

    We found a coyote tail on our dog walk last night

    It is sheared right off, no bone visible but a small patch of skin at what was the attatchment point

    Beautiful grey/white and soft

    Was wondering how to preserve this???

    Salt and borax is what I read in a taxidermy site, others said salt brine and then tanning solution

    Do I need to do anything?? There is not any flesh present

    Thanks for any input

    Scott

  12. Posted · Edited by WScott · Report reply

    Ya, burnish it a bit first so the excess wax won't pick up as much junk while stitching.

    I asked a similar question when stitching a red oil tanned bag up and was getting muddy red thread instead of crisp white contrast. The experts on here suggested I don't use too long of white threads...ie the more the same threads have to pull through the leather, the more stuff they pick up. So I switched to stitching sections of the bag at a time rather than long threads the whole way around.

    Another thought is to switch to a better thread.....I like my Tiger Thread, but there is a lot of discussion on the forum about good alternatives.

    Hope that helps

    Cheers, Scott

  14. Posted · Edited by WScott · Report reply

    Damn!!

    Wasn't meant to be

    Watch out for the cheapo compressor/brush combos especially from China

    I read a number of reviews that they heat up very hot very quickly.

    Best stick with names like Pasche, Badger, Iwata

    My son and I did a ton of research and wound up splurging for a Grex trigger style airbrush and compressor.

    They make nail guns as well and seemed like a good company, but $$$$$

    It is soooo quiet! I love the thing

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