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  1. Wow this is a cool post, lots of people sharing great stories and their experience. Right now I am Inventory control / Quality Manager for a major aftermarket automotive glass distributor. Have worked in the music industry, production manager, stage crew and promotions. Team rope and golf on the side.

    Downfall of reading all these threads is I am supposed to be setting up the new work area at the new house. But you guys are to dang interesting!!


  2. UkRay

    Biggundoctor's suggestion is real good about the HY-Lift it also can be set up to be used as a come-along by using shackles an strategically placed holes. This gives you multiple options. One other option you might consider for your situation is ramps for loading motorcycles, these usually come in aluminum and are light if you rig up some ply wood to them they could help you slide item in to the van. If you get stuck they could be placed under a tire for traction like floor mats and wood that has been suggested. The ramps have given me traction when my 1ton Dually Dodge 4x4 with 3 horse trailer and horses were stuck, after the frost had thawed leaving the ground slick and muddy.

    Eddie

    EK

    Leather and Iron Works.


  3. Bob,

    Thank you for the response you have confirmed my thinking.

    EK

    Hello Curious One,

    It's not just you! I have had the same problem and I think lots of people do. I recently asked the same question because my vine work often has that problem. Part of the reason is how the beveler is made. Because of the sloped face, when you strike the tool it will actually slide forward, toward the cut a bit. This causes your vine work to shrink a bit and the background areas to grow a bit. The recommendation I got was to either adjust for this when you draw your pattern (if you draw your patterns, which I don't yet) OR when you cut the pattern, carve slightly outside the line to allow for this. Since I got this advice, I actually haven't had the opportunity to put it into practice. I haven't done a floral carving since that time but I'm about to start one. Seems to me that it will take a bit of thought to know when I should cut outside the line and when I don't need to. I might start working on this tonight.

    One other thing I've noticed that may help: I am not the worlds greatest beveler, so I sometimes had to go over an area with a beveler to make sure it was smooth. I am pretty sure that each time I went over it, the vine work got shrunk a little more. I have recently been trying to improve my beveler walking ability, and I think that because I am getting a smoother bevel in one pass, the shrinkage is less noticeable. Also, I am casing following Bob Park's techniques in the topic pinned in this thread, and it seems to make my leather behave in (good) ways that I've never achieved before. So I can't rule out that proper casing helps too. I think it makes my beveling easier, and thus less shrinkage.

    Hope this helps,

    Bob


  4. Hello all,

    This may be something that has been addressed in the past but have not had any luck finding a thread discussing this so my apology if I am reopening a topic. Hopefully I can word this right not to spark to many questions.

    Sometimes when using a carving pattern designed by someone else (i.e Chan, Tandy) I find that when I follow the pattern especially the stems, scrolls seem to look thinner than the original design. Is it something I am missing in the carving by following the lines, do others carve just outside the line to adjust? Or is it something in the reproduction of the original drawing??

    Signed

    The Curious One

    AKA EK


  5. Check in with Dave at the Tandy store in Nashville. He has been in area for years I am sure he would know.

    4740 Nolensville Pike, Unit A

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    Nashville, TN 37211

    I am looking to get into leatherworking, and was looking to see if there is any guilds I can learn from in the nashville tn area.


  6. Thank You. Your google search pulled up a lot more results than mine.

    you have the largest library to art in the world right in front of you.

    https://www.google.c...iw=1280&bih=639

    You can use your monitor as a light box and are only limited by the size and resolution of the image. Tape your tracing paper to the monitor... use a felt tip pen and trace.

    Also if your computer is a lap top, protect your screen by placing a layer of plastic between the paper and the screen... and don't press too hard.

    Hope that helps.


  7. Have been asked to do a rifle sling with a turkey on it. Out side of placing my hand on paper and tracing the fingers not really an artist to draw a freehand turkey. Any suggestions or someone willing to share a turkey pattern?

    Signed,

    Freehand illiterate.

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