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chancey77

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  1. No that is my customer with his new 1 of 2 door panels:) It took 100hrs.
  2. Just like art school:)
  3. Personally I always use 5/6 oz veg tan for the outsides and tooling for wallets, and on the inside I normally use a 2/3 oz veg tan. Or pig skin.
  4. Don't worry, once I am done with the other door panel, this truck is going for a proper photo shoot:)
  5. 51 FORD DOOR PANEL MOUNTED!!!!! WOOOHOOO!

  6. I think a Picture tells a thousand words... I will load some more as well after some cropping and I get through the 50 pics I took. You can see the Zippo Case he is wearing and it unsnaps off the belt loop and gets snapped directly to the door! How is that for GREASER CHIC! Also we had to weld on some extensions for the door handle and Window Crank, but for some reason the Door shaft is Steel and the Window Shaft was Aluminum???? WTF????? Good job FORD! So he needs to do it at work. Anyway, just one more mod to the door, and it is FINISHED!!! On to the next one...but after the TELE and my TOUR with Sixgun Republic!
  7. Removable Zippo Case mounted to the 51 Door Panels:)

  8. Ok so today will be the last day:) I got the foam mounted on the wood panels yesterday, and made a Zippo case the is removable with a belt strap, and spent a few more hours lacing. So far about 6-7 hours of lace work done...And I am just under the time expected that it would take for the panels. Today will be the last day and tonight we will mount this door panel! I dyed the snap placement for the zippo case Red so it is a sign of dude your zippo is MIA:) hahahaha And before you say anything about the rivets not being on the edges....I had to do it that way because the panel edges curve with the padding so it would have been working against me:) And you can't see it when the Zippo case is mounted. I think I will add M.I.A to it as well:) LOLOL
  9. 1/2 way done with the lace:) And I finished the Zippo holder it is ready to mount as soon as the panel is laced.
  10. Ya the guy is very tall as well, about 6' 6" so I don't think the leaning will be a problem. As far as the Pipe...not sure if it will remain that way or not. It is illegal, and it will have to be changed at least for inspection.
  11. It is silly, but I am over it:) I asked Johanna to add me to it, I think I sent 2 messages about it, but I still have not been added. Whatever, I am so busy with the door panels I don't even care right now.
  12. Drilling through leather though it is possible is almost IMPOSSIBLE. You need to get a hole puncher.
  13. Sometimes this site doesn't load an image after you have started a topic after a few minuets... You have to copy it reload the page ..LOOAD IMAGE FIRST and the paste you original text. Also images here should be 1200-1500 x 1200-1500 ish pixels to fit the screen nicely. I have a huge big screen Imac, and your image was so big I had to scroll all over the place to see the image and find the close box. It may only be 600k but the size is still huge. I hope this helps. I won't do this for everyone, but if you want to email me an image I can invert it and make it black and white in about 2 minuets in Photoshop CS4or ya:) Gimp is free and it takes a lot of work to do what you want to do. Photoshop is very fast:) Open, adjust done. chancey77@gmail.com TTYL8R!
  14. I am supposed to hook up with him later...I will get as many pics as I can:)
  15. More work on the 51 today...ready to start lacing:)

  16. So I now have the Drink Holder mounted and the strips punched ready to lace...I am finally getting into the home stretch of this door panel. A couple more things to tighten up with the dye, and this thing is ready to get mounted! The Next Picture and update should be mounted inside the Truck!!!!!! WWWWWWOOOOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
  17. That is the main reason I never sew anything...I ALWAYS USE LACE...sewing breaks and rots then you can't fix it properly. The bikes look cool! YOUR SEAT CAME OUT AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Most solo seats never have a decent lift in the back, and that is why I designed mine the way I do, with a high spring mount to get more lift out of the back it may help your problem.
  18. I am not sure how long these classes are , but when I was in the scouts our art classes had 1 day of leather,1 day of wood, 1 day of braiding,and every day was an archery class. Sounds like you have a good handle on it. Remember that whatever you know about leather is most likely 100x's more than the kids. So as long as it is fun they will have a blast. I think something that everyone has missed is a <Small Pouch that can be tied around the kids waist with some rope. They can add their names and maybe some border stamps. And of course paint them...that is something they would really like I think. Bracelets are cool, the only thing about the string is after it is on it will be almost impossible to get off, and if it is snapped, they will most likely loose them, so ...ya tying them is better:) Since you have an archery class, why not make some arm guards..if you have enough leather for that. That is just stuff off the top of my head, and it sounds like you are on a good path! I just thought I would add my 2 cents:) Have a great Summer!
  19. Right now coming up is the Scandanavian tour late June-Aug and Sept. dates in Sweden,Norway. We will see what shapes up for the US tour in the late Fall.
  20. Dye does go bad if it isn't used in a certain amount of time, and you have to let it sit for 12 hrs. sometimes. I have had many bottles of dye go bad on me over the years because after opening them they didn't get used fast enough. This could be something to think about as well. Keep dyes stored in a dark place and avoid sunlight on the bottles. Also use what you have to without leaving the cap open to long....So pour small batches and use those. I have tried every brand of black out there, and sometimes they just have a weird reaction and get lighter somehow, like a faded black; I know then that the batch has gone bad.
  21. I like the lace pattern...I may have to borrow that:)
  22. You might just see it there in Norrtalje!!!!! This crew always takes home the trophies from there! Aliens MC.
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