chancey77

I don't want to burst your bubble...about the beer fridge...but ... How abou that for a man cave...includes tiki bar and stage and room fro 150 people to get down! hahahaha This is on the other side of my wall inside my work space:) Got to keep people out of my work room!

Ya, me either, but hey sometimes simplicity is the best:)

That would have been the days! My uncle worked for Amtrak for 30 years and I used to ride the "orange blossom special" and get off in orlando or take another train to Tampa. He died a few years ago, but some of the old timers still remember me, all I have to do is show up at Penn station and find some older guys and hop on board, they always hook me up with a bunk and at the end of the trip I throw them some cash for the hook ups! Great folks! Now you got me itching...hmmm, the Moscow Night train is pretty cheap from Helsinki...my wife has taken it a few times. Quite the adventure! St. Petersberg is only like 5 hrs, and 75€ each way:) 11 hrs to Moscow:) On another note! There is supposed to be Aurora tonight you should see it there in the great white north!

I gave it hell, but it looked cheap, at least this way it is classy and the important part the club name will always read well. Their colors include silver blue black and white for the original patches that are now silver, so we went with black and blue background. Very Classy! And a great blue!

THANKS! I tried 3-4 different ways and this is the winner!

That is awesome, I can't believe I haven't seen that picture before! Ya I love trains, I have a lot more pics than that I took 140...details:) I have always dreamed of a steam powered motorbike, there are I think 3 running steam cars left here in Finland, I have seen them at the car shows...awesome machines! I used to ride the train from nyc to florida a lot! I used to ride for free so it was a wonderful way to go if I had the time. You meet the wackiest people on the train!

Another Happy Club:) Wallets coming soon:)

I will make sure to get in touch with you when I am building my next steam powered motorcycle!!!!!!!!!!

OK folks here is another 3.5 hrs. I finished the Beveling of the Ford Logo and got started coloring the pinstriped Ford Logo...here is the F:) I am done for the day...pretty nerve racking!!!!!!!!!

Then you are going to love me because there is already plans for one on the other door how is your brass hunt turning out???

YA!

Hell Ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is all I have to say about that! And that is a big one....HELL YA!!!!!!

8/9oz ONLY ON TOPS NEVER USE 4/6 OZ ON TOP FOR A BIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sides are ok, but all my seats are made 8/9 regardless of placement! Buy 1 skin and make it last for everything, if it needs thinned out Skiv it where it needs give. THAT IS ME YELLING TRYING TO SAVE YOU .......NOT TRYING TO BE A DK..... Factory bikes including HD use 3/4 oz because they are cheap moifqwrofgyghekjrbvqmrjvER's! And that would be on a good day:) 2oz vinyl is more like it:) 8/9 ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS....... ! 4/5OZ will get wet and flatten out all you tooling....if your just putting on a plain black seat then by all means just use 5/6 Tandy has a sale now on 8/9 double premium shoulders for 80 bucks...take advantage! General rule....tandy kits are good starting pieces, but don't use what they use to mass manufacture kits... Upgrade all leather weights. Belts 8/9 Anything motorcycle 8/9+ Wallets 5/6 insides 3/4 Book cover 5/6 in general that is what should be used.

i am not done by any means;) I was out of white today and I was more concerned with the main letter popping first...then the edges..later:) But that is a good suggestion and exactly what will happen, except with white:) C.C's Bl/W

There you go something to figure out.. how to make black and blue pop and work together with just dye ( YOU CAN*T) the colors are to close...but they are the club colors...then accidentally figuring out how to make metal flake blue dye:) hahahaha A:E:L:!!!! I surprised myself today:) and this is me patting myself on the back...hahahaha LOL ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!! J/K!

MARCH 6th...hahahaha Uhm....

I have other jobs that are being worked on at the same time:) I am making a MC club belt and wallet the next couple days...sorry door panels have to wait a couple days:) I was waiting for my leather order to arrive cause I was out of 8/9 oz belt leather, so got it today and I am rocking that out...job is paid and been waiting for a couple weeks now, so I have to do it asap for the guy:) He has another 30 dudes in the club chapter so if I do it now and get it out of the way, more orders from the club are coming:) There is always a ginny pig that has to go first then everyone orders belts after club approval...it is just the way it works:) I have been making MC stuff for lots of clubs and it is always the same way. 1 belt turns into 20+ and I hate myself for taking it:) hahahaha But hey you got to do what you got to do...some guys have to make copies of papers all day...i make leather:)

Since you are in Up State NY there should be a couple sailing shops around but you will probably save yourself a big headache by ordering them from online. The best Brass sailing stuff is made in Sweden, so look for hooks and brass parts labeled SWEDEN. http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pelican+hooks+brass&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=pelican+hooks+stainless&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=SbpVT8TDItTQ4QTW3MyhCg&sqi=2&ved=0CEoQrQQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=2b804fcc0c4a780a&biw=1399&bih=856

That s a great mod Andy! Much respect for that! Cutting off the ends of the hooks and making it work, that is what it is all about! Pelicans are designed for ropes for lifelines so they are always round. In your picture they look copper, maybe just the way the light it hitting them. I love sailing and equipment and use pieces from boats all the time. I never thought about using them for latches (really kicking myself right now), I always use the big brass clips, but now you have me thinking. Thanks for the share, and keep up the great work! As far as tooling stamps and using a swivel knife go, you are in the right place to get tips and advise for that!!!!! Take some of the scraps the you have left over and give it w whirl...practice, practice, practice...If you are not sure what you need there is a place on the forum here about tools for beginners, and there are a lot of videos on Tandy's Web site, that should get you up and running before you know it. Stamps are all about consistency, the amount of force made to make the stamp last and repetition along with rhythm for things like backgrounders. Swivel knife work, best rule is to cut 1/2 the depth into the leather and bevel the knife cuts to make it from 2d to the glorious 3d that you are searching for. It seems you are not a novas when it comes to tools , so just like everything else work and tool related let your tools do the work they where designed to do, a hammer has different weights for a reason, let the hammers do their job no need to over work your arm:) I have 3 different weights depending on what I am using the stamps for. Looking forward to your next project:)

Pelican hooks!!!!!!!!!!!! SWEET! Are those copper ones? I have only seen brass and nickel! Sailing shops have them, they are for lifelines...I get almost all my brass from sailing supply. Great idea! Very nice looking bag, just add some olive oil to that bag and it will be good to go:)