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Maybe oily fingers when stitching before you put gloves on for dying? The problem only seems to be the edges where it's been handled.

That has to be the best leather craftmanship I've ever seen. Awesome.

Too much of a generalisation for me. Every method of parting us from our money has to be looked at on it's own merit. Every "business" (was there ever a word as abused as that one?) strategy has to go through the morals and ethics corridor which has a bearing on how a company makes it's money. Sadly, over the last 100 years business has learnt to sprint through that corridor with less and less effect on their conscience or accountability.

That's what passes for "business" these days. In the interest of profit they gradually hike up the price until it no longer sells. Then they start reducing the size. Over here we have something called a "Wagon Wheel" and when I was a kid it was around 7inches across and almost an inch thick. Now it's the size of a biscuit. I used to think some of the better stores were better than that. I was wrong.

What's not to like? Good voice/music /content. Well done Yin.

Looks good so far but the shoulders are vulnerable. https://dieselpunkro.patternbyetsy.com/listing/931363776/shoulder-armor-pattern-printed-paper

You don't need to spend big money on punches. I use these in 0.8mm, 1.2mm and 1.5mm and they've been fine. My guess is there's glue involved somewhere. You won't notice until you leave the pellets to stick to each other and the inside wall of the punch. If this is the case just punch a few holes in some non glued stuff and maybe leave the punch in a small jar of solvent or thinners. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/122584851260?var=425413248570

You have nothing to lose by trying shoe polish. I'm about to do the same with a pair of shoes that are a bit lighter than I'd like. Failing that if 125c did it in the first place it'll do it again using darker dyes or adding dark dye to the original mix if you still have.

News to me also. Will investigate. Thanks @MtlBiker.

Not my veg tan. It's only about 1.4mm and very floppy.

Well done Fred.

Just glad to help Bill.

I've got a piece of natural veg tan with that milled look on the flesh side and I thought the same thing.

To remove any rivet just center punch with a nail or a proper centerpunch and carefully drill with a 1/8th (or thereabouts). The top will come away with no fuss then pull out from the other side.

A lot of figurin out been done on that. Great job. Well done.

A great example of necessity being the mother of invention at some point in time. Took a while to get my mind off that mechanical broom in the background.

Not knocking airbrushes at all. I have two somewhere. Great for small/intricate stuff but I don't do much of that. I hear what peeps are saying about loss of pressure but I'm basing the following on the premise that it doesn't. It can't be that hard to seal the damn thing properly. Whenever do you use a spray can once and it loses pressure. OK, assuming you can seal it; The thing that appeals most to me is being able to grab the colour I want, spray the leather, DONE until the next time. If I have to re-charge after 10/12 times I'll take that. No looking for compressors, no cleaning airbrushes, FAR less cost in dye over daubers, sponges, brushes etc and NO streaks. It's a win win win for me. Just thought of another plus. If I want a mottled effect like the last bag I posted here, I can just spray the sponge. Take the way I did it before, 1st colour, take lid off bottle, take clean dauber, tip bottle up on dauber, daub the sponge. dab dab. replace lid on bottle replace bottle. 2nd colour, repeat, 3rd colour, repeat. All the while praying one of the bottles doesn't get knocked over.

That Jenni can looks useful Fred but every time I've ever used one of those finger pull sprays sooner or later it starts spitting. fine for watering plants or WD40.

For WD40 you're probably right, probably gunked up the tube over time hence lack of pressure. I know there might be reliability issues but so far I'm impressed enough to keep going. Just the idea of being able to pick up a can of "dark brown" or "tan" or a custom colour and use it is good enough for me and no looking for applicators or streaks or cleaning up. @Handstitched It did blow the nipple out @ 103psi but at normal tyre pressure - 30psi - it didn't even distort the nipple.

Update; Filled with half a cup of water, pumped up to just under 30psi. Worked really well but only when used upside down??? Maybe I damaged the tube when drilling the hole. At around 30 secs you can see it stutter when i altered the angle but recovered when I went back to the original angle. This can is working well with no glue or solder despite being messed about. There are so many plus points to this hack. No more going rigid with fear as soon as you take the lid off a bottle of dye in case you knock it over. Just pick it up and use it. When empty just re-fill it. Have a different can for each colour including whatever mix you're using.

It's a 50Ltr tank with a corresponding motor that's loud. It takes up too much room. I'd look at maybe coupling up a couple of smaller diaphragms if I can find a quiet motor/compressor. How long is like how long is a piece of string. It comes on when you use it. To be fair it doesn't get that much use and that's the trouble. Because of the faff to set it up just for occasional use I tend not to bother and let it all on the floor. It would be so much better to just turn it on and use it.

You're right of course but if I knew the answer to that I probably wouldn't have needed to ask the question. I was kinda hoping for someone who had a similar setup. @Constabulary That may be one answer but I'm loathe to break up a professional setup. As it is now the thing works when you hit the treadle. Also, provided you have an air reservoir the thing is silent until the pressure drops out.

The rugby ball shaped feeder roller is by necessity rough enough to grip the leather. Imagine you're skimming off 1mm of leather, those 801 skivers that don't have vacuums run an increased risk of that 1mm sticking to the roller so when that part comes around again the skive will be 2mm instead of 1mm and risks ruining the project. How often this happens I don't know. There are different types of roller, some will be more prone to holding onto the waste leather than others. The purpose of a vacuum system is to suck up the dross as it comes off the blade thus decreasing the odds of this happening. The other bonus is the waste is deposited in a sack for disposal. Otherwise it just falls on the floor or in a bucket. Here's a couple of pics from my initial post in 2021, not that they show much.

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