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This is the table top I ordered with my LS 341. It's 48cm long and 39cm wide and 25.3cm from the front to the start of the cutout. The perspex is 8mm and the metal bit is 3mm. The two thumbscrews do a good job of holding it in place and there's a hole at the right hand side of the machine which is handy to drop in any old screw to help keep it in place although I have to say, before I put the screw in the T/T only moved a maximum of around 2mm. I like it very much. It's quite robust enough and although I've leant on a couple of times I wouldn't like to stand on it.

It really depends on your market. If the area is money the rules are different than a depressed area. If the latter and the price is bound to be limited I would aim at getting your "shop" kitted out to turn out the quickest designs in better quality. Don't try to please all the people all the time with lots of types because you won't do it plus switching from one type to another is likely to lower the quality. Rather stick to one or two designs and make the difference in colours/fasteners/pocket or no/lining or no/ zips or no. You get the idea. Don't cut silly corners. That bag with one rivet in the strap is an accident waiting to happen with a full bag. Good luck.

If I didn't have my 801 skiver I'd only use a French skiver. They come in various widths and if you keep the same angle it's almost impossible to go through the leather because of the wings.

Here in the UK we have no clue what 130 mph wind feels like. I have a good idea though and my thoughts are with you. Must be truly frightening to know what's coming and be unable to do a damn thing about it.

Was a normal pic until I scrolled down and saw the feet, then for some reason I started laughing. No clue as to why, just found it funny. As for the shoes, I think a thicker leather on top would put some shape back into em.

Peeps know that I adore Cechaflo. He uses a stapler quite often which can save some time. I found this one on Amazon which looks about half the price of most of em. I was surprised when it arrived, it's quite small and fits the hand really nicely and is easy to use so I thought I'd share with you peeps cos that the kinda guy I am. Make sure you order some staples with it cos it doesn't come with any. I had lotsa staples already and 26/6 fitted nicely. D.RECT 0317 Stapler Plier | Paper Stapler | Perfect for Office or Home | Ideal for Organizing Documents| 20 Sheets | Metal Construction | 24/6 and 26/6 Type Staples,Black : Amazon.co.uk: Stationery & Office Supplies

Loving the forked stick to hold the harness.

Someone should make an air gun or pop gun or even an indoor catapult and use use them as ammo.

I've seen various YouTube vids where they iron upholstery leather with a kind of reusable mesh. I've also seen it for sale somewhere, maybe ebay or amazon. Ironing Mesh Mat High Heat Resistance Clothes Protector Board Cover Net | eBay Perhaps it wasn't leather? Cechaflo does it again. But not mesh. (2) How to erase wrinkles and folds - Leather Upholstery - YouTube

I'm on black flesh side and it's slightly furry and get's manipulated quite a bit so I need something that stands out and lasts. If you look at my patchwork thread you'll see what I mean. If one square is out of sync it throws out those around it.

Not that easy to get bonded polyester in all the colours over here and then it's an arm & a leg. Have lots of colours but not for this project. Have a great grey but it's V69. Have lots of V69, have a few V138 but not for this except black & white and don't have the needles til Tuesday. Found a couple a couple of V92s, here's a toast and a powder blue but I'm almost sure it's gonna be black in V138.

They look like the ones I bought the other day. Great on the top side. Not so much on the flesh side.

Did you miss a link SUP?

I agree but black or a maroon/burgundy also. Depends how brave I'm feeling. Black won't show mistakes so much. Here's some musing. Red is too thin and too bright I think.

inally making some progress. Turns out, for a project like this, unless the die is perfect, lining up can be a problem. A perfect square made out of card and my little notcher got me out of trouble. Now I'm thinking about what colour the decorative seams should be. Typical situation, some colours are not thick enough and the ones that are I don't have big enough needles for until Tuesday.

I'm on the flesh side of black leather so normal methods don't work. I'm used to using the silver pens but I ran out so I looked on Amazon and found these. They seem to have some remarkable properties. Read the blurb. I can say that they seem to work very well on the grain side but schools still out on the flesh side. They do work but I'd like the line to be a little brighter. You can't complain about the price though. 100Pcs Heat Erasable Fabric Pens Heat Pens White High Temperature Disappearing Pen for Leather, Fabric, Quilting, Dressmaker : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen I've just ordered some of these in the hop that they are brighter. 100pcs Leather Marking Pen Toold For Leather Cutting Leathercraft | eBay The best I've found out of what I have is a correction fluid pen which I think is some kind of liquid chalk. Lines too thick but it's the brightest so far (on the flesh side). Would love to hear if others are using something better.

The bigger ones can be glued together and used as feet on the bottom of bags or small boxes/trays.

Was looking for that specs page but couldn't find it.

Thanks @Northmount. I have always used leather points but the info that came with my machine stipulated DPx17 needles and I couldn't understand why I could never find any with LR points. @DieselTechs explanation seems right because the DPx16 LRs that I do have seem to work fine.

Now there's a thought but t'other way round. The DPx16s that I've got are LRs.

So - The needles that came with the machine are DPx17 in sizes 130 and 160 but are round point. I've since bought some LR needles in sizes 100/110 and 120 but for some reason these are DPx16. Now before I buy any more I'd like to know what the difference is. The only reason I can think of for buying DPx16 is maybe I couldn't find DPx17 with a leather point at the time. I will point out that the DPx16s with the leather point seem to be working well. Thoughts peeps please. Thank you. Had a quick search on "Schmetz" and all it could come up with is DPx16LR.

Thanks Keith. I think I already have that somewhere but in my world it starts with thread colour. That might mean using a thinner thread than I would like because I don't have all threads in all the colours and all the sizes. I usually start with running a needle down the thread at a 45degree angle. If sluggish I go up one. If too free I go down one. Once I sew some scrap I might change the needle if necessary. The reason I'm struggling here is the new needle system and the thickness. I've had this piece of leather for years and I don't suppose I'll ever use it again.

@NorthmountThis is what I use. I can crop, resize, transform etc etc. This pic is 800 x 436 and is 100kb.

Thanks @Constabulary and @kgg. The biggest leather needles I have is 120. Just realised the needles they sent with the machine are 130 and 160 but they're round point. I'm just about to order some LRs. I'll probably sew this thickness about once in a blue moon but the boy scout in me likes to be prepared.

That can't be right can it? I normally keep 600 across the top but was too much for these. I had to go down to 300 for these, crop more and decreased the resolution from 90 down to 60. Maybe I overdid it. The limit is still 1.47 Megapixels right?