toxo
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Even quite small clicker dies need a surprising amount of pressure. Even walking this die around my 1 ton press (as opposed to pressing in one go) required an extension on the bar.
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Of course Fred but what I meant was that if it's a shop that's near me and sell goodies I should have known about it. There are very few such shops around here and they're a magnet to me..
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Great stuff. That's what I should have done.. Just missed some land with a stream once. Would've been in my element. Many years ago me and the wife and kids house sat for a cousin who was off to the Canaries for a holiday. He had a small stream running past the back of his garden. By the time he came home "his" bit wasn't so little any more/ I'd dug it a bit deeper and dammed both ends. Then I went upstream catching lots of wild trout and putting them in his bit. He was a baker and used to feed em any unsold bread or whatever and they got quite big. Well you gotta have a project haven't you. I'm in Gillingham.
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How strange, never heard of them.
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Fortunate indeed. I'm in a two bed house in town I know farmers used to get paid to leave a wild perimeter around their fields for the wildlife. Do they still do that?
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Don't have Home Bargains Fred. Guessing they're similar to Aldi which we do have. Keeping my eye out. Thanks mate.
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I have five dogs and at least one of em has realised that if they can't be arsed to go up the garden for a crap when the back door is open, they can just do it indoors by the back door and they'll get away with it cos I don't know which one dunnit and I won't smack an innocent dog so they laugh at me. Or at least the one that's doing it is. So what's the best budget motion (see what I did there :)) detecting go pro thingy out there guys?
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I'll be sure to save up for those two Obols. Is this why the scythe in the first place?
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Hello! "Ferryman", "Scythe". Do you go around dressed in a big dark cloak with a large hood do you? And will I have to pay you at sometime in my life, - or death?
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simple pouch for work friend
toxo replied to Bawarrior's topic in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
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Sheath, laced and lined
toxo replied to Rossr's topic in Gun Holsters, Rifle Slings and Knife Sheathes
Nice work there but for use I'd like to have seen the scroll under rather than over. -
They are. There were more but a lot have been gobbled up. There are lots of babies still in the pond and I even saw some eggs in there yesterday. Still not sure which ones will be goldfish until they change colour. I'm positive the bigger ones are bronze fish and will stay that way which is ok, I like the shape of those. There are still some odd ones in the tank at least one of the medium sized ons have an extra hard ray in the tail. There were some with two tails but joined at the top, they didn't swim very well and either got eaten or were bitten by mistake in a feeding frenzy and croaked.
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Here you go. I apologise for the sound best turn it off.
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Welcome Flora. You won't be the first on here that struggles with english and I don't know a better forum for machine problems. I bet Constabulary is itching to know your problem as we speak.
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How can I say no to that! I'll have a go but YT has changed so much since I used it last. My claim to fame back then was winning the 2009 Backyard Chickens DIY incubator thingy when I made one out of a wine cooler. "Won" a BYC sweatshirt which cost me £20 to ship over here . I made a YT vid of the eggs hatching and growing up.
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Update: A very short video clip. I couldn't get pics that do it justice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS8kHxjHwWY&feature=youtu.be
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Well done. If it serves the intended purpose it's a winner!
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New black engineer boots. My fourth leather project.
toxo replied to KenJWan's topic in Shoes, Boots, Sandals and Moccassins
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I'm going to show my ignorance now but that's ok if it furthers my leathercraft education. I've been sent some samples and although I asked for them to be labelled, they're only partially so. They have the company name and colour but apart from two that are labelled veg tan there's no indication of what type, ie veg/semi veg/chrome etc. It seems that according to the price list most of them are listed as "Core" leathers. What does that mean? I know you can tell some by setting fire to them but I think another phone call to the company might better further my education. The main reason for this post is to talk about splits. I know a split is what's left after the top grain is taken off and so is a cheaper product. And I guess a split can also be veg or chrome tanned. What's puzzling me is the four samples of splits in front of me are not suede like as I would expect them to be but have a smooth finish on both sides. How robust are these finishes likely to be and what could they be used for?
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Many on here know that I like Dieselpunk.Ro (Tony See) and I'll tell you why. I have no affiliation to the guy whatsoever, I just like the way he goes about things and he has a tremendous understated sense of humourand my attraction to his world is strange when you consider that I have two sewing machines and I very much want to use them and yet all of Tony's designs are for hand stitching. He has created a great facebook page with interaction from everyone and if you ask him a question he usually answers in minutes not hours. (And I detest F/B but I always check it now) His designs are not for everyone but I'd be surprised if you don't find something in his portfolio. His prices are reasonable and he gives away many freebies to his followers. The whole process is easy and every project is accompanied by a YouTube video that covers everything from the printout to the last stitch. The purists won't like that he uses hole punches rather than stitching chisels but there's nothing stopping you if that's the way you want to go. I always print out on cardstock and after using for the first time you have a ready made template and whats more, the second go around is so much quicker because the punch just falls into the holes. This is the first leather project of any kind that I did using the Motoko 3 pattern. It took me a while but there was nothing difficult in it. I won't put up a link. He should be easy enough to find but pm me if you can't.
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Nicely done but along with a few others I have nowhere to store it. I made a very basic one with a flat piece on the bottom that slipped under the thighs when sitting. Worked ok til I broke it. I do favour the camlock type. Dieselpunk.ro uses a simple one wth a small cam on the side. I echo what dikman says about snagging. if there's anything sticking out the thread will find it again and again.
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Welcome Raindog. You'll get lots of help here. My ears pricked up when I saw the word sap. It's illegal to carry a sap in the UK or so i'm told. At least I disguised mine as a coin purse.
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Fred has it right. Work from each corner alternatively and work out any anomalies in the center There's absolutely no reason why you couldn't use a small hole in the corner if it suits your project.In fact I've seen lots of projects where a diamond slant look off in the corner.I suppose the radius of the corner comes into it as well. With spacing, on quite a lot of projects you can actually alter the size slightly to suit whatever chisel/punch you want to use. You don't think Nigel Armitages or Ian Atkinsons spacing works out perfectly every time is a coincidence do you? The thing I haven't seen mentioned re: slits versus holes is curves. It's one thing to have this debate about flat surfaces but is there a difference when working with 3D curves? I've only used holes when doing Dieselpunk.Ro patterns which have all sorts of curves sometimes and it's fascinating to watch the thread pulling those curves together. I guess it's designer preference whether they use circles/dots/crosses but on tight radii the comments above will come into the "look".