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You know what's funny Twin?, I have professional forensic applications on the drive that crashed...sheesh UK, after all the years in the PC business, there's one thing I learned...never buy Sony...too proprietory. This time I feel Your pain!

Thanks, if anyone understood computer crashes, it would be You, for sure. I'm pm'in you.

Disclaimer: No old PC techs were hurt in this catastroke Me drive and processor be kaput! I Lost two days work trying to fix the crash, and only made it worse. Finally I had to go buy a new one...doohhh, poor me...lol. A nice new HP pavillion Notebook bit architected with 4g ram, 360g drive, and a lot of bells and whistles I'll never toot. Now, it'll be two more days trying to remember all the passwords, and settings, and installing all the old applications. Some I may never get back... I'll have to buy a hard drive insert to get all my pix and things from the old pc...if I can forensic it...we'll see. Now, before all you jump in with couldas and wouldas, let me just say...I DO know better (insert cartoon that I can't retrieve from my old drive yet). Basically the cartoon is my favorite. It shows an Ol lady in a rocking chair, and she says..." As I got older, I thought my Patience was getting better, but as it turns out, it looks like I just don't give a s**t". Calm has returned to the homestead, but the backlog in the shop will be brutal. It's tuff being a sole owner... Take this opportunity to tell your Computer woes...let's commiserate. It won't make me feel any better, but it should at least make us all laugh.

First..go very lightly with the creaser, and only bout 6". Then once the line is established, you can apply the right pressure. It will take lots of practice to have it look like a crease line and not some dragged line. You sort of have to "hook" it over the edge as you move it. They're called "push bevelers" and actually work better for some people when they push it forward, as they are designed. Take some scraps, and practice both ways. Try bending back or forth, left and right until you understand the correct angle to use for the tool to work properly. If you edge bevel first, the tool seems to slide better long the edge for me. That .25 beveler from TLF will make a line an eighth from the edge. I use it sometimes to just make a line to follow for sewing. If you want a line on the inside of the stitch, you can use the adjustable creaser, which when wide open, will fit on the other side of the stitch from the edge, but it isn't as sharp a line as the push beveler. You could also use the swivel knife to make a light line, beveled or not. The stitching groover could also be used to make a line. Better tools are always a wise investment, but in this case, I've used the TLF for years with little problems. But did I stress practice?

Looks sharp as hell! Like you say, A little work on the shoulder, and you'll be good to go for being in the vest business. Sheesh, you're good.

Rayban, I really like this and your last swap post. I think it could be a good feature to add to the board titled "Swaps and Shares"". No money transactions (or minimal for shipping, just pure give and take. I've seen some generous offers from our members, like boxes oof scraps, etc, and just for the price of shipping, or for the price paid. It would be a good way for everyone to either share their extras and treasures, or fill in missing pieces in their tool inventories. What do you all think? I have no need for this stamp, but gee, it looks like a good one, and I'm with you on the handling of money. That made me laugh.

Randy is right. The key is the Sales Tax #. The unfortunate part is the record keeping. A good business man is anal to a fault. Figure the tax, add it on to the price, record it, send out the quarterlies to the state, and keep going. Me on the other hand, I am always forgetting, putting off, having to figure what the State's share is, and paying the 5-10 dollar fines every quarter. And yet, I'm still a growing business...go figger. Hardly any craftsperson has to worry too much about the Income tax, etc. Nobody pays themselves for a very long time. Most monies just get sunk back into the addiction...I mean business. So no taxes other than sales. My accountant is a small town one. He's used to all the rural people here. Bring in the cigar box full of receipts, and he'll figger it out. If at some point you get so busy you have income, you'll know it's time to get more efficient. CAVEAT: PLease don't imitate my slovenly business tactics. I've been this way my whole life, and I recommend not paying any attention to what I say on this sublect...lol

That's a nice job, ClayB. You are right, the little flowers do pop. That little lifter you got works great. I like the background work too. Sometimes that pebbling just doesn't look right to me, but this worked well. The "yellowishness" (is that a word?) i kinda didn't like at first, but after looking at it, it worked for me. Real life color is probably different anyway. What pebble tool did you use?

The things I vinegaroon get hard as rocks, even with adding oil after. They break in slow, but do finally break in.

Thanks Bruce! Exactly the kind of stuff I need to understand. I guess all us "artists" are the same...we hate repetitive work...lol It was interesting to see the chain, and how one thing led to another and different job. It's like mining. Follow the vein, and then one day, it disappears. That's kind of the way things happen to me, too. It would be nice to figure a way to not be so susceptible to the winds...

There's a lot of information under this Marketing Topic Section, and I enjoy going back to it for pointers. But one discussion we haven't had is how you have developed commercial business. I better explain a little bit what I mean. I recently, through a friend of a friend, and a lot of sample work produced, have gotten a small monthly comission from a niche company that builds high end stuff for Musicians. They have been using strap handles purchased through a company like, but not, Ohio Travel. They've had a lot of problems with the stitching, and spring metal clips, etc. So I showed them what I could make for them, and they've given me the go ahead to start making 30-40 a month. This gives me some for sure paydays. and filling up my schedule is definitely what I want in order to make this an actual living. I've read several times here about some regular commissions the saddle guys get to do on the side, like a hundred tooled belts for a regular customer, and other hints at some commercial jobs people use to supplement their work. I'm assuming you basically have to be a working leather shop, not necessarily big, but have the capacity to perform larger scale work or maybe even a regular side job youv'e geared up for that produces regular income. Soooo.....How many of you have this kind of work? How did you mange to get the original work? What have been the trials and tribs of having these contracts. Any ways, hopefully you get what I'm driving at. I could use the experienced info on this work, I definitely want to add more.

I think it's kool with a KK. Did you plan not having the binder seam lines at the corners, or was it just lucky. If I did it, every corner would have ended up with the seam on the corners...sheesh

Really nice of you to share with the world, ArtS. Judging from the length and depth of the article and pattern, they made you work real hard to put this together. On reading their requirements, they expect professional journalistic layout and drawings. Many kudos to You for putting that altogether

I am tearing up right now. America has shown it's true color, and it is America. God Bless us All, and God Bless America.

Found these used on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/096...;condition=used

Welcome DavidG to the Great Addiction. You couldn't find a better place to start, than right here on this Forum. There's plenty of sporrans and such to look at here. For starters, I'm in NC, and I'm lucky that I live near Zack White's in Ramseur, and Tandy's in Raleigh. But that's a 3hr drive to Ramseur for you. For you, there is a Tandy in Columbia, but anything else around you is probably slim, but I'm not totally positive. But like ten million other people, you can't go wrong by starting out at the Tandy Store. Plenty of starter things, and the people there are always helpful. Tandy Leather #164 COLUMBIA Toll Free: 866-480-2591 Manager: Richard Poindexter 3317 Platt Springs Rd West Columbia, SC 29169 Don't forget to keep us appraised of your starter projects.

In my best Gilda Radner..."Never rnind"

Your website is not accessible to me, like ArtS, either in firefox, or IE. An AOL People Connection Page saying that AOL Hometown is closing down after Oct 31. If you are no longer using AOL Hometown, and have set your domain up on another ISP, your Domain name is still linked to them. You really need to check on this. If you are getting it on your own machine, you should verify with other people's machines to assess. Pinging www.madcowsaddles.com comes up with an IP Address of 216.21.239.197, and constant Requests Timed Out. Doing a "whois" www.madcowsaddles.com gives this info, including the number to call for problems at Register.com OrgName: Register.com, Inc OrgID: REG Address: 575 8th Avenue City: New York StateProv: NY PostalCode: 10018 Country: US NetRange: 216.21.224.0 - 216.21.239.255 CIDR: 216.21.224.0/20 NetName: RCOM-1BLK NetHandle: NET-216-21-224-0-1 Parent: NET-216-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.REGISTER.COM NameServer: NS2.REGISTER.COM NameServer: NS3.REGISTER.COM NameServer: NS4.REGISTER.COM Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE RegDate: 2000-06-28 Updated: 2006-04-05 OrgAbuseHandle: CUSTO-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Customer Service OrgAbusePhone: +1-800-899-9724 OrgAbuseEmail: support@register.com OrgNOCHandle: NOC207-ARIN OrgNOCName: Network Operations Center OrgNOCPhone: +1-902-749-2488 OrgNOCEmail: ops@register.com OrgTechHandle: NETWO55-ARIN OrgTechName: Network Engineering OrgTechPhone: +1-212-798-9100 OrgTechEmail: neteng@register.com # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-10-31 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

This is my "secret stash": http://www.publicdomaintorrents.com/nshowc...tegory=westerns

There could be nothing more a Father could have hoped for from his son. Love, Respect, and Understanding. Cherish the memories. His strengths are now yours.

I'd say about a hundred bucks tops, unless it was mint, and I mean mint . It's sort of a collectible, but not rare. That 16 gauge without a modern butt pad is gonna leave blue marks, that's for sure..

Which model is it? Mossberg made a lot of bolt shotguns over the years, including single shot, choked, not choked, slug, and multiples. What does he want to use it for? I think we need a bit more info...

Welcome to the Forum, AZRider. You've found the right place to learn and share. Make sure you read all the Motorcycle Topics, they'll be invaluable to you when you start your own bike projects. And keep "messing around", you'll be hooked in no time.

I like them. The fringe hangs good, and they look like a good working fit. I like how you worked in the initials. Nice job

I'm in, of course... There should be no question as to helping our own.