pete

what is the best way to clean my brushes after dying? used 90% alcohol and murphys soap, but what is the best?

are there ANY good bar grounders to be had anywhere? I can't afford the Bob Beard's and others but Springfield and Tandy are REALLY bad. How good are the Craft Japan, and all the others on Ebay etc?? Anyone???

Has anyone used Master Quick Shine as a block (resist). I wrote to Kevin at Springfield leather and the response was that it could be used like any other resist. Anyone???

what dye did you use, and did you dilute it at all? Just did a belt with Pro oil dye Royal Blue and it came out soooo dark after 1 coat of non-diuted. Did a test first with diluted and it was so faint that it didn't work for me. love to hear back pete

I have a BK thumbprint that I never used. It's too big for what I do. Paid $35.00 for it and want a 01 size not the 04 size that I have. WILL sell or swap. $30 and I'll pay shipping in the US pete

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I had trouble with keeping my tracing paper perfectly line up when trying belts. Leather would shift sometimes and taping the sides wasn't always exact after lifting it to check. Took a yardstick and cut it into (2) 10" pieces, and glued it to a cutting board. 1 1/2" apart. It was exactly 8oz. thickness so I tape the patterns to the sticks and trace. Get to the end of the pattern and simply slide the leather up to the next section. Really easy to check and slide back if I missed a spot as it lines up perfectly.

Occasionally I would have trouble keeping my belts from shifting slightly when tracing a repeating pattern. Seems it would get off line even though I taped the tracing paper on both sides. I took a ruler and glued it to a plastic board exactly the width of my 1 3/4" blank./ The free yardstick from the hardware store is exactly 8oz thick so it is flush with the blank. I trace and then slide the blank up to the next part of the pattern and my grooves never waver or get off line.

Moving the shop and found it. 1976 excellent condition. Any REASONABLE offer accepted. (Offer must consider shipping cost)

a tip that I THINK that I got from Kevin at Springfield leather. Wet a little piece of it and smell it. If it smells like a cat box, urine, or something like almonds it is probably from mexico and has been urine tanned rather than oak (VEG) tanned

what is best for coasters to overcome water stains? resolene rtc, neat-lac,,etc,??

what is it that you are trying to do?????

NO! Just RTC

SHERIDAN RTC- best there is- waterproof et

BICK'S is all you need

If the scribed lines are your fold lines- I GUARANTEE that the pouch is going to be way too small. You need to consider the thickness of the leather and allow for it when marking your folds. Make the fold lines/cuts outside of the actual width of the piece by the thickness of the leather. 1/8 leather- the fold is 1/8 outside of the actual edge. You LOOK as though you are measuring the leather to actually fold up at the edge of the box.

1976- I liked it because it had all the newer material.

Excellent condition FO Baird leather secrets for sale. $125.00 or best offer - you pay shipping . US dollars only

Beautiful! What is the tool that you use for the outside edge? Looks like a mules foot or some kind of arrow stamp. Beauty!! edged stamp???????

Had a thought . I got tired of seeing and doing the criss-cross quilting so I gave this a try and like it hope you do too. 1-oval 2-pebble background 3- cam 4- freehand sqiggles 5-seeder 6-50/50 Bicks and chocolate dye

I have bought a few metal 12" rulers over the years and cover the backs with clear tape to keep them clean. I also measure the rulers widths and write the measurements on the back with a sharpie. They are all different but handy to have a known width. The 36" aluminum ruler is a Johnson and Level Tool Co part # js236-0554. It is 1 1/8 wide and I can scribe a 36" line on each side on my tracing film to get a perfect border line(s) as I use 3/16ths borders. for 1 1/2" belts- the width I am most asked to make. got it at Springfield.

thanks! it was fun to do. now that I am happy with the design i have a partner with a laser who cuts the parts perfectly. don't even have to edge the final piece as the laser cuts and burns the edges! might see if I can sell these as pre-cut kits. You tool if you want, sew and finish.

I took the tandy field-note design and downsized it for a 3x4 notebook. Also put the pencil holders on opposite sides so it stays closed.

anyone know where to get a backgrounder like this (size)? Is it a big seeder???