billybopp

All things considered, it's not horrible. I've seen less sold for more at times. That said, I agree with just about everything said above. That said, if you wanted to make your own, you could do better without too much trouble! Materials, tools, and all would probably cost less than the $100 asking price - Not including your blood, sweat and tears. - Bill

I feel your pain. I don't have hearing aids, but I do have arthritis. Many medications (including some kinds of arthritis pain medication) come in blister packaging like your batteries. They SUCK to get open. - Bill

Woke up to no water this morning. The cold caused a water main break. At least we have a nice skating rink in the street! Hope the water dept. can get it taken care of quickly.

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas!

Cut from the back side (fur-side down) using a knife NOT scissors. - Bill

That looks strangely familiar .....

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

I wouldn't worry about concentrated heat from a reptile heater - an incandescent lightbulb would be exactly the same sort of heat pattern. If that worries you, put the heat sources in the bottom and a sheet of aluminum or other metal above them to spread out the heat. - Bill

It might be quite a stretch to find a manual from just a picture. What is the model number?? - Bill

All good advice above, I've used all of them. Another thing to consider is that the leather needs to be relaxed before you start cutting (no no .. not like give it a cup of tea and a comfy chair relaxed). What I mean is that you'll want to lay out the leather flat and not at all stretched nor compressed before you start cutting. It's tempting to pull it taut to make cutting easier, but that will cause problems down the road as it shrinks back to size. - Bill

@AtomicLeather You are correct, the stamps and roll embossers are bookbinding tools. They're even more expensive than most leather working tools from what I've seen!! - Bill

Depending on the embossing height, if high enough I'd use a combination of layered leather bits to get up close to the level needed then dust goop for the final shape. The main difference is that using just stacked leather, you then have to remove leather to get to the final shape, sort of like whittling wood it's a subtractive process. Goop is more like working with clay, you pack it on and then move it around to get your shape, more of an additive process. I haven't done anything practical with either as I'm a crap sculptor but I did play around a little just to see what it's like several years ago. - Bill

I'm not going to make a joke .... I'm not going to make a joke ... I'm not going to make a joke ...

According to the parts books like it's an "Oil Regulating Screw" - whatever that means! - Bill 255RB-3.pdf Consew255RB-3 parts & opermanual.pdf 255339LSW2BLLSW28BL.pdf