TwinOaks

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It's a parallel blade with a convex center . Very simply, you case and cut and have the 'bead' in your wake. For the edge, you hang one side of the beader blade over the edge and use it as a guide. Then if you want the second line, you use the track of the first pass as the 'edge guide' for your second pass. You can do the same thing 'manually' if you have a good modeling spoon, you just need to cut two lines. Marlon (Rawhide) put together this .pdf on how to do it: http://leatherworker.net/beaderblade.pdf If you have some very small pulleys (remember the ones from Erector Sets?) you could use that, and I've done a close copy using a screen tool (wheel on each end, one convex, one concave)....but I had to go back over the lines again.

Beader blade / beading tool.

You can upload more than one picture to the site at a time. To do so, you first need to resize them to 'standard emai' size....or 800x600 (pixels). That does 2 things - first, it makes the image easier to see on more screens, and second it takes up less space in the upload....which has a maximum size of 128MB per file. Click the 'choose files', select the file and click 'open'. You should see a progress bar as it uploads to the site. Then look to the right and click the button 'add to post'. At that point, you can 'choose' another file and repeat the process. You have to click 'add to post' for each picture file you want to upload. There IS a limit, but you should be able to post 6-8 photos quite easily.

There's already a good number of examples of hand stitching on the site - look at the stitching done by Katsass.

Yep, the pictures showed up just fine....that last on is a little large for some screens, but that's easily solved by dragging to a new tab.

As I said, I'm not an IT techie...so, I considered that there may be something on my end. So here's what I did: I used a completely different computer - one that has NEVER been to the site. There can not be any cookies or any old versions saved in the cache. That computer doesn't have FF installed, so I can't tell you how it would respond...but, it does have Chrome and IE. Just like last time, Chrome pulled up the site with no problems, and the category searches worked on that computer. Load speed was about the same as this site. IE took almost 2 minutes to load, and none of the category searches worked. On that particular machine, in IE, in order to scroll through the category searches I had to click and drag. Simply clicking on the 'button' would flash the category but it would immediately collapse. As to having the MOST RECENT version of whatever browser I use shouldn't be a requirement to use your site. I can access THIS site from either laptop I have, my desktop (a mac), from a friend's laptop, from either of another friend's desktops. This one auto-updates FF. I've used a combination of Chrome, FF, and IE between them (with different versions on at least three) and Safari on the OS10.0 Mac. Things display a little differently from machine to machine (specific color hues and screen settings...all the normal stuff) but it's all functional. If any ONE potential subscriber on this site is having problems using your site, it's probably a good indication that there's at least 10 potential shoppers having the same problem. Keep in mind that you can say "this site displays best in XXXXXXX", but telling people that they have to have it to view your site is very likely to result in them just cruising over to Etsy. (which, by the way is fully functional on the same laptop that had the described issues with craftstack). I may have some concerns about the site, but I'm also telling you exactly what it's doing to cause my concerns so you can address them. Use the information any way you like.

It should be pretty easy to replicate in leather if you wanted to ....

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I think it was the angle of the pic. The view of the rear makes it look quite a bit higher than the front view. In the front view, it looks like the entire hammer is above the shield which is what prompted my comment.

I'm 100% sure that Tandy doesn't actually have a tannery. Tandy is a retailer/supplier and they buy their hides from tanneries like Herman Oak, and Wickett and Craig, as well as other tanneries in other countries. You may have a local Tandy store, but they are only middle men. If you have not had a good experience with your local store, please check out our suppliers in the ad banner.

This is soooo going to kill my budget.

As they have "Hermes" on the fastener, I think it may be made just for them.

Yer killin' me with all the bird skin.... ONE more holster with Ostrich, mister, and I'm gonna have to try some.

Beautiful finish, Chris. The lines are not overdone and it makes it more appealing than something molded so tightly you can read the roll stamp. The only thing I can see is that the sweat shield doesn't appear to be quite tall enough.

There's a lot more to 'finishing' than just slapping some dye on it. Look into 'antiquing', as well as 'block dyeing'. Take a look at some of Peter Main's work to see what can be done (lots of skills required) with dye. http://petermain.com/parent.htm

You can cover it or you can slick it....search 'slicking the flesh side'. Covering it will look best, IMO.

No guarantees (of course) but look up UKRay, one of our moderators. He has his own shop and was hunting some machines a while back...he probably has all that he needs at the moment, but might be able to point you in the direction of some other interested parties.

Check with ARM leather works...I think he was doing some graphic design on the side. Somebody on here posted a long while back that they were working on a graphic arts degree and had offered to do some designs for members to build their portfolio....I just can't remember exactly who it was.

The 111 is a clone of the Singer 111, and there's been some discussion about their machines on here. The small portable machines are not suitable unless you're assembling chrome tanned items. The feed dogs leave noticeable tracks on the back side of the leather. Several members tried them....then ended up selling them. The produced one of the videos showing how the MC-SCR was so much superior to 'servo' motors. I pointed out that they never revealed what kind of wattage comparisons they were making, and IIRC, they never responded. It's pretty easy to show superiority when the motor you're using is a 1/2 horse power stronger. My opinion is this: Sailrite was trying to get a foot in the market for leather machines, by touting one of their sail machines as capable. It very well may be. But when you look at the cost of the 111 with the -SCR, you're over the price of a more capable machine (Consew 206...more thread capacity and more clearance under the foot).

I checked it out and FF won't get to it. IE will access it, but still pops up security questions. Load speed is abysmal. Chrome will access it AND shows it as a secure site. Load speed is just above abysmal. It's almost like there's a proxy server in North Carolina that's talking to another server somewhere else in the world. All 9 pages will show, but the search function yields ZERO results, whether I search, 'category', 'primary material', or 'price range'...or any combination of those. Over a month ago the site claimed they would have everything squared away. That still needs to happen, IMO. Currently, the pages don't display in all browsers and not all the functions work on the pages. To the owner/operator of Craftstack.com........there's still a LOT of things you need to get repaired, and some things you need to develop. Some of the 'issues' described by Cyberthrasher were wholly accepted, yet never implemented. I'm NOT an IT pro, but have dabbled enough to spot things that concern me. And a site that is released as 'ready to go', but isn't....well, that's one of them. Especially after 2 'pre-releases' to help identify problems. The whole thing has one of two feelings to me- 1st is that you have a pretty good idea and are trying to run a site on your own, struggling through some of the technical issues. You're having problems with the tech side because you either won't or can't hire someone who speaks 'computer'. Either way, your efforts are suffering because of it. The second feeling....well, unless there's some reported problems, I won't voice them. In today's world of LOTS of people looking for work, I have a hard time conceiving that you can't find an IT professional or computer science major that isn't looking for a little side work. I'm gonna bump this up to the boss, who IS an IT professional and get her input. Incidentally, this is the 3rd announcement of a "new site" and offering 4 free months...seems like they're trying too hard. And if this site has just started.....how can they be "popular"?

I checked it out and FF won't get to it. IE will access it, but still pops up security questions. Load speed is abysmal. Chrome will access it AND shows it as a secure site. Load speed is just above abysmal. It's almost like there's a proxy server in North Carolina that's talking to another server somewhere else in the world. All 9 pages will show, but the search function yields ZERO results, whether I search, 'category', 'primary material', or 'price range'...or any combination of those. Over a month ago the site claimed they would have everything squared away. That still needs to happen, IMO. Currently, the pages don't display in all browsers and not all the functions work on the pages. To the owner/operator of Craftstack.com........there's still a LOT of things you need to get repaired, and some things you need to develop. Some of the 'issues' described by Cyberthrasher were wholly accepted, yet never implemented. I'm NOT an IT pro, but have dabbled enough to spot things that concern me. And a site that is released as 'ready to go', but isn't....well, that's one of them. Especially after 2 'pre-releases' to help identify problems. The whole thing has one of two feelings to me- 1st is that you have a pretty good idea and are trying to run a site on your own, struggling through some of the technical issues. You're having problems with the tech side because you either won't or can't hire someone who speaks 'computer'. Either way, your efforts are suffering because of it. The second feeling....well, unless there's some reported problems, I won't voice them. In today's world of LOTS of people looking for work, I have a hard time conceiving that you can't find an IT professional or computer science major that isn't looking for a little side work. I'm gonna bump this up to the boss, who IS an IT professional and get her input.

Well, this IS a leather working forum......have you considered making your own holster? If you decide that you'd like to try it, we can help you with suggestions of material and methods, then help with the construction methods. You would end up with a truly unique holster.

With any of the contact cements you may consider the bond to permanent. If you might need to reposition anything, then they are NOT the ones to use. Apply as per directions on the can. I use Weldwood because I can pick it up locally.