bikermutt07

Great, I will be getting one of these when I actually get a machine. Both of my feet were broken in 06 and I have very little use of my right ankle. This will be handy.

For the record, I was not offended. I thought you may have peed a little close to the house, but once in awhile that can be overlooked. Cheers.

Good idea.

So, how much is one of those awl handles? Haha.

Thanks, Floyd.

Have an of you dealt with these auction people before?

Please don't let this one experience sour you to the site.

I find the spammers annoying. As someone in the adolescent stages of the craft, I and others like me ( I've noticed ) try to field the simple questions. I see it as a way to give back for the help you all gave me. I don't always have the right answer, but I try to give a good answer and let them know I may be wrong. I hope this is relieving some of the load.

It never hurts to be kind. Good on ya, other Matt.

My feathers be not ruffled. I just enjoy some quality and don't mind paying for it. When I can afford it.

Glad you are enjoying it.

Grrrr, just blew my extra cash last night.

Black River Laser has one available pretty cheap. I just ordered one.

We don't all have access to a lathe. Experience with a lathe is worth a little bit. A guy needs a little bit of money just to make it worth his while. All that being said, I can build a whole house. I'm a great carpenter\tradesman. But, I don't have the tools or knowledge to make the furnishings for it. I was glad to see a nice one off piece being made available, by another Craftsman (who is also a member here). And I was so happy, I sent an even 40 for it. It's not always about how cheap someone can do something.

Here ya go. Jump into about minute 6 for teeth info.

If that was for me, I didn't make their policy. I don't feel that I my opinion is out of line. I'm sure they have plenty of customers on here that their minimum reqiurements will have no effect on. And that's ok too. I have only bought from them once and that was at the retail level. And to be honest I was happy with the order I received. When I had my first business UPS did everything they could to make sure I would never want to give them my business again. This was all about my small business shipping a quarterly publication. If you don't conduct business with them within a 45 day period your account goes inactive. Then you get to reenter all of your shipping information for everyone again, and again, and again. It was a mess. My friend who works for them was encouraged to let all his friends (that had small businesses) know, by the sales department, that UPS wanted to be their shipping company. So, I jumped in. When the mess was finally over with he typed a letter about my situation. Which included my last encounter with two broken feet, a pallet of magazines ready to ship and no help to be found at the distribution center. He waited until the sales department came along asking for the small businesses again. Then he sent the letter. That letter made it all the way to the vice president's desk. I did get a phone call from UPS. They were polite, I was polite. But I made sure they knew there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell that they would ever get my business again. I do my best to try and get someone else to bring my stuff to me that I order. It's a shame when you can make the USPS look more convenient than your own business. Sorry for the late night rant. And hijack. Carry on.

I would just order a set from Amazon. I got 2 sets for less than 30 dollars. Then just copy them, but better. I hope you are really good with a file. Another option is.... Nigel has the dimensions for the new crimson hide (name may be a little off) pricking chisels\crossbreed that seemed really cool. All of the teeth taper down as they turn (he mentions the tapering widths). They actually produced a set of irons that behave like a row of awl teeth. Really neat concept. Watch the video.

Why would you do that? There are other smaller suppliers who are still glad to have your business. Why submit to ordering from some one who thinks they're too big to bother with your account?

True that. My boss has had me ripping apart showers for months now, it seems. I just have to reserve my hands for the job site.

I received mine today and boy is it cute. It was lovingly packaged and even came with a thank you. I doubt I will get to even test during the weekend, but I am looking forward to using it. Thanks.

Yeah, not doing it. Maybe a little stamping on a bracelet or belt, but mostly just for me.

When people get big, they want to weed out the small fish. It's just business. There was a big ruckus around here when letters went out to all the small businesses.

Thanks for that, Bodean. I used to tell people we couldn't imagine it either, but we had to go thru it. On the other note, I wouldn't mind a few orders but I can't do tooling or much with stamping. It makes my hands and wrists just feel like they are in fire. I work some pretty physical construction and I have to save the pain for the 40 hour week. Plus, hobbies shouldn't be painful ( unless you're sadomasochistic ). Champagne problems, CJ. Champagne problems..... It reminds me of the first tattoo I got. If I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna drive right in and go big. I got this when I was 18.

Awesome.

Oh Come on!!!! I'm throwing my silly little bracelets in the trash (kicks rock).