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Chris, that's a very nice seat and no worries about this tech crap. I hate it as well and it could have happened to me, too! There are better things in life than computers and all that gimmick thingies.

Sorry Chris, still getting a message that it's either unavailable or limited to some people. Country limitations maybe?

Is it just me or is this link not working?

Hello and welcome Heather, what a great last name - King Arthur Pendragon. Looks like there could be a Vancouver leather guild be formed with all the lower mainlanders on here. I'm sorry I can't answer your needle question but we have a forum on here explicit for sewing machines. Post your questions there and I'm sure someone will help you.

This isn't mine. As far as I know they are used to compress and condense the leather. You might get some more information under the term "leather roller press".

Could you post the exterior as well please? Might be easier to tell which lines are what. Never mind, I found it. http://www.lusso.my/reversible-gg-leather-tote-dark-cipria It's a reversible bag. Hope someone has an idea. This is beyond my experience. I'm assuming, that the exterior is the same as the interior in size and shape and the rounded bottom/corners are needed to make it a reversible bag. That's all I can say about it. Just like the attached pattern.

Don't know the exact English term, but that't the motorized version of this:

http://pin.it/JlSK3vX Here you go

I'm sorry, I may not really understand what you're trying to say. Did you mark the stitch lines before molding the holster? Is that what your saying? If so, that's the wrong order.

I was wondering if someone ever tried something like this for table for tooling. Of course using a granite or marble slab instead of the wooden top. I'm wondering if that would work at all.

At first... it looks good and if it serves your purpose, it is good! Now to help you improve... get a bag punch or make one big enough for the slots. It makes those slots a lot nicer and you don't run the risk to cut into the surface as you did here. For the time being, always cut from the edges towards the center and don't go all the length. Your leather was too wet when you stamped it. Then, I just found that out myself recently, place your leather in the fridge for at least an hour before stamping if it's of poor density like this one. Bellies are always a little - well not my first choice. However, it really improves it. A small piece like this, I would dye in two stages. Insides first, then glue the sides together, cut the slots and make the stitching holes and finally dye the outsides. This way all your stitching holes and the slots are dyed and don't show the natural tone. Unless you are going to cut and bevel the stamping area (this is what I would do) I would very gently mark the area with an awl to get the borders and the distances to the edges right. At last some well sanded and burnished edges would be great. I hope this helps you a bit, but you're on a good way already. Keep up the good work!

I stopped ordering with Alibaba or Aliexpress, same company, because I ended up having to deal with too many disputes. One vendor claimed to have an item shipped, but provided a faked tracking number, another one marked it shipped, but it never arrived and so on. Further the support there is kind, but very incompetent. It's too much stress to deal with them. Even though it's tempting to save some money, the stress you may have if something goes wrong isn't worth it. If it come to machinery I usually contact the Sieck company in Germany first. Prices are fair and the service is great. Here are some Skivers http://www.sieck.de/en/machines/skiving/leather-goods-and-automotive-interieur/ Don't know about the shipping rates though.

Johanna, a few things I'm missing. Not necessarily needed - I just wanted to mention it for your "nice to have" list. If I click a link it would be nice if it would take me to the newest entry all the time. Links posted in the chat room aren't always an active hyperlink. Looks like that feature is lost when some text is added in the same line. It's kinda annoying if I get an email each time someone writes a reply to a topic I follow. Almost tempting me to update my spam filter. This option isn't activated or changeable in the settings area. Buttons for "go to top" and "go to bottom" would be nice. Of course one can use Pos1 and End keys, but that isn't really available on mobile devices. In an "unread list" it would be nice if only the last topic entry would be displayed and not each entry for that individual topic. It can be pretty extensive with the odd topic. Hope this feedback helps.

Kidskin usually refers to baby goat or baby sheep skins. So from animals not older than 6 or up to 12 months. That's the reason why it's called kidskin. I'm pretty sure terms are mixed up at times. One reason why I bought a trade specific dictionary.

Pure jealousy here. I'd like to be able to make a saddle like this. It's still quite a ways to go for me to be able to.

Using search terms like calligraphy or fancy letters etc should return the results you're looking for. I'm having some fancy ones in one of my Pinterest boards. You can find tons of fancy letters on Pinterest and arrange them with any graphic program.

A friend of mine does that for edge paint, but not for dye.

This looks very nice!

If I'm dying edges at all I'm using a damp high density sponge.

For it being just a hobby you are making some really nice stuff I think some professionals don't make as nice.