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The hubby is using my arbor press now. I have a little dedicated press for cutting slots for buckles, and another for press studs, the rest I hit wiv a big ‘ammer. Wonderful way to release my pent up frustrations, and inhibitions.

That looks a very posh one for $10.

That stitching (and the machine) is looking good. Another cracking job well done.

College sewing are wonderfull. They even sent to Japan for a couple of parts for one of my sewing machines, and didn’t put the charge through until they received the parts and had popped them into the post to me.

We do what we can.

Also slang for looking at, recognising, or taking note (not written) of something.

Making a pattern isn’t hard to do, it’s just knowing where to start, and having the confidence in what you are doing. Now, I’ve never bought a cheap seat cover that actually fitted properly, but it would give you a basic pattern to work from. If it was me, and I decided to go down the pre-made cover route, I would fit the cover, grab some french chalk, and pins, and mark out where the changes need to be made. I would then dismantle the cheap cover, and repin/stitch the cover together. Refit, and check out how it looks. Once the fit looks not too bad, dismantle the pieces, and there is your pattern. I would at this point be tempted to then cut out the pattern in some thick scrap material, stitch it and do a refit. If all well, use this to cut out the final leather material. The thicker material should give you your proper pattern sizes to allow for leather thickness, and maybe use it as a liner on the seat. I would imaging that leather seats use some kind of liner/backing, as hot and sticky leather would be prone to stretching? Being me, I’d prefer to remove the original seat cover, dismantle it, and use that as a direct pattern. There are a number of youtube vids that show how a seat cover is constructed, which should fill in all the knowledge gaps I’ve left here. Also, no doubt a more knowledgable person shall be along to advise you better.

I’ve invested in a board called printbyte (I think that is how it is spelt). All my problems with the item separating are a thing of the past (touch wood). It’s so good, I bought 2 pieces, so that I just remove the whole bed, and put it aside to cool, and pop on the spare bed. Once cool, the job just pops off.

Looking good. I agree, nothing worse than your printer trying to print onto thin air. Did you have any shrinkage problems with the filament? I’ve been trying out different manufacturers filaments, and it appears that some I’ve bought are just awful to use.

Le Provo, in the north of England is worth a visit. Really nice leather, and very friendly and informative staff. I have all my leather sent from England up to Scotland, and have never had reason to complain about the quality.

I got that offer too, and will be using it to buy a number of stamping tools. I personally wouldn’t bother with the dyes or threads, even at 20% discount, I am still happier to buy elsewhere, as Tandy.eu is still a tad on the expensive side compared with other online suppliers. I might purchase some thread for my Tippman Boss, but only after a bit of a price comparison. Sorry, not much help with ideas.

Awww..... Molly showing off (and almost mucking up), but the young'un will have learned something. Doing metal detecting, I've met many bulls of all temprement and size. On one farm, it used to be fine to go on the field with the bull (I came up to his kneecaps). He was a lovely canny chap. When their new bull arrived, my request to detect was greeted from the farmer's wife by "any field but the one with the bull, this ones a wee bit full of energy". Farm speak for hyper aggressive. Anyhoo, the press certainly seems to have the 'oomph' for the job.

Great job with the press, it's certainly going to do the job for you, but I must ask. You fence to entertain the cows? Competition sparring, or just old fashioned duels.

Meant to add, the hubby's press has a heavy spring, which when you relase the jack, pulls the plate back up.

Dwights hydraulic press is certainly the quickest and simplest to put together. The press area can be adusted to suit, without much additional work, and the floor space is also minimum. I use the hubby's 10t bearing press, for some projects, and when not in use, it takes up about 2 1/2' by 1' floor space, but I can extend the press area to 2' by 2', which suits my needs.

I have seen a tool similar, but with a bit of a hook on the end. It had something to do with lasts. Maybe to help yoik a last out its stand. Or possibly to remove boy scouts from horses hooves (Swiss army knife joke).

Official opinion.... It's a thing, for doing something to another thing. And unless someone has one, or has seen one in action, the uses border on limitless. Sorry I can't be more explicit, or helpful.

She's just trying to keep your priorities right. Dog first, work second.

While a lot of the 3D printer world are printing out Star Wars ships, and vases, you are using the 3D printer as a proper tool. As a mere amateur in the 3D printing world (I print out basic forms, guns, and bullets, amongst other stuff), you are right in there getting on with it.

That's the thing, I did my ebay business through ebay, but if someone wanted something extra, I increased the item price by using the 'reply with offer'. This meant that in August alone, Ebay got their cut of aproaching £1,000. I don't have time to try to sell outside ebay, once I add my own shop, and ebay sales together. The only time ebay cares about what you sell, is if their policy enforcement team wake up. Then they are at you like a dog with a bone. I now have 3 customers panicking and going through the resolution centre, because ebay wont let the customer contact me, or me contact them direct, and ebay can't be ar**d. And here was me thinking that life was getting a bit boring lately.

Hit another problem with ebay. Because ebay, in retaliation, restricted my account for 7 days, getting in touch with, or checking the details, of customers has been difficult. This has resulted in a panicking Italian customer going through ebay resolution centre to find out what's going on. Even tjough I have sent messages 3 times through paypal to him. They have upgraded the reason for the 'suspension' as consistantly referring/doing business outside of ebay. I only did that on my last listings, As I knew I was leaving, and up to then have followed their policy for years. But why get upset, they don't care. I've got a few weeks work of orders, then any quiet period, I'll treat as an excuse to make some of my own projects.

Just my tuppence worth. I may be wrong, but you might be better off with an engraver. A dremel spins, wheres an engraver vibrates. A spinning ball end fitting might be more inclined to pull wet leather. Also, I wonder about friction of the spinning ball end. I have a very old engraver that I tried out, but lordy, it was noisy. Last week, I bought an engraver from Lidl for £7.99, so cheap enough to give it a try. It is quieter than the vintage engraver, but still very loud. I haven't tried it out on leather yet.

Mikesc, if we behave, and promise to be good, can Scotland stay? We would miss you all dreadfully if we left........ Good advice about business cards and invoices. A very good way to divert future sales to your website. I've been going through Paypal, and emailing everyone I've sold to, but I will follow that up with a postal drop as well. A number of my customers are the more 'mature' gentlemen, who like the fact that I don't mind if they call me up for a chat about the orogress of their rig.

I believe it is steel towing type cable. As to confusion, that is my default position nowadays.

Upc - unique product code? So much to learn, so little time. Many thanks, I shall google.