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Maker's stamp on it Copying another Maker's product is a no-no here

'Ruined' needs clarification The leather just gets very soft and always feels oily to the touch. The NFO continuously leeches out onto anything it touches For something that will be used outside, eg horse tack or chaps the NFO will eventually be used up and the leather will dry out to the point when it'll need more NFO applied On some things which don't get that exposure it takes much longer to remove the excess, if it removes it at all I once applied too much NFO on a worked leather covered game board. I tried all the suggestions given already. I had very limited success with any of them. Then I had the 'eureka', or 'Condor' moment - I was spending more £/$ on a cure than the leather was worth, and more time trying to fix that board than the time I could, and did, remake it PS. I had moderate success with lacquer thinners, aka cellulose thinners

You need to reduce the memory size of your photos That google thingy won't allow me access

Has any one seen a fly 'play dead' ? Fly comes near me, I took a swipe at it and missed. Fly drops into the desk on its back. As I move my hand away fly turns over onto its legs, starts to fly again, I start to take a swipe at it and it drops to the desk on its back again. I move my hand away and fly turns over and takes a running leap into the air and gets away Durndest thing I've ever seen, well, maybe except for some drunk honey bees And, no, I've not been at the falling-down water

Thems has been banned for about a dozen years now. We used to use them in our egg hatchery but had to change to an oil-burning-blow-heater contraption Collapsible, mmm maybe, wall mount, no place

I might make one, if I could find somewhere to put it. At the moment I just use a portable blow heater, on low or cold, to dry anything speedily A bit off-topic - I used to use a similar arrangement in an old metal sports locker for drying my photographic films after processing. Mine was very basic; a few low power light bulbs fitted at the bottom,. . . . uh, that was it, cos the top and bottom of the door and sides already had vent slots and inside near the top was a bar for hanging kit. I could dry 10 or 12 films in about 20 - 30 minutes. Long enough to get a cuppa, before the printing session. PS. For UK readers its going to be hard to make one of these drying cabinets soon. From September 1st it'll be illegal for anyone to sell incandescent and halogen light bulbs in the UK. These are the types you need for the heat. I've stocked up

Photos of them, in batches of 5 to 10. When we can see what you have, their condition et cetera, then we can talk to you about them Also, put your location in your profile. This is a fully international forum. With your location included you'll get better info, especially from members near you

The only issue I can foresee is the leather not drying out properly causing some mold growth

I just use cheap £-shop masking tape. Its not too tacky, but to reduce it even more I put a piece on my trousers first. I also have Frog 'Green' masking tape which is very low tack. Frog 'Yellow' is tackier

As usual, from you, some very most excellent work I have a couple of 1kg bar weights which would look better wrapped in leather

I spotted these for sale on ebay.uk Meant for plastic modellers I reckon they'd do fine for holding small amounts of dye or paint for detail work. Obviously they are 3D printed and anyone with a printer could make their own version. The bottle in the picture holds 17ml of paint so the 3D pot can hold a lot. They might be a bit handier than the 6 spot plastic paint palette I use

Nicely made I must make something. So far I've been lucky, only once knocked over a part full bottle but caught it before much was spilt. I usually pour dye into a paper cup for ready-use but they are more likely to tip over as they are narrow at the base but they don't go over easy. I wonder why

You mean you actually got that far !?! me too

Do you mean the 'ears' ? I have a half-round chisel I used. The whole tray flat was square cut. I glued up the corners, put in the rivet then used the half-round chisel on the 'ear'. On a few others I just cut the curve with my shears edited to add a PS. When I glue up the corners I clamp with a piece of wood lolly stick on each side. Juggling them around into position I get a sharp side-side join which helps keep the sides more upright. You can see this on the right 'ear' of the one in the right photo

To help make the bottom to sides corner sharper, I do two things 1. I gouge a line on the inside of the tray where the fold will be, then I dampen the leather and fold it, tapping it with a light mallet so it makes a sharp corner 2. I use a thick card base insert. The card is compressed card such as you get in good quality document postal envelopes or the card envelopes used by Amazon In both cases another leather covers the card I still get a wee bit of a curve to the corner and it varies according to how much effort I make example 1. Hex valet tray. Veg tan outside, card base, all lined with a very thin green leather Example 2. Small square tray. Veg tan outside, card base, stamped veg tan panel glued on inside over card. Sealed with acrylic varnish

That is very nicey indeedy

The customer is always right even when they are wrong but only if they pay the bill Fabulously tidy them straps are

LOL, that had me in stitches! 3 pages aint long for a thread Don't let it needle you

I bought it through an ebay.uk seller. Its made in Italy and the brand is 'Fenice'

Thank you fellow LW-ers

I use edge paint very rarely. But it seems mine dries faster than the types you lot use. Mine is touch dry in about 10 minutes. So by the time I've got round something the start is dry. I leave things for as long as until I remember I have to finish it. I don't sand before the next coat, I just rub it over with a painter's prep pad. A second coat is normally enough.

Thank you. I'm pleased with that one, and the other one, and the next one. . . .

I thought I'd show you a couple of dice cups I've made #1 was made for #1 son to use playing a Dungeons & Dragons game. Its to his design idea. Its supposed to look like lava. I used a groover to scour out the shapes then used acrylic paints, yellow, orange and bright red, to paint the 'lava' #2 was made for #1 dottir to use playing a Dungeons & Dragons game as well, but not with #1 son. I have a load of this black & red 'dragon skin' leather. Its very thin, about 1.2mm and very flexible. I got it really cheap from Le Prevo many years ago. I've used very little of it since then and I've been looking at things to use it on. The construction of this one is different to the normal way or to #1 above. The main body is of 2mm, dyed purple, I made stitching grooves all round on the flesh side. I sewed the two short sides together then slid it onto my buck former with the grain side to the inside. I glued and sewed the base on. Then I glued the bottom black strip on, followed by gluing on the red & black 'Dragon skin'. Then I sewed on the inner top re-enforcing strip followed on by gluing on the top black strip. I made sure that the joins in all 4 pieces (main inner body, 2 x black strips and Dragon skin) were nicely spaced away from each other. The 2mm main body turned out to be too thin, the cup is a bit too flexible. My new selling agent wants a lot more of this one. She plans to sell them not only for D&D but as desk pen-holders et cetera. I have some other odd leathers which may get used up in this way

But yours is rather nice, especially compared to - You've even got a spring and a fancy lever. Kinda beats my coach bolt and wing nut

Theres clever, boyo (say with a Welsh accent)