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Unusual in nice sort of way Are you going to form a Wizzard tribute band now?

@Handstitched how about wrist bracers with the leftovers, or this; Thats a 'leather' type covering held on by elastic or something. The 'spikes' or 'teeth' are curved to meet our police regulations, but I reckon you could do something similar with the pointy spikes. Also, if you use an old non-reusable helmet you could just drill though it to fit the spikes

@Handstitched you'll be real popular (not ) taking to the field in football games!

No, not part of the press. These are tiny bicycle lights which I found. Not very expensive, (about £/$2.50 each) very bright and rechargeable via a USB lead. I have two on the press for lighting up my work. They are held in place with sticky pads

Not much room either top to bottom or from the ram to the back

Only a bit, mostly with thin flexible leathers I use a wax block to punch thru to. It lubes the hole punch every time

I use glazed pigskin. Thin & stiff

Slow setting contact glue

a. the drill chuck being rotatable is good as you can fine tune the alignment b. I have one of Tony's patterns and there is a quadzillion holes to punch. The press & 6 hole punch really speeds it up c. The press I have doesn't have a large reach so I can't do holes towards the centre of the pattern with the press (oh dear, how sad, never mind!) I take my pattern out side to do those holes d. you have a good height on that drill press. The leather press I have hasn't great height and I had to replace the bar on my multi-hole punch with a much shorter one and cut down the single types

There have been many threads about this subject over the years. Some ppl use a drill press, some use an arbour press and I use a Tandy Pro-Press

Very nicey indeedy But . . . . we like more information, eg what weight or thickness of leather did you use? What thread? Stitching chisels or awl ? I see you didn't dye it but there is something on the edges, what?

Please post your photos directly on here. Over time, for various reasons photos hosted on other sites go away making the posting here empty Would that be dieselpunk.ro? His patterns are well liked You get used to it A good plan

Depends on what exactly you want to cut; I bought a picture framers matte cutter. Its hand held and meant for cutting picture board to make mattes. They can be bought for about £/$10 - £/$20 Like this

@dikman I bought the plastic templates out of China on ebay. I've found them on Temu as well. They're very cheap. About £/$5 for all five Just the other day I found clicker dies for a couple of them on Temu. I bought the elephant one for £11

Sorry to hear of this attack I hope you are resting and recovering Bulldogs of certain breeds and XL Bulldogs are banned throughout the UK and Ireland because of such attacks and the killings they made

On most of those items we are the opposite! eg. Height, person, now in centimetres. Weight; person, Kilogrammes, Food; pre-packed = grams, or loose at a grocer = imperial, Distance, miles. Most fluids are sold by the litre but you still get a pint in the pub

s'ok UK is 1/3 metric and 0.66666bar imperial

Its a recording from about 1936 I knew this was false news cos we don't drive at km per hour! We do mph If corn oil is made from corn, and olive oil is made from olives, what's baby oil made from? If you boil a funny bone it becomes a laughing stock.

Never mind JLS, Just one point of view Be aware that no matter how many people are there only 0.1% will stop with you. Have cheap things with your brand on it to sell cheaply or give away and better stuff, like motorcycle saddle bags, on the back rack to show off. Attract the tiny trainee grups to your stall and their parents will come too I'm going to start including a new range; small toy animals. I have the patterns, have had them for years. They use up about a 4 in sq of 1mm veg tan. You put string through holes and when you pull the string it pulls the animal into shape Like these; I think I'll maybe just do the elephant (and leave off that hanging fitting) I'll have a few of these, bagged up with a piece of string, to give away to trainee grups Its still in the planning stages

No, not fully yet. I made that one for myself several years ago I don't think its a meerschaum. Its just a pipe I keep and use to show the pipe rest 'in action' I got ye. But I think the leather is too lite weight to hold a phone, It wud just fall over

Have a look at what I just posted up Here;

Here's a wee item youse can whip up from a bit of scrap. Got an odd piece from cutting a belt to length? A portable pipe rest for pipe smokers. Sell it at fairs, stalls or where ever, or even give them away with your brand stamped on it This one is about 19cm long x 3cm high and 2.5mm thick - cos that was wot I had. One snap, and one cover piece. Stamped and dyed Keep to using a snap or such to keep the pipe rest thin so it can be carried in a pocket or baccy pouch. I tried a Sam Brown stud but that sticks out too much 19cm long + or - 1cm is about the right length. 3cm high is about right too

@Bird Lady Very nice birdies Hope we helped you in some way

Yes, 7.5 = 3mm, 8 = 3.2mm, 9 = 3.6mm, not much difference really. I use 2.5mm max = 6 oz

I can't access the video But from what I can see that is not Grade A. More like C or lower. The hide should be smooth all over. And you got thinner than you ordered. No excuse for that. About 7.8 oz for 8 minimum. 8 to 9 should be 7.8 min to 9.2 max