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Nice find What happened to its previous owner? and watyagointadowitit?

I'm due to make a report but in the interim my test pieces with vaseline are still slick with it on the surface. I would say it would make a good water repellent top finish

Finished this today; a dice cup for no.1 dottir. For her D&D gaming. 1. it had to be small cos it has to fit inside her choccy Easter egg and 2. it had to be finished this week as she is flying over at the weekend I've been making the choccy Easter eggs for xxx years. No.1 son always says he doesn't want one then he asks "Where's mine?" I always put a wee gift inside so this year I thought I'd do No.1 dottir a dice cup and some dice. Next is to make the eggs 8cm tall x 5cm diameter

Those are what we are trying to replace. You need to pull the shaft with the knurled grip then insert or remove the pin. Not too easy whilst trying to hold several pieces of leather aligned I bought 5mm* ear studs. They came with backs but I found them too small and fiddly so I bought 11mm backs In a few weeks time I'm going to have the ladies of my Knit & Natter group make key chain coin purses. I've cut and punched the parts. I'll have the ladies use 3 ear studs to hold the parts together whilst they sew them * I would get larger next time 80 ear studs =£4.98 100 x 11mm backs = £3.99

A snatch pull puts more weight on than a dead-weight

oh, alright. If you promise to drink all your milk

I'll get you a glass of milk a two cookies. That'll help

What about a thick piece of leather as a strap sewn on below the loops?

archy kit = archaeology kit. I'm too lazy and I can't spell archaeology

Yes, its a 'toothless' rule but it hinders the nefarious seller. If they think that the buyer can claim back the payment. Ultimately its up to the buyer and seller to agree on how payment is made But I did say it was 'recommended'

I have an edit button (most of the time) edit: like now. Sometimes it goes away in a hour or so or after someone has posted right after me

I forgot to do an update The test pieces in the car - no change At the start of this month I made up a second batch of 8 pieces and hung them up on a specially made rail. They'll get full sun on them as well as wind and rain. I'll check them tomorrow

Bluddy clever idea! Join etsy and ebay, best market places

Suggestion; thinned PVA glue, after dyeing not before

On another forum people who want to buy, sell or trade items are restricted They need a minimum of 100 posts and these posts have to contribute to the forum. Postings in 'Chat' or Jokes don't add to their total. Although this has nearly eliminated those of nefarious nature we still get a few trying but as they are after a quick buck they aren't prepared to hang around and get their postings total up the 100 mark. The honest person can quickly get to that total and can buy / sell / trade Another restriction we have is that it is recommended that paypal is used for payments, and not the 'friends & family' bit, as it gives the buyer a certain amount of protection. Other payment types that can be used are, with the buyer's risk, postal orders or checks - either personal or bank. Anything else is generally forbidden* and the moderator looking after the selling area will delete the sales listing if it asked for. No warning. Its written in the rules *I have now reached a level where I'm allowed to accept payment by direct bank transfer

This is my 5,000 posting! Can you believe that I waffle on so much? I made this sort-of pouch for a handled-magnifying glass a couple of weeks ago. Part of dottir's archy kit (I need practice!)

It can take a new built building up to to 2 or 2 1/2 years to stabilize with humidity/dampness in the material matching the surroundings Air dry all your goods and wrap them in seran wrap / clingfilm enclosing a packet or three of silica gel. Re-wrap and check each item every 3 months

The OP hasn't been back in 7 years to enlighten us on that

I'll be doing my next proper check this coming weekend

cut up onion counters any glue or paint smell. you don't smell the onion It an old painters trick; put cut up onion in a freshly painted room and soon you can't smell the paint nor do you smell the onion. a cut up onion placed in the fridge will rid it of odd smells

try putting it in a closed container with a cut up onion

I wouldn't attempt to cover those boxes but I'd use double-side sticky tape. I have sheets of double-sided sticky which stick stronger than any glue and it is water proof

That chap needs a heavier gauge belt. Its bending and twisting

Because its dye?

You can use sand paper to tidy-up the edges. I sometimes have to do that. The worse the edge the greater the grit. eg. a really bad edge needs 200 grit, a not to bad edge needs 600 grit dumb question; are you using the edger the right way up?