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fredk

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  1. Nice and functional I see you remembered to put a welt in
  2. With the winds we had, which came across the Atlantic, maybe
  3. Damp sponge and saddle-soap?
  4. yes, exactly that here's a boring photo of my wax block A 150mm/6 inch ruler laid on it
  5. The others have said it; very nice. May it reach a good high price it the auction
  6. I preferred the old theme look, it was unique. Now the look is like all the other websites on www, it is cold and clinical. I preferred the adverts at the top of the page. Having them dispersed through the messages its hard to tell which adverts should remain and which are 'pop-ups' that need deleted. I'll not use an advert blocker as the website needs those adverts showing fro revenue My thanks also to Joanna for keeping things going and working through this problem All this reminded me I'd not sent a donation for a while. Its done now, so fresh coffee can made on the stove
  7. As the end of the month nears and my report looms, I never got the out-side pieces out again. We had a couple of very big storms, with winds blowing 75 -80 mph, gusting to 90 -95 mph. Only a couple of days between the storms which lasted about a week each. However, the pieces inside the car are ok see y'all later
  8. Moi aussi I recently made me a bigger and deeper slab
  9. Whatever way you attach the thread to the needle - wax it, and wax it every so often whilst you sew. Leather is very abrasive, especially to the weaker thread I have a few of these; I just pull the thread though it every so often. But you don't need one of them, just a block of bee's wax will do.
  10. Twist the thread in the direction against its wind, this will open up the individual threads which make it up
  11. If no-one close to you in England comes forward you could try asking Le Prevo in Newcastle How much leather do you want reduced?
  12. So my old piece of beech should now be replaced with an expensive wotsit For that's how I usually use Ol' Faithful # 22
  13. Use one of these; as well as polishing the prongs and regularly waxing them whilst in use
  14. wotsitdo?
  15. Its not an odd question. But where in the UK are you located?
  16. I can't access any posting older than 3 hours ago and I can't edit my other post to add this
  17. Me no like
  18. Try either diluted lemon juice or Bicarb of Soda
  19. Whist browsing the Royal Armouries website I spotted this book. So it could be a wolf It is what you want it to be I have no experience of coyotes. I don't know what they look like. I've only seen one on 'Road Runner' cartoons!
  20. fredk

    Cutting board

    A builders merchants I used to buy timber from carried 4 different grades of MDF. Each grade was for where the builder wanted to use it. The most expensive (really really expensive) was a hard exterior weather-proof and the cheapest was a softer interior type used to line walls inside
  21. I was thinking; fox
  22. fredk

    Cutting board

    For rough-out cutting I use one of these hook blades. It doesn't cut into any board. With care it can be use to cut right on the pattern line For finish cutting I either use shears/scissors or a knife on a self-healing cutting mat
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