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Cos we don't have bears I miss read the title as 'Hair spray' Show us the container and we will come up with at least a dozen designs

You can. I have done it. But with a press rated at 1.25 ton. More tonnage would be better

I always wet/dampen leather for dying. No matter the type of dye. And I always recommend it to others Wet or heavily dampened leather helps the dye seep through the leather avoiding 'hot spots' or uneven coverage

I was getting some things on TEMU and had to bring my order over the minimum value amount. Looking around for something cheap and possibly useful I came across these; they are stitch markers for knitters. I got 80 for about 50p (40c ?) They will keep two pieces of leather in alignment for sewing up

Is that a standard brass rivet? It looks like it to me

I've used those Tandy converters and I've had to re-tap the threads on the conchos I keep M3 and M4 taps handy for re-cutting threads. I also buy in M3 or M4 flanged head bolts to use. 25 bolts of each size cost me about £2.50 (each) ($3?)

The length of the posted messages doesn't matter. The system is set up so that, long or short, a page has 20 (?) massages on it then it turns to the next page. Shortening the profile bit won't get more on the page, just be less to scroll thru to read them all

That last line of your is the key; I use mapping pins into small cork block to align sewing holes or you can use these;

This is a clever idea What thickness of leather are you using for your stamping pad?

Two hunters hire a pilot to fly them into the Canadian wilderness, where they manage to bag two big bull moose. They come back to the plane and start loading it, but the pilot tells them it can only take them, their gear and one of the moose. "That can't be right," say the hunters. "Last year we shot two as well, and the pilot let us take them both. And he had just the same sort of plane as you." The pilot doesn't want to be outdone by his rival, so reluctantly he gives in and they stuff both moose into the plane. The pilot lines up, opens the throttle, and starts the take-off run. The plane bounces into the air, but it just doesn't have enough power, and down it goes, crashing into the trees. Somehow, surrounded by the moose and all their clothing and sleeping bags, the two hunters survive. They clamber out of the wreckage. "Any idea where we are?" one of them asks. "I think we're pretty close to where we crashed last year," the other replies.

S'alrite. I've done nothing lately. But I've cooked a chicken and I've plenty of fat This was one of the ways that leather armour was made, from the early Roman times up to the 19th century. see cuir bouilli,

I made a couple of the jigs from off-cuts of acrylic, some small bolts & nuts and a few wing-nuts. I made two just cos I had enuff material. Together they cost under £8, or under £4 each ($5?) Once I have the letters in this I use a narrow steel plate of 3mm thickness laid across them then use the biggest 3D handle on top to guide my thumps

Try rubbing in black shoe polish

With a nod to 'Ripley's Believe It or Not!' I thought a thread like this would be fun I'll start with; The B-52 has been in service longer than the period of time between its own first flight and that of the Wright Flyer. From earliest times up to the end of the Medieval period men carried their personal items in a shoulder bag called a Scrip and women carried their items in pockets under their dresses. At some time it all got reversed Belt loops on trousers were not invented until about 1896 So if you see a cowboy film set before this and they are wearing belts through trouser loops they've got it wrong Anyone who has seen the 'Back to the Future' trilogy has seen the scene where modern-era Marty has a gun-fight showdown with Western-era Biff. In that scene Marty wears an iron stove door under his jacket to stop being killed. Its a nod to a Clint Eastman film where the 'man with no name' does the same thing but the script writers of the Clint film were drawing on real life In 1893 to 1896 'Decon' Jim Miller, from Arkansas but living in Texas, some-time lawman, but mostly a cattle rustler and gunman wore a steel plate on his chest under his overcoat, which in a couple of gun-fights with his enemies confounded them on how he could survive a hail of bullets to his chest.

What make of needle are you using? and what way do you attach the thread? My needles don't widen at the eye. And I fix the the thread on by piecing the thread and pulling it down so that its locked in line with the needle

Use one of these; a saddlers palm, aka a sailmakers palm Available for left or right hand. Handy to have for the occasional use. Generally not expensive but some can be I find on thick leather the needle is reluctant to go through so I use a small pair of pliers to help pull it through

I presume you're going to punch or awl the sewing holes, so any of your regular needles that you use with whatever thickness of thread. For saddle stitching 1mm thread I use a 1 or 1.2mm needle, for 0.6mm thread I use a 0.8mm needle

Welcome to the forum Bunch of nice gals and guys here. All willing to share with you Very nice set-up you have there. It'll soon be mussed up!

I see they still do the packs https://tandyleather.eu/en-gb/products/concho-snap-adapter-10-pack

Tandy used to sell packs of 10 adapters to change conchos to snaps. No work need other than the usual screwdriver

I can say that the gent wearing the sandals is a fairly recent immigrant People of colour are a rarity in this country and all are recent, less than 10 years, immigrants

Any bone glue I know needs constant heat to keep it liquid

You can make cups out of hot-melt PVA glue, as used in glue-guns. They can't be used for hot liquids such as coffee or tea but hold up well with soft drinks Now, ya'll will hardly believe this, but I spotted a man wearing the sandals made in the first posting. I was at a small shopping mall, putting my purchases in my car and a coloured gent was doing the same right next to me. As I was moving my trolley/kart out of the way I was watching out I didn't run over his toes so I was looking down. Lo and behold he was wearing those sandals, with one change, he had cut off the ankle strap. I continued to 'fuss' about so I could see more and I'm 100% sure he was wearing the same sandals

Excellent video. I've watched many of these and am always impressed by the workers' skills Who needs a stitching clamp? Just use your feet. No lasts until near the end. One knife does all cutting and trimming As for the sewing without a guide; the more often you do something the better you get at. I had a bro-in-law who was a time served painter (houses, not scenes) and he could paint a 5 cm (2 inch) wide line down the centre of a wall 40 ft long and hardly varied the line by more than 2mm, and both ends were the same, height and width and at the same height on the wall, all done without masking or measuring I want to know what glue these workers use

I swopped out my Caddy's shocks for those of a Japanese van. They were a parts match by GM. The Caddy originally wallowed around like a drunk elephant, The harder shocks meant I could take a sharp bend at 60 mph instead of 25 mph We like stiff suspension on our cars here, especially for competition driving