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I get mine from an ebay seller; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202724567524?var=502855662559&hash=item2f335369e4:g:ptsAAOSwO8tcxq3v
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The secret here is to roast the scraps not to burn them
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It arrived yesterday tbh I think one of my French skivers would do the job just as well
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I paid 0 VAT and import duty on my Tippmann Boss because its a 'specialist' sewing machine. Its a category on Customs & Excise website. I didn't have to ask for it they just applied it
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@Sheilajeanne I'm going to make one of those in leather. The down side of that bowl is its not very portable. A super-duper sized dice cup
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Transferring tooling patterns onto the leather
fredk replied to TailGunner's topic in How Do I Do That?
Some decent ideas. I used an A4 piece of ordinary printing paper. Only time I had to do it -
Does anyone like this type of belt buckle?
fredk replied to chingyoung's topic in Hardware and Accessories
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I use this 'Nikwax'. It works tolerably well https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263122494157
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I'll put a link to it https://www.tandyleather.world/products/61957-01-leather-crafting-starter-book?_pos=19&_sid=a5ea6a896&_ss=r Looks like a good book Unfortunately, the price plus s&h, and taxes, to me is outside what I can afford Edited to add; its available on Amazon
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Three out if four Nope lol, nope I deliberately didn't include any thing for sizing, Its about 6 inches, and not quite a ball shape Its for holding something captive Its Wool Cage. I noticed that women in my Knit & Natter group allow their balls of wool to fall on the floor and roll around. They can put the ball of wool in this and attach the springy thingy to something. The wool ball is still free to rotate giving off its string of wool but it can't roll around on the floor getting dirty, stood on or tripped over Its a test piece. I'll give it to one of the members, a volunteer, to try out next Wednesday at our next meeting
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I made this last night. This is the experimental version. Can you guess what it is?
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I bought it from 'Daegrad Tools' https://www.daegradtools.com/medieval-leatherworkers-combination-lunette-and-awl---ash-wood-handle-6508-p.asp but be forewarned, it comes covered in scale from the hand-forging, and its not terribly big
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I got the lunette cleaned up. Some of you could do it better but it'll have to do, although, I'll do a bit more on it from time to time. The main problem with it is the surface is as rough as the moon and polishing it up takes time. I've sharpened the awl, as it was it wouldn't poke a hole thru a wet paper bag. I've sharpened the main blade and I've slightly sharped the 'tooth' on the back edge. As far as I know that acts like scratch awl so doesn't need to be really sharp, but also not as blunt as it was. Walnut wood oil dye and varnish on the handle
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@SUP Here's an idea; get a decent sized shed. Invite a load old men to use it. Free to use, only they have to smoke pipes or ceeegars. Hang your leather in it and wait. Guaranteed it will smell of baccy after a while
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I bought a skiver like that several years ago Only one problem; I've not used it yet,
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@jrdunn me too. I have kilos & kilos of flexible chrome tan upholstery gauge leather to use up
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I agree, nice work. And pockets @SUP If the pockets are smallish, individual and kept low they'll not affect the draw string closure
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I used to be obsessed with certain farm machinery. I collected every thing to do with tractors by International, John Deere, Massey-Ferguson, Ferguson, Ford and others. Then I decided to sell my collection and move on. I'm an ex-tractor fan
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My 5 sewing machines have decided to go into entertainment and they want me to write the lyrics to their songs So I'm gong to be a Singer Song Writer
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Excellent idea
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Excellent point. I'm not being facetious when I say we may now have to put allergy warnings on our goods. I'd rather put a tag with a warning then be responsible for putting someone in hospital
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Having told you not to put sand-paper to it . . . . you use sand-paper just lightly on the injury. You then apply the paste, a bit like putting fillers on wood. You get it level then, if there is texture you press something on the surface to give it a matching texture. Then you leave it to set. It remains flexible. If you buy the kit of colors they come with texture sheets, and you have enough colors to mix and match the color of he boot Edited to add; I've used repair gel on my Cadillac dash, door cards and upholstery. It served well
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Don't put sand paper near it. Try a repair gel. eg; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275350263598?var=575680490365
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Many, many oils are 'occlusive'; Lanolin, bees wax, NFO . . . Rather than 'locking in' the water and causing leather to rot an 'occlusive' limits the airflow allowing moisture to be released slowly, keeping the leather from completely drying out