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The time is not really a factor. A wee set of 28mm D&D figures took nearly 3 hours to print but I'm not sitting over the printer watching it. One problem I envisage and have come across is that flat items can warp and twist. The larger the flat area the more likely and more severe the warping. A warped template would be hard to hold down

tbh, laser cut templates out of acrylic plastic are superior. I've had a few made for me and I've bought a few. Made in 3mm thick clear acrylic plastic. 3mm is thick enough and being clear I can see just where I'm positioning them

That sounds perfect for insides of leather mugs and bottles. I went by my local fishing tackle place on Monday to see if they stocked this. Guess what - just over last weekend they've changed their opening days & hours. Now closed on Mondays

Certainly not 'overkill'. Two CS I reckon. Good ones, well fitted. Use thread-lock on them. CS are cheap, a rifle is not

That reminds me of a certain film/movie Any of youse ever see, or remember, the film 'The Jerk'? Towards the end of the clip - see what he invents

Good job I used to see on ebay a similar type of strap cutter made in China. It was a bit more elaborate and seemed of lighter construction

I bought a resin printer. The resin costs about the same or less than the filament. The printer is very compact, much smaller than filament printers. Power use is very minimal. Downside is there are smells from the resin, although I use water-based resin and the smells are no worse that some smells from dyes and solvents I use with leather. Also, I can only print something about 7 inches x 5 inches x 5 inches tall, so a gun would need to be done in sections, but a large bed filament printer could do it in one. I did come across some files for guns but they were very generic looking. I don't think they had all the right shapes in certain areas for the guns they were supposed to be so I'd not trust them for making holsters.

Do let us know how it works for you Something like that might be useful for water proofing the insides of leather mugs and bottles

In the first photo it looks green to me but in the second photo its red

Thanks Another tool to go buy . . . . . . . . Yippee!

T'other week #1 son and I had lunch for Independence Day. After, he showed me the new number plate he had bought for his '84 Camaro Z28. The plate is KUI 776. KU is the fist two letters of one of our surnames, so its KU 1776. Having number plates like this is illegal in the UK, but we try The big E thingy marks that this coastal point is the furthest Eastern point of land on the island of Ireland. What you see in the background is actually to the North-North-West and a short pier on the right

I should have said I was being sarcastic Two weeks ago I had about 15 pencils. I'm down to 3 1/2. I think they are being eaten by the Gerbils of Endor Glasses, at the last count, well, actually I haven't counted them, I have about 20 to 25 reading glasses (spectacles) scattered around. They range in power from 1.5D to 3.5D. There is always a few within reach when needed. Some I hang on hooks over or near my work tables

I would like to see yours please, if at all possible Would something like these welders Vice Grips work? Although the non-parallel jaws might be a problem Maybe these with the jaws ground smooth?

Having read that Jane Birkin was dead and she had 'inspired' the Hermes Birkin Handbag I had to look it up Anyone for making their own version?

Here be a silly wee idea. I'm forever losing pencils amongst all the rubbage on my work tables. I use magnets all over the place to hold knives, needles etc so I reckoned on hanging a pencil on a magnet but the ferule holding the eraser on is non-magnetic. So I punched two ordinary paper staples into the wood pencil. Now it hangs on my magnets

Have you ever heard of the 'Silk Road'? it was the way, the routes, used by the ancient Chinese to export silk, tea and other goods to the Middle East, where European traders bought them, then got the goods to old Europe and even to the American colonies About 2010/2012 the Chinese started the 'Silk Train'. Its a very long train, much longer than even US or Australian trains. It travels from China across upper Asia through Russia, through Poland and on to Belgium. It brings goods from China directly to Europe. This train has some unusual features. It has cars dedicated to ebay sales (and other on-line sites). Using modern technology, whenever a sale is made of certain popular products the sales info is sent to the train car where an operative picks the pre-packaged item, prints out the address label and drops the package into the mail bag. These are off-loaded at certain intervals. One reason the Chinese sellers do not offer combined postage on certain items A Silk Train leaves China every day of the week. It takes roughly 8 to 12 days for it to arrive in Belgium. It travels fairly slowly and is self-contained I was informed of all this by a friend who worked in European Customs and was part of the EU team who worked on the system to make it work, that is, getting through EU customs Anyone who knows of the UK's Royal Mail travelling postal sorting office night trains will know that this Chinese Silk Train can do this Very old film of the TPO Night Train, but afaik they still run, they certainly did when I was a Postie - I did a few shifts on them

One other thing I'd like to add; check the seller's address. Several times I've bought more than a few items from different China sellers. Bought within about 5 days. All the items came in one package from one address. I did some checking and I don't yet know if one seller is using several business names or several businesses are based in one office block. Thanks to Google maps I was able to get views of those business addresses and saw they were large buildings with many floors. Thus when I'm buying from a new to me seller I sometimes check the address to see if they are associated with others. Sometimes it has turned out an associated seller has the same item at a different price

The other evening I once again came across a major down-side of using brass-only rivets I spilt a box of of over 100 small, 6mm head size, rivets across the floor. Of course I couldn't use a magnet to collect them up - down on my knees picking them up by ones & twos, looking in nooks & crannies for hiding heads or tails!

I don't know the seller asked about but may I say ; I have no real other option BUT to buy a lot of supplies out of China. I often buy as cheap* as I can because if I get garbage I've not wasted too much money, plus I buy through ebay & paypal so I can get refunds easily. Other than the odd China seller I regularly use about 6 Chinese sellers. So far no problems with quality and currently items take about 10 to 15 days to reach me (by comparison, items from GB are taking 7 to 10 days to reach me) I would buy locally if the item was made locally, but its usually imported from China and the price is higher (thats business) I'd say weigh up the cost/quality with anything you can get locally. If the things are made locally and are of equal or better quality give your money to them. Otherwise don't fear the Chinaman. And, does that one you are asking about take payment by paypal or credit card? With paypal its quite easy to get refunds, you can get refunds thru your credit card but the limit is higher and its harder * eg, shopping around on ebay I found a French skiver and bought it for £5.80, other Chinese and UK sellers had the same item (they use the same photo and word description verbatim) priced up to over £25. The skiver is excellent and sharp enough to use as it came waffle mode off

A thought; Use the Kydex as a liner. Laminate between two thin leathers, or one thick-ish outside leather for tooling and a very thin leather on the inside to protect the weapon from abrasion

Welding stainless steel needs an extremely hot weld. I used to have to turn my MiG welder full up just to get a small tack weld on a car exhaust Can you buy the chains ready made up?

umm. no, just low grade ferrous metal is magnetic. Stainless steel has very little attraction to magnetism. Other metals are not magnetic

The only explanation I think I can come with; (Its my theory because it belongs to me) is that there was some sort of ferrous salts used in the tanning. All that leather has a small amount of it through the leather but its only this small sheath because it is so light weight that the magnetism is strong enough to hold it. The bigger sheath would stick as well but its weight overcomes the magnetic grip edit to add; I just had an idea. Have you got a university or senior college near you? Take it to their science section get them to investigate it. It might interest them to do so and students can learn testing & analysis by doing so

That is verily mostest unusual