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That looks the job right enough

How much of a scallop do you want? Olfa does a 'wavy edge' blade for its 20mm size circular blade knives. I've seen the same sort of blade for 45mm. These would give a very fine wavy or scalloped edge I have a 20mm blade. I'll try it on a piece of scrap and see what the result is edited to add; there appears to be several types of wavy edge/scallop blades from fine to bigger

@Handstitched good job. Good thinking re-purposing the spoon rack By coincidence, I just cleared three work tables of odd tools and leather crowding them. No excuses, just laziness. Tools went back into their proper places. Multiples went into a small tool box. Two crafters, 1/2 a world apart, and we do the same job at almost the same time

No. As I said, this was owned by a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary - a cop. Looking up the Ruger I see they did a .357 Magnum. I think the plod would have had one of those. Most plods I knew chose to use Magnums as PPW. They were influenced by Clint Eastwood's 'Dirty Harry'. At that time the RUC standard issue was an old Webley 38. According to my friends, it had the stopping power of a marshmallow

I thought I'd share this with you. Clearing and sorting some boxes in my leather work room I re-found this Several years ago #1 son and I were tasked with clearing a rental storage unit. Amongst all the things we discovered was this holster. The previous renter had been in the Royal Ulster Constabulary aka RUC. The RUC was always armed with regulation issued firearms whilst on duty but this was for his Personal Protection Weapon, his PPW, for when he was off duty. The reverse side is stamped; Ruger Speed 6 2/91 I suppose this is the sort of pistol it was made for Remember; I did NOT make this. I found it Its still in relatively good condition considering it hasn't been used or looked after since about 2010, or maybe even earlier. But I think it could now do with some NFO Anyone want to discuss it? its style, the belt slots et cetera

Also check out farming supplies. You might get heat-bulbs cheaper from them. Folk who raise birds; chickens, hens, pheasants, quail and the like use heat-bulbs over the eggs to keep them warm before they hatch

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!