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Its not the thickness that matters; its the temper. It will cut 0.8mm - if its stiff leather, but makes a mess of 2mm if it is very soft It doesn't have to be as stiff as cardboard but not as flexible as a piece of cloth material

I too have never spent any time on any of my leather. Maybe I should. My first belts are looking a bit weary The only time I did spend time, maybe an hour, on feeding a very old bag I picked up at a car-boot sale. It was a nice briefcase bag but was well dried out and worth giving it a good feeding and waxing. It came back to life very loverly looking. My no.1 dottir grabed it for her own

I use these; 2 teeth and 4 teeth. Stuck with 2mm teeth and 2mm spacing I have another set with larger teeth but they are only for lacing These certainly speed up making sewing holes, and of course no noise. I've also used them on busses and trains on long journeys

Its not the caffeine; tea has tannin in it. So does coffee, but less so. The better quality of the tea the more tannin. Ever drunk a cup/mug of good qualty tea and had a dry feeling in your mouth afterwards? that is the tannins working

Tandy used to sell a 'Lace Maker; which if set up with multiple blades would cut a fringe. I bought a 'Lace Maker' in one of their sales, afair it cost me about £25. With care and attention it is possible to cut lengths of fringe wider than the tool. If you need a lot of fringe buying one of these might be an option. Before I got this I bought a few pre-cut lengths of fringe from a UK ebay seller. I can't remember the price but it was really cheap, like about £5 for 18 inches Closest I can get

May I come in? 1. My #1 son puts a business card and a card with a similar message to Pastor Bob's in with every order he sends out (Note to me; I must get some printed up) 2. May I say of a few things NOT to put in. These are the sort of things I get in packets a. packets of sweets/confectionary. One time I even got a scone in a parcel b. adverts for other businesses not directly linked to the sender, eg I get adverts for; cases of wine delivered at a special price, or for replacement PVC windows, or to re-mortgage my house c. novelty gifts not linked to the item sent, I don't mean leather keyrings and such, but other things. I recently got from a plastic model supplier a really ugly Chinese demon head with a long fringe for hanging up - WHY? or the whoopee cushion I got from a hardware supplier (double WHY?), or the small LED light torch in the shape of a van sent by a moulding resin supplier 3. Some things that others have sent me include; 1. a nice 'thank you' card and sometimes on that card or another an offer of X% off my next order using a code on the card. Even though I rarely take up the offer it is welcome should I want to. 2. A detailed card with instructions on either the item or how to contact the seller. eg, This morning I received a 20cm cube display box. It is 6 panels to slot together. I know how to do it but the seller included a slip of paper with detailed instructions for assembly which others might really need On #3; I used sell sets of 'Linka' walls to build little houses & buildings for model railway layouts. I always included an exploded diagram of construction and also a sheet of tips on how to construct the building I recently (as in a few years ago) sold a few desk top pen pots, from a Tandy pattern. I sold them flat but with instructions on how to fold it up to make the pot Always assume the customer is the most stupidist person on earth that you have ever met

I hang the belt up by the buckle. I have a rod affixed to a shelf unit. it sticks out by about 10 inches. I hang anything that can be hunged on it

I would think you'd need to get one of those clicker cutters made to this, if you have a lot to do Otherwise, a template and a small oval hole punch and do each hole

I ordered twice from different sellers a 3D scanner unit. Neither arrived. Both scanners were coming out of China. One via Amazon, got money back. One via ebay, also got money back. This seller was arguing that the scanner was delivered to me. It was delivered to an address in Alberta, Canada. Now that seller is wanting me to pay for it again as 'it was delivered' ! 98% of the time all my deals work out fine PS. for biggish payments use a credit card. If the deal breaks down you can do a 'charge back' via the credit card. They'll give you your money back whilst they look at it. I'm not sure what the payment level is at but it used to as low as £50 / $50 Anyhoo, back on topic; I think you/we/me will have to start looking at 3D printed gun shapes

a. It looks nice b. it certainly almost matches the published book cover

That looks like a 'hammered' enamel finish A paint company called Hammerite has that colour in its range. I've used it An alternative is to take it to an independent automotive supplier store and see if they can mix you that colour of paint. Some places will mix it for you and supply in spray cans. But you'll get the colour but not the 'hammered' look https://www.hammerite.co.uk/location/exterior/?colorgroup=gold&surface=metal-garden-furniture&task=paint I think Hammerite call that colour Gold

Maybe for exercising? I used to know a chap who wore a chainmaille coat and lead weights wrapped around his wrists and ankles and went jogging and exercising. He was a long distance runner any hooo, you can get strips and rolls of lead in an aquarium shop, and as suggested, sandwich between two layers of leather

That is most stupendously very excellent, very much so cos it was done in only 5 hours Your buddy better appreciate it and you and bring you back somat really nice and special from his trip

I've mentioned before about leather shrinking whilst making projects and I think some people didn't believe me In this, all leather was cut from the same hide and the examples are actually from places close to each other I've been making 60 of these key-ring coin purses; I use an acrylic template (at top in picture) to draw around then I cut out the shape. The surface of the leather is dampened then a design stamp is pressed into the leather, (at bottom of the photo) The cut and stamped piece on top of the template, matches up ok, its the angle the photo was taken makes it look like they don't align Now here are two cut pieces, stamped then dyed with blue oil based dye Can you see the difference? I've aligned each piece on the centre . Both pieces are now shorter than the template and slightly narrower Close ups of each end; These examples are amongst the most extreme but other pieces are also shorter. It doesn't matter if I use oil or acrylic dye, the leather shrinks in both length and width. So what about thickness? The hide, in the area where these pieces were cut from measures 1.05mm thick After stamping but before dyeing the thickness is 0.89mm and the blue pieces, and others, after stamping, dyeing and sealing are 0.75mm thick A shrinkage of 0.3mm in thickness It doesn't sound very much but if you are (or I am) making a case where a good fit is essential it may make the difference Many years ago when I made certain types of cases I made them to be a very exact fit and could never figure out why that after stamping and dying the cases were too small. I thought I'd made some errors and often I made those cases two or three times over, the last being made over size. Then I realized that the leather was shrinking. I now take the shrinkage into consideration and sometimes rely on it happening in projects Not all leathers shrink by noticeable amounts, some by more than others. I made someone a waist belt using top dollar leather. By the time I'd finished the belt leather had shrunk by almost 3/4 inch over a 42 inch length - but I was allowing for some shrinkage, so all was good So I'd suggest if you are making a case or something which has a critical or exact size check your leather to see how much it will shrink HTH

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15 1/2 year old topic. I doubt if you'd be able to find these letter stamps now. Tandy, and Ivan put out letter stamps for a short while, like a short-run, then discontinue them pretty fast

Depending on the era and the need ancient maps were drawn on vellum, parchment or paper using graphite or waterproof ink If yours is to be a fantasy map, will it be like a basic treasure seeking map? An idea; rather than cut into the leather, cut very thin leather (about 0.5mm or less) and apply that to the surface of your thin leather base. Long thin strips for roads and rivers, shapes for lakes or forests, AAA shapes for mountains, all coloured/dyed appropriate colours, Shouldn't take any longer to glue the parts on than it would cutting and tooling it

What defines 'redneck' and what defines 'English Gent' ? I'm pretty bad at dropping people or cultures in to definitions that are sort-of not very definitive I'm not being silly, just stoopid I mean 'viking', 'eskimo', 'native American' I can get but some others ?? Its the same with music - what goes into what style? I dunno with most

or you could look for 'Simplicity' or 'McCalls' sewing pattern packs

I have several pipes, but not a meerschaum, and I keep my baccy in an air-tight glass jar

I really hate wearing ball caps but that one is sooooo good. It just looks the right one for a-goin huntin in

tbh, the best thing for this is to assemble it and use it for a smaller reel and start again with larger pieces or a bodge; (just an idea) this may or may not work; cut a strip of thin leather, about 20mm wide and as long as the gusset plus about 12mm. Sew this thin piece to the gusset, about 6mm onto the gusset, then sew the thin piece to the front panel, about 6mm onto the panel. This should give you an extra 8mm along the join. Sew the thin leather on to the outside of gusset and front panel, thus making it a feature rather than a bodge

Which are 'x' and 'z' directions?

I have 20 unused Fiebings dye daubers surplus to needs Free, inc p&p (aka s&h) to anyone in the UK These are the ones you used to get free with every 4oz bottle of Fiebings dye PM me if you want them

In Europe Ikea sells something similar. 2 for £1.50