Dwight

OK . . . got my curiosity up . . . What is the diameter of that prayer box ? I'm thinking of some "maybe" Christmas gifts . . . May God bless, Dwight

Here you are Frodo . . . I thought it would work May God bless, Dwight

I would probably leave a note on the kitchen stove "Be back soon" . . . go to the lumber yard . . . buy replacement flooring . . . and get on the phone finding someone to replace it . . . or get the chop saw and saw horses out. That would be my plan . . . although you might try some gasoline . . . a very little bit of it . . . but it might do the trick. May God bless, Dwight

TomE and I walk down the same street on this. The blotches somehow are associated with needing an application of neatsfoot oil . . . and that will eliminate about 99% of that blotchy stuff. . . AND . . . it can help with the wrinkles. But if you want to somehow get to zero defects in the product . . . you need to give up on leather . . . go to vinyl . . . leather will always have little defects here and there . . . and most can be worked around so the customer never notices it . . . but that is YOUR part of what has to be done. A really thorough inspection of the leather to be used will take care of most of that. May God bless, Dwight

Looks good . . . I'm too conservative to ever wear that . . . but there are customers who would stand in line for one like it. And I'm sure if the sewing machine would do that on sport coat material . . . it would do it on light weight leather. May God bless, Dwight

I did have one question though . . . where is the "shoulder" part of the holster that was in the title of the post?? May God bless, Dwight

Stunning is my first thought . . . beautiful is my second . . . I am also partial to the contrasting stitching . . . something I do as much as I can on the projects I do. My only detrimental comment would be the suicide strap . . . a personal note is I hate em . . . do my best to talk the new owner into a thumb break But the strap does look good on it . . . And I really like the mottle on the holster body itself May God bless, Dwight

I gave up on pig skin a long time ago . . . use veg tan for the liner . . . cut both pieces from the same pattern . . . glue em both together with contact cement . . . then sand all the edges with a belt sander . . . bevel both edges . . . burnish it all . . . Best way I have found to do em . . . May God bless, Dwight

On ebay there seems to be a couple of interesting laser machines for about 225 bucks. The supposedly engrave stone, metal, wood, leather, etc. Some have adjustable heads . . . some don't. Some seem to advertse 40 watts while another in the same price range is only 0.5 watts. I want to get one . . . but don't want if possible to wind up with a white elephant . . . been down that road too many times. Any upfront advice would be greatly appreciated. May God bless, Dwight

Looks like a Vietnam jungle jacket with a belt . . . May God bless, Dwight

Young fellow wants a Bible Cover with outside zipper . . . Have never done one like that . . . Anyone got a bushel of pointers to share? Would sure make things a lot easier I'm sure. May God bless, Dwight

Rifle shooters sometimes need a cheek rest for their rifles if using a scope. I was asked how I did it . . . and it does not lend itself well to a dissertation on the subject. So I made a video . . . thought I'd share it here for those interested. May God bless, Dwight https://youtu.be/ItQRqpzQUWA

What he ^^^^ said. May God bless, Dwight

I put a servo motor on a Singer 155 a number of years ago . . . then sold it as it was not what I needed at the time. Loved sewing with it though. My Cowboy 4500 has a servo . . . came out of Toledo Sales . . . one of the advertisers here . . . he'll do you right . . . never had a problem dealing with them. May God bless, Dwight

Good job on both . . . May God bless, Dwight

What I always do is go to the other end of the strap . . . I generally use 3/4 inch for the strap . . . and at the other end I punch two 5/8 inch oblong holes. Thread the strap thru the holes . . . and you can tug one end or the other to lengthen or shorten. I've done this especially for those who prefer a suicide strap on their weapon instead of a thumb break. May God bless, Dwight

Just so you won't be offended when someone else jokes at ya . . . "GO TO FLORIDA" You do know I just could not help myself . . . May God bless, Dwight

I'm going to have to go off script here . . . and say that you did a good job with all of your work. Somewhere however . . . you missed the boat on your research. Now, mind you . . . I'm not an expert . . . but I have made some . . . and have never had any complaints. The front of yours is all wrong . . . would never be worn that way. Look at the enclosed picture . . . you will see a small belt pulls the fronts together . . . with a definite opening between the two pieces. Using your design . . . on a western saddle . . . if your horst bucks you . . . tosses you forward over the horn . . . and it catches under your chaps . . . you will go to a hospital for a long stay. OTOH . . . if you have the little belt . . . always made out of lighter leather exactly for this purpose . . . it will break . . . you will be thrown off probably . . . but you can probably dust yourself off . . . hobble off on a twisted ankle . . . and be well in a couple of days. Cut those laces . . . round the front two pieces somewhat . . . add the belt . . . and you will be far more esthetically correct. And yours would be absolutely a pain to wear on a 20 km ride. that front piece will come up and rub your gut . . . blisters will form . . . and you WILL take em off. That is the reason that what you see below is all of the guys have theirs with a wide opening between the tops of each leg. May God bless, Dwight

When you put that new needle in . . . your eyes may be not good enough to tell if it is in the exact right position. I put a regular sewing needle in the eye of my 4500 needle and use it to determine if that eye is centered 90 degrees to the travel of the material. Even the slightest couple of degrees off can mess up your whole day. May God bless, Dwight

Loosen up your belt . . . grab the wheel . . . turn it with your hands. I've had the same thing . . . worked right out with no problem. May God bless, Dwight

Get him to bring you an example . . . that will be far more informative for you than most anything you can get here. Measure it . . . height, width and most importantly . . . thickness. Measure it with a caliper . . . and use that same thickness when you carve an illustrate his info on them. I can do that kind of work . . . but I really find it a bit too tedious for me . . . patience wears thin for me on that kind of project. Also why I don't do basket weave unless I have to. May God bless, Dwiight

Go to Joanns fabric store . . . take their 40% off coupon that is mostly always available on the internet . . . buy a yard of their marine vinyl . . . works as a beautiful pattern material . . . can be sewn to whatever style you need. Your cost about 12 to 15 bucks God a big piece of it in the shop right now . . . will wind up mostly as such. May God bless, Dwight

I recently bought a Singer 6800C heavy duty sewing machine that will sew a total of about 9 oz leather . . . maybe not quite that much. But it really likes this thread . . . will sew up to 6 SPI . . . and I don't know one man alive who can rip these stitches. I've sewn down to about 10 maybe 12 SPI with it . . . all sorts of colors . . . sews as easy as regular thread used for curtains and dresses. I really like it. May God bless, Dwight