Dwight

If we was close enough . . . I'd offer to make you darn near any kind of table you wanted for that invention of yours . . . in trade for the Singer. May God bless, Dwight

That's a cool looking gizmo . . . May God bless, Dwight

I think most of the folks here are more than willing to "help out" with a question . . . and I'm not really sure any that I run with have a "holier than thou" attitude . . . or if they do . . . I haven't yet found it. But again . . . let us help you . . . holler when you have a question . . . we'll see what we can conjure up for you. May God bless, Dwight

Hmm . . . I got two junk machines out in the garage . . . may look into that idea May God bless, Dwight

I got two . . . (I think) . . . Whatcha doin with one if you had it? May God bless, 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