Dwight

One like this will . . . May God bless, Dwight

Looks good my friend . . . I've made a couple of holsters for "Judges" . . . almost think I'd rather rassle an alligator or something. But it looks like you mastered it well. May God bless, Dwight

If you are SOME KIND OF serious about sharp knives in the kitchen. Sharpen em with a stone . . . several really . . . getting finer as you go. When you get all you can there . . . go to a cotton polishing wheel . . . put some polishing compound on it . . . and polish them there knives. THAT's sharp . . . just watch your fingers. I use one on my pocket knife . . . and it works super. May God bless, Dwight

You may have gotten a dull blade . . . Tandy sells the blades for the ones they sell . . . they are cheap . . . might try that. The other thing to finish sharpening most any shop cutting tool . . . a cotton polishing wheel with polishing compound . . . just have to work to figure what angle to hold the blade. I can polish up my pocket knife and it'll do some serious cutting. Just need the wheel and some polishing compound. It'll also put a serious finish on most anything you cut with. May God bless, Dwight

Allright in my book . . . May God bless, Dwight

I like it . . . been using it for close to 20 years . . . I pretty much exclusively use their 346 May God bless, Dwight

Where I used to work . . . we used a lot of tints in our paint making process . . . as long as the drum was in the warehouse . . . it was in inventory . . . once it came out of the warehouse into the factory . . . the whole thing was wrote off at one time as expended. You could do the same thing . . . blue tag means this hide / piece / etc is still in inventory . . . once it is cut . . . gets a red tag . . . has been considered used up. I don't know the name of that inventory system off the top of my head . . . heard it bandied around years ago . . . don't recall. Your accountant should know the name . . . and should be helpful to set it up that way. May God bless, Dwight

TomE has the tool that would get my vote . . . May God bless, Dwight

About 60 years ago . . . I made a purse for a lady for her birthday . . . stamped and all. IIRC . . . the pattern was leaves, flowers, stems . . . etc. . . . that "Old Fashioned Stuff" I'm going to start (maybe) back into the custom . . . hand stamped . . . purse market . . . I'm looking for those older patterns . . . not at all thrilled with the skull and crossbones junk being done today . . . Any help would be greatly appreciated . . . including something I saw a number of years back . . . it was a "sort of" pattern pack . . . where you picked which piece you wanted and bent and twisted it to make your own total pattern . . . it was just a bunch of different pieces . . . you picked and chose which ones fit your needs for that job. Thanks . . . may God bless, Dwight

So strip it the heck off . . . make a new one . . . put it on . . . send pictures of the old one to the MFG corp headquarters . . . with a specific complaint naming the place you bought it . . . the salesman . . . the the geek who is giving you the problem about it. At least you will not have dye all over you . . . and you may just get it fixed right. Don't do that and all you will do is give yourself an ulcer and become a crybaby. May God bless, Dwight

Yep . . . good old Weldwood contact cement is good for lots of stuff. I didn't know how it would work for that type of application . . . so I made the border about 2 inches wide . . . have never had a leak. Bag is 12 or 15 yrs old . . . or thereabouts. It also works pretty good if your shoe sole comes loose . . . if a piece breaks off your wife's counter top . . . it'll hold fabric together while you're trying to sew it if you are having trouble with it . . . probably used it for some other stuff I can't recall. I keep a can of it handy all the time. May God bless, Dwight

I've never had a dye problem with my vacuum bag . . . but then again . . . I form first . . . then dye. AND . . . using Joann's vinyl by the yard (with a 50% off coupon) . . . I can toss a bag with no problem . . . Fact is . . . in the next few days . . . will probably be making a new one . . . I need one a bit smaller for some smaller holsters. May God bless, Dwight

Well I played with it a while tonight . . . I got to go out there and "rejuvinate" that shop area. Got a wall to come down . . . drywall to patch (or cover up with paneling). Had to sell my little Grizzly mill to finish financing all I need to do . . . but I believe it will be worth it all in the long run. Gonna pop my face back into a *.com address out there . . . and come spring time . . . just may hit some of the local gun shows . . . it used to be a fun thing on Saturday's . . . have to see what happens with this Covid thing first though . . . And "Yes", Scoutmom 103 . . . will definitely try to find something she can use in the leather line. She only carries one of them little hand size Bibles . . . her purse ain't bigger than a NY minute . . . and she only has her firearm for home defense. May God bless, Dwight

Wizcraft . . . Dikman . . . Rhale . . . Double Daddy . . . OK . . . you guys won. Just got back from Toledo an hour or so ago . . . the 4500 is in the back of the van. Dang . . . that is one heavy little booger . . . Seriosly . . . thanks for all the advice . . . I really wanted to stay with the 3200 . . . but knew I'd kick myself if I did . . . so I bit the bullet . . . went for it. While you are at it . . . you might put a lady named Linda on your prayer list if you have one. I mentioned I was going to get a new machine when my rich uncle got out of the poor house. She asked me how much I needed . . . when I told her . . . she laughed and said not to worry about it. She made a donation that really helped. I am her pastor . . . but that is beside the point . . . she just did it out of the goodness of her heart. God is definitely good to us. (now to get to work and learn how to use it . . . lol ) May God bless, Dwight

Call Toledo sewing machine in Ohio . . . let them give you a price on a single phase motor for those machines. Got to be way cheaper than messing with 3 phase converters . . . only takes one phone call to find out . . . Bob will be square with you too. May God bless, Dwight

I'm simply a 1911 man . . . I carry the single safest firearm widely commercially built. Glocks are an accident waiting to happen if you ask my opinion. I don't recall ever hearing of a 3 year old shooting a Python or an Anaconda or for that matter a 1911 and shooting themselves, their sibling or a parent. The cases where Glocks were involved (or their semi clones with the 3 lb trigger that has no safety) . . . are sadly way too numerous. And until they introduced plastic fantastic holsters . . . there were any number of negligent discharges in police depts . . . the flap on the leather holster got caught in the trigger . . . BOOM . . . didn't make anybody's day. And of course there is always the FBI agent . . . teaching some gun safety class with the admonition something to the effect "Don't anyone handle these guns. They are all unloaded . . . and I'm the only one here well trained enough to handle them safely (or something similar)" . . . BOOM . . . didn't make his day either. Then there is just the feel of holding it or shooting it . . . kinda like a square tinker toy. May God bless, Dwight

I'd rather get caught with a .380 in my pocket than that here In Ohio. I can get a CCW for the .380 . . . I'll be talking to the judge (s) if I'm caught with that thing of yours. May God bless, Dwight

I have only made one . . . it was fun . . . made it like a Mexican loop holster . . . just made several loops in it. Anyway . . . here is a picture. May God bless, Dwight

I have a purse I need to make for a special lady . . . and by chance I got my hands on one of her old ones . . . so I know the size she likes . . . and by looking . . . even what she liked inside the thing. Now: where do I get the little pockets . . . the zippered pocket . . . and the inside coating she has in her purse?? Or do I have to "create" it ?? Just would love some good feedback on this . . . nothing that has to be done today . . . but in the near future I will need to start on it. Thanks, may God bless, Dwight

I don't mean to butt in here . . . but years ago I was doing fine with black dye jobs . . . and dark brown dye jobs . . . and most British Tan dye jobs. I "dunk dye" . . . have little 9 by 13 trays . . . one black . . . one brown . . . pour a pint of dye in there . . . in goes the holster . . . sheath . . . belts get passed thru by their length. Saddle tan and light brown I had a heck of a time with . . . UNTIL . . . someone mentioned I should oil them first. Started giving every thing a light coat of neatsfoot oil the night before . . . allowing it to hang around until normal color came back . . . THEN . . . I would dye it. Have not had one "dying event" since I started that process . . . and that was years ago. Hope this helps . . . May God bless, Dwight

Thanks, Bland . . . I've never used that myself for anything . . . but that is really a neat "connection" there. For the chaps I've made (just a few) I got the old sewing machine out and just sewed em on. But I really do like that. May God bless, Dwight

I wouldn't carry a Glock if it was given to me . . . But that's a darn fine looking holster. May God bless, Dwight

I've never bought a dull one from Tandy . . . May God bless, Dwight

You did not say how big it is in dimensions or in weight . . . which would certainly help some of us trying to help you. If it is not too big . . . you can buy small fishing weights out of darn near pure lead . . . soft as all getout . . . drop em down in the cavity . . . take a steel rod the diameter of the cavity . . . and by gently tapping with a hammer . . . they'll pretty much take the shape of the void. It won't be perfect . . . but it'll be pretty good. It'll definitely fill the void . . . and you won't have to melt lead. OTOH . . . if you don't want to melt lead . . . you can buy solid core solder . . . and with a cut off piece of copper tubing . . . formed into a trough . . . you can melt the solder . . . it will run down the copper trough . . . and will fill the void. May God bless, Dwight

I anchored the PVC on top of my wooden work bench . . . took an angle grinder straight down the middle . . . I would have used a table saw . . . but don't own one at the moment. May God bless, Dwight