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    I am wondering about the second piece (back of the cover, slightly smaller than the cover piece). Is this piece somewhat optional, to be added if you don't want the backside of the cover to show the flesh side or perhaps to thicken up the cover if using the same weight of leather for the entire piece?

    Hi Clark,

    That is exactly it, the second piece is a liner, and the wallet will function perfectly well without it.

    Kate

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    Nothing wrong with it, I guess. It'll be interesting to see how it compares with the real thing. But the author is in for a disappointment if she thinks it will spare many livestock that are raised "for leather", since we don't generally raise livestock for leather. Guess we'd all have to find another hobby/profession if the human population were herbivores.

    Also ironic to note how there is getting to be so much on the market to substitute meat and leather products. Have you ever read the labels of what goes into a veggan meat substitute? The list of chemicals is kinda scary to me, yet this is considered by some a "healthier" diet, since the main ingredient is plant-based. How twisted is that?

    They are growing human skin in labs for burn victims, and even ears for cosmetic reasons, so why not leather? Imagine if they get it perfected. You could possibly get perfect hides in sizes, and weights that are impossible now. No stretchy belly parts, no wasted edges, just sheets of genetically perfect leather.

    Interesting thought. What you're referring to requires human DNA to produce. It's definitely not plan-based, but I suppose we could do the same thing with DNA samples collected from animals without harming them.

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    I understand wanting to go with a cms - most of the popular ones are mature enough to handle most people's needs, anyway. They're also dead-easy to set up. The only real conflict with them is when you want to start incorporating truly custom content/code, and have to start altering system templates.

    I understand what you're saying, but that is not the case with Concrete5. It employs a very well thought-out architecture, which provides for overriding the core with your own custom code without actually touching any of the core source. I've done an assortment of customizations for it, and have yet to have one trashed by system upgrades. Same also with the theme system.

    I use it to build a lot of sites because most of my clients prefer to maintain their own content, and a cms makes it easy for them to work with the content without having to mess with the page layouts. For people not accustomed to working with html, css, scripting languages, or ftp, that can become very messy. There are also advantages for guys like you who are highly expert at all that stuff - you can spend less of your time doing content maintenance on your clients' sites and more time doing the really cool stuff. You should check it out. :-)

    Kate

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    Hi Rob and others, sorry for the slow reply. I guess I'll make it official, since I've gotten numerous inquiries in the past couple of months. Thanks for your interest in having me do your site, but I've got enough work for the time being, and it's no fun for me or my clients when I get overbooked, so I'm not looking to add new clients at this time.

    I also recommend using Concrete5 for most sites. I prefer it over all the other major open source content management systems. Once you've got it tricked-out with a nice theme and add-ons, it's extremely easy for just about anyone to maintain the content.

    Kate

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    ... I purchased a 12 ton hydrylic shop press today, and want to make it into a clicker/ leather press. I have a friend with a welder willing to help, but I want to make sure I understand what needs to be modified before I start changing things. I belive I need to add a 1 inch thick steel plate under the press, and replace the single ram with a heavy piece of square or rectangular tubing to make a straight press. Is the top piece usually welded on? I ask because the springs are on eyelet bolts, and I wouldn't be able to get to those if I weld a top plate as well. Any pictures of diy clickers? ...

    Did you check with Deb and Royce? I think they did something like this for a press that Deb uses.

    Kate

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    I have now been brought to a bit of a stand still as I would like to try doing some colouring using irridescent colours as described in Al Stohlman's Figure Carving Finesse on page 70. He talks about using metallic powders used for ceramics and mixing them with "Tandy Coat" leather finish. I have looked everywhere and nothing seems to come up with that name. Has anyone done some colouring with the metallic powders and if so can they point me in the direction of the medium they use to put them on or else tell me what is the correct name of the product he is refering to. I haven't been able to find anywhere in Australia that seems to sell the Tandy finishes to see if they have the one mentioned in the book.

    Hello madwilson - welcome to LW!

    I have seen the metallic powders, but I'm guessing that "Tandy Coat" is no longer sold, since I'm pretty sure they don't have anything by that name nowadays. Someone may know what the closest equivilant is.

    But there are some very nice alternatives available these days, and ever since I discovered products like the "pearlized" colors from Createx and the iridescent line of acrylics from Daniel Smith, I've had no desire to look any further into experimenting with the metallic powders.

    Kate

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    Hi gregoire, glad to have you join us! :welcome:

    I don't have this particular machine, but I'm pretty sure there are at least a few people here who do and can help you. I think that will make it a little easier for someone to help you if you could be a little more specific about what you're trying to do, and what kind of problem you're running into.

    Kate

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    There is a video tutorial of a method to do this that was developed by Billy 2-Shews. The video is available for download from this site. See more information about it here:

    http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3766&st=0&p=53100&hl=+billy%20+2-shews&fromsearch=1entry53100

    This will also take you to some links to more examples of work done with this method, so you can determine if it's what you are looking for.

    Kate

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