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I'll let ya know on the thickness thing in a week or so. Gonna get some needles and thread and then a friend of mine is gonna come down and see if she can teach me to sew on it. It came with some old thread and a bobbin already wound, so I ran some regular fabric through it just to see and it runs, well, like a singer sewing machine. Only thing wrong so far that I can see is the light doesn't work, but that may just be the bulb, haven't checked it out all that close yet. I'm off work in a few days and will dive deeper into it then. I'll keep ya posted.

Well, the singer 66 came in today. seems to work just fine. now I just have to learn to sew again. well, that and build a table/stand for it, the case for it isn't in the best of shape.... good thing dad's real handy with the woodworking

Well, found a singer 66 on eBay last night....good price and supposed to work just fine. Should be here sometime early next week, so we'll have to see how it does when it gets here. Haven't touched a sewing machine in years (freshman home ec I think), so it will be a learning experience. Wish me luck.

Hey folks. I've been looking on eBay for a sewing machine and was wondering if any of you had used some of the old singer 99 models. They are on there pretty often for a decent price. Would this be a good starting point for a leather machine? The ex wife left her newer singer here when she moved out, but it's mostly plastic and I doubt it would tackle leather very well. Any help will be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance.

Welcome to another 'EER! You made a great choice by joining up here. You will find nothing but help from one and all. I'm in the hollers of Fayette county, tooling some leather and banging away on the bike. Oops....see the cabel county thing now.....that's down in Herd country

Nice looking sheath. I love the idea of using the middle layer to make the loop. I just made another attempt at a sheath for one of my knives and just used one pieve of folded leather. I like the look I got, except for not having a smooth side showing for the belt loop. I'll try that on #3. Really like the trianglular design, that's the same thing I did on mine, I think it has a neat look to it.

Yeah, the cat's still alive. He's pretty quick...epecially when he's got a nose full of hot sauce. I think when I cut out the armstraps I'll do it in a flame pattern. Windy, I am definately going to try that tater idea. Sounds yummy.

Jamician Hellfire....hmmm, I'll have to try that. Kinda ticked me off that I broke this bottle. I've had it a few years. Can't remember the name (label has worn off). It's super strong. Only about a 4oz bottle. Came packaged in a coffin. Only takes a teaspoon or so to make chili so hot only the iron-gutted can eat it. I did manage to get it out of the leather. There's a spot or two that are slightly darker than the rest of it, but I think I can manage. I'll have to soak the heck out of it with some scent killer before I go out in the woods, it reaks of sauce (who knows, maybe I'll find a deer that likes hot stuff).

Well, I found a "dye" today that doesn't work. Walking through the house a little bit ago and tripped over one of my son's cats. In the process of trying to catch myself, I dropped the bottle of hot sauce I was carrying. Guess where all that sauce landed when the bottle broke. You guessed it, right on a arm guard I was working on. Think I got most of it off in time, but a few areas seem to have soaked in pretty quick. Gonna try and see if I can blot it out in a bit.. Glad I hadn't got too far in the tooling process yet.

I have an Airbrush City GD100 and an Iwata Eclipse. The GD100 was around $50 when I got it a few years ago. got the Eclipse a few months ago. Both are very good airbrushes. I tend to stick with the gd100 more than the iwata....cheaper brush, but I find I have better control with it. I think maybe changing the trigger button on the iwata may help some. haven't tried airbrushing leather yet, tho I intend to. I also have two older Paasche VL airbrushes, one I use just for when I need to through down a good solid basecoat of black and the other for my candy coats. I don't think you could go wrong with any of those. :soapbox:

Hey folks, got a question. Has anyone tried using black walnuts for staining leather? I've used it before on wood, but the leather thing just hit me today. I've got a few trees in the yard, so I figure I'll give it a try later on next month or so when they start falling.

Boy, the timing couldn't be more right for this post. I just ran into the same thing. Started tooling on a much thinner piece of leather than I had been and it got all kinds of warpiness to it. Thanks Brad for the original post and thanks Marlon and Luke for the answers!

Well, new to leatherwork. Recently divorced and looking to find something to fill in all the free time I have now (when my son isn't here), and tooling some leather seems to be a good filler. My brother and I are trying to get a bike business up and running (starting with my ground-up custom to replace the dyna I sold to buy my house a few years back). Anyhoo, was looking around on the net trying to find a seat I liked and thought, what the hay...leather is plenty cheap on ebay to play around with and who knows, I may enjoy it. Guess what, I do! Just as much fun as airbrushing, without all the mess.