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When the articles about building the Stohlman workbenches was printed in 1969, there was also 4 pattern packs with the patterns for the Wood inlays for sale. Does anyone have these for sale, or the possibility to copy or scan them ? I would love to have these patterns for woodworking.

I took some pictures. Hard to see in the mess now, but the the Singer 45K68 is seems to be on a homemade welded stand with a wooden topplate. The Allbook Hashfield Fur sewing machine and the Singer 29K4 seems to be on original table and stand

I have also found a singer 16k56 in the shed. It seems to be stuck. I can't find any information on this model, so any info would be great. And she has a Pfaff wich is marked 192 638 L. Can't find any info on that one either.

Thanks for your advice. I am going to her house in a few days. Will try to take some pics then.

I live in Norway and my mother have been a shomaker and have a few sewing machines. She has quit her business many years ago but the machines are still there, and she would like to sell most of them. Iwould like to keep a sewing machine for sewing some belts and bags, but don't know which to keep for this. She has a Global sewing machine for thin leathers and heavy fabrics which she keeps herself. She also has the following machines: Singer 29K4 Singer 45K68 Singer 45K21 Allbook Hashfield fur sewing machine Fortuna Werke skiving machine Pfaff industrial sewing machine (can't see the model number) And a huge green grinding machine with several polishers and grinding wheels and dust collector tray. Which of these machines should I keep to use for leathercraft as a hobby (I am rebuilding a 18 feet x 9 feet room to use for this), and are the rest worth trying to sell?

I think moose leather might be a bit too stretchy. It will propably loose some of the shape after a while. Reindeer leather is much firmer and keeps the shape better. But it is also a bit harder to sew.

Problem solved! They mailed it to me immediately. That is better customer service than I am used to here in Norway.

I purchased the DVD from Hidecrafter, but the pattern was not complete. I got the left part of the main pattern and the foreground pattern, but I am missing the right side of the main pattern and the pattern for the big foreground trees. Does anyone have these available. I can pay for a copy of them and the shipping. Rgds Oyvind

I am missing some Doodle pages, and I hope someone have some of these to sell me. I live in Norway, and I can pay by paypal. My email adress is: oeyvi-bl@online.no I miss some more pages than I list here as well, so please feel free to send me an email if you have some doodle pages to sell. The pages I am looking for to buy is: Series, page, Author, Title 1C 2 Gene Noland "Wild Bronc Riding" Pt 1 1C 3 Gene Noland "Wild Bronc Riding" Pt 2 1C 4 Gene Noland "Stamping Traditional 1C 5 Gene Noland "Thunderbird" 2D 02 Ben Moody Morning Glory 2 3D 03 Dennis Noland Hand Carved Rifle Sling 3D 10 Tim Grothem Add a Little Country 4D 12 Christine Stanley Horse Head and Oak Leaf Wallet 6D 03 Ken McAdams Morning Glory 11D 10 Peter Main Autumn Leaves 11D 12 Glen Komahcheet Plug Belts with Snake 12D 11 James Odra Smith "Country Lovin" 3D 06 Al Stohlman Grumpy Grizzley 1E 1 Shirley Peterson The Maple Leaf 1E 9 Karla VanHorne Western Classic Rose 2E 9 Joseph Nevills Stuffed Scroll Belt 6E 5 Silva Fox Coloring Long Day Done 3E 6 Peggy Culpepper Cougar, Puma, Mountain Lion, Panther Doodle page S 3D P 05 by Al Stohlman, and S 6E p 5 by Silva Fox are the two on top of my wishlist. Rgds Oyvind

Thanks!! That really helped. Now I will just have to get back home next friday and take the measures of the canoe to start designing the bags, and then order some leather.

I am planning to make a thwart bag and a bowbag for my cedarstrip canoe, but I just can't find any patterns suitable for use on these. I would like to have a pattern with traditional wilderness canoe paddling, but the only ones I can find is one old doodle page from The leatherfactory, and one old craftaid with an indian in a canoe. None of these are close to what I am looking for. I have found some pictures on the net, but I am not so good at Photoshop, so I don't think I am able to make the patter on my computer. If anyone has a tip on how to do it, then maybe I can be able to make it (and that would be great!!) Rgds Oyvind

I have 2 old sewing machines which have been poorly stored for several years. Both of the are stuck, and I have been told one of them was in need of an adjustment when it was palced in storage. Do I have to get them serviced by a repairman or is this a job I can do myself? The one that needs adjustment is a PFAFF sewing machine and the other one is a Singer. When I got these machines I also got a huge green sewing machine which is supposed to stand upright on the floor (I was told it was used for sewing soles on shoes). I think it is almost 6 feet high and weighs several hundred pounds. Is it useable for anything else than anchoring a boat? In the same lot I got a huge clicker press and steh knives for all kinds of shoe soles, but I guess I can get of the press some time. All of this had been stored in a moist barn, so they need some work, but I hope I at least can get something to work. It didn't cost me a dime, so I don't have anything to loose anyway.

I am norwegian as well, and I have to agree with you that the prices here are high and theere ain't to much to choose from. I think the store manager at Skinnlaaven is trying to get Peter Main to hold a course here in Norway some time this year, and Jim Linnell was here last fall, and I think they are trying to get him back here again as well. Try to call Skinnlaaven and speak to Arne Markussen (the store manager) he can usually get whatever they don't have in stock Jørn Jensen på Lillestrøm og Skinnlåven på Norderhov er vel de to eneste leverandørene her i Norge, men selv om prisene er stive, så blir det ganske ofte billigere å handle fra Skinnlåven enn å kjøpe det på net fra Tandy i Storbritannia. Sleng deg med på et kurs på åven så blir du kjent med folk. Arne Markussen er alltid med på kursene der, og de gir 10-15% rabatt der. JJensen er billigere på enkelte ting, men jeg synes ikke de har det helt store utvalget. Hilsen Øyvind på nordmøre

You can try http://www.springfieldleather.com . I know they have had some stamps with cars on, but I don't know if they still have any of those stamps. Give them a call and ask them. If they have a few ones left it might just not be out in their webshop.

Thanks a lot! That's great. Now I just have to get ashore and find me a piece of leather. And I will try to do what you said and see how it turns out when I do it (I am no good with photoshop, but I guess I will have to start somewhere).

I work on a oil platform and have been thinking about carving a picture of it, but I am not so good at drawing. How can I do That. What shall I cut and what shall I just bevel (Inever seem to get a hold of what the main linbes in the picture are.). I attach the picture so you can have an idea of what it looks like. I also added a picture from a hurricane last year (it is usually 28 meter(91 feet) from the cellardeck to the sealevel)

I really don't know if it is twisted or if it just is the stuffing that should be fixed. I can't have a closer look at it right now since I am stuck on an oil rig for a couple of weeks. But I will try to get some pictures of it as soon as I get back home. He bought himself a new sadle (also aussi style) a few years back but he sold that one shortly after he gave away the horse (14 years old norwegian cold-blood mare). She was a great horse, but it was better for her to get a home where she would be used and not just going around eating and doing as she pleases all day long.

Thanks!! It isn't always so easy to live in a small country (4.5 mill people) a long way from all the manufacturers. Oyvind

My father has an old australian saddle which he got for free several years ago. He was told by someone who was supposed to have knowledge of saddles that this saddle wasn't straight so he shouldn't use it. I have no knowledge of saddles (or horses), but I get depressed to see it lying in his basement not being used. It is pretty worn so I thought I maybe should replace the worn leather on it, but then I had to be sure it was useable. How can I measure if it is straight and What can I do to fix it if it's not? Should I just throw it in the garbage and get it out of sight?

I live in Norway and am trying to order a overstitch wheel with 9 stitches / inch. I need an E-mail adress or homepage adress to McMillen Tool Co. or some other company that might have this. I am not able to make international calls from my work, and I have to be here at work for 2 more weeks (I work in the north sea), so I have to use e-mail or internet. Any suggestions? Rgds Oyvind

I was just in on the IILG pages to check it out since I never managed to get my edger sharp. It was actually Verlane Desgrange who wrote that article. It can be found at http://www.iilg.net/membersonly/how-to/verlane/verlane2.html , but you have to be a IILG member and logged in to get it. But if that is what it takes, then I guess it is worth the membership just to get the loads of tips available at the IILG pages. Rgds Oyvind

You wrote that Leather art was published in 1951. This is wrong, because the copy I have is printed in 1949. Rgds Oyvind

Thanks a lot!