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This company should not be offered the choice to be a banner ad as they just sell copyright designs copies from the major bag makes like Hermes. we should support copyright laws and protect the owners of them

You may find Collegesewing site handy for information as they have three big makers of binders even if just for information Folders and Attachments | College Sewing Machine Parts Ltd (college-sewing.co.uk)

It says this on their web site Most important, if you get your moccasins soaking wet, let them "air-dry" naturally. Do not use heat sources such as stoves, campfires, hairdryers, etc.. These procedures will leave your moccasins dry and crisp, and unable to be restitched or resoled. To help seal out unwanted moisture, you should also considered applying Sno-Seal to help preserve and restore your moccasins. We have 8 fl.oz. jars of Sno-Seal available for $6.00, plus shipping.

They are presumably not paying just lots of posts selling their goods and even if they were paying, should it be accepted when they are breaking copyright laws

Should leathercraftpattern.com be allowed to basically advertise on the forum when the sell copy's of the leading bag companies patterns, few members would like to see flagrant copyright abuse of their own designs

I give them a good dose of Effax balm when i finish them which gives it a virtually clear surface (just a very slight darkening of the veg tan) that helps condition the leather and also protect it

We had a quality shoe factory near us that I visited some years ago, and they did multi layer cutting with a clicker press that was fast and efficient, somehow I cannot see many faster options

Yes i know but still much less than others, and with the strong pound at £1 buying1.148 Euros even cheaper

Try this italian company Italian Leather Supply Store: Full Grain Hides & Sheets - BuyLeatherOnline

Thanks I have been successful with a German company info@sieck.de for a total of Euro 70 including delivery to UK. should arrive next 2 days It is the same as below and far cheaper than any others found in uk

Try looking here (2) leather bracelet - YouTube

Only the forgetful would need there name on there belt, and then they would need eye's in the back of there head

Never having brought a Chinese Patcher its hard to comment on the quality, but i do feel Wiz is a bit biased in his comments above as he has always been a strong supporter of the advertisers (Who it seems do help offer a first class service ) and in my opinion and many others, based upon a good number of posts on both this and other forums, Owners seem them to be a low risk solution to what people on limited means can afford to do a job, they are not looking for a top end machine that may make better stitches I personally doubt that many buyers would even consider returning these machines if they were faulty as the return postage alone would be near the buying price How much support do you get from Singer, Juli or others, do you get for old machines that cost the same amount of money, most of us rely on the great contributors like Uwe Grosse to help us maintain our machines A cheap machine that according to many works, is all many can afford, and rather pointless to steer them to something they cannot afford

Horses for courses, if you want first class stitches then buy a first class machine, if your happy to fiddle then they say you can make a acceptable stich with the $120 machines and even convert to electric motor If you do not have much money to spend then they are the answer, just like a lot of people will only buy the most expensive tools on a belief they are better than others The other option is old second hand industrial machines on eBay and the like where you can pickup singer 111w type machines for only slightly more than the $120 if you are in no ruch

Fusion 360 is a great 3D software with free access to hobby guys have a look at youtube for thousands of tutorials

You can get many suppliers selling Tiger in smaller size from about 20 metre upwards on UK Ebay, so may be worth looking in your country site

There is a Juki second hand DSC246 on Ebay UK with foot lift clearance of 15mm that might be worth a look JUKI DSC 246 Cylinder Arm Walking Foot Compound Feed Leather Sewing Machine | eBay

New to machine sewing, wondered what most people use as SPI for general purpose leatherwork using either say 1.5mm x 2 thickness veg tan or chrome leather, I was thinking between 9-12 SPI but welcome thoughts using either 69-138 thread

Fred The dieselpunk designs could be modified as the incorporate most of what is needed for the basic part, maybe use sheepskin with skived edges like the flying jackets Handy video from another firm here (53) DIY, Aviator Hat tutorial & patterns. How to sew aviator hat, tutorial and high precision patterns. - YouTube

Realistically what good is finding the manufacturer, they will only be interested in supplying the thread on large quantities to a large distributer, they no doubt will also have a agreement with Tandy to not offer it to competing firms

Are you holding both top and bottom thread tight for the first couple of stitches

The most modern software that is free to hobby guys and girls if Fusion 360. it is a easy to learn software but quite different from others For leather workers the sheet metal feature allows you to build a 3D model easily and then have it automatically opened to show a flat image, so a empty box shape can be drawn in 3D and then opened up to show the base and four sides as a flat diagram for printing, Also lots of ways to automatically make punch holes equal on each side of your design like the dieselpunk designs Lots and lots of Youtube instructional video's done by experts at Autocad the Fusion 360 owners (48) Sheet Metal Tutorial - YouTube

People often forget that old apprentices take between 3-5 years and the First year or so is just practicing the basics every day for the full working day, nothing they did would leave the workshop. These days we expect to become a crafts person with a few hours a week spend over trying to learn as much as possible without really learning the basics properly

Do you have any information on this upgrade to big bobbin, As a hobby guy its just of interest to me, not something i would take forward

Many thanks