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Must say I am the opposite, at seventy I wanted to learn something new and took on two challenges, one 3D Printing the other make some leather goods I have watched hours of Nigel Armitage Vimeo pack and whilst i don't yet, use much of it , i have learnt a hell of a lot and far more than from a book or two To learn 3D, I had to learn Fusion 360, and again there are masters on the subject from fusion, teaching you every step on how best to learn and use it Learning can be by doing it yourself the hard way, or doing that as well as taking assistance by any means to make your knowledge far better There is no right or wrong just your own prefered route, but if you run a business then time is very very expensive money

Would you not need to change the gearing driving the hook to make allowance for the larger bobbin?

Production was something I considered, but found out with a limited pension it was to much of a risk so never followed it up I had identified a market for girls and horses in the UK, where many girls are mad keen on riding and buy anything that is connected to horses, my idea was to make belts for them with embossed patterns for wearing with jeans and sold through tack shops in the region of £30 each to the shop and £40-45 retail The embossing wheels would be made by Sergey Neskromniy at just over £120 each in brass and about £600 for the belt embossing press plus a tool for the belt holes and end cuts say a total cost of just over £1000 plus leather and fittings Half a dozen designs on maybe two sizes of belt width Quite a easy market well defined and selling only by tack shops so that potential copiers would not see the designs and copy to sell on EBay or Etsy etc undercutting me Anyway its not for me but think how many you could turn out in a day doing just say 10 belts at a time with everything setup so they all did the same task at the same time Anyone wanting the idea is welcome to have it , all the tack shops i visited were happy to buy the stock I imagine for Americans there must be a massive market for 1911 pancake holsters at a good price

That makes a lot of sense, though I think many diehards would not invest in stock or marketing,

Well i am 100% hobby and will never ever be selling or setting up a production run, BUT (there is always a but) I would be really interested in learning how you do it, if nothing else it keeps my little grey cells alive, or whats left of them

Dont be to hard on yourself, you can see a great improvement just by looking at those images Nigel armitage has a good set of video instructions on Vimeo that may help and only £3.00 a month and you can cancel at any time, about 50 odd lessons from a master see https://vimeo.com/ondemand/armitageleather

All this about cows farting, makes you wonder how much of it is caused by the cow feed they give the cows living much of there lives in sheds,rather than just being out in a field eating grass

You can buy salmon here https://buyleatheronline.com/en/home/209-salmon-genuine-skin.html

Like all things its what someone will pay, if there are lots of collectors then no doubt the price will raise, if only a few then maybe just the original price or less, modern tools are often far better as made by CNC machines with modern steel and lower cost to make

Shucks I only started at 70, also 3D printing and learning Fusion 360 at the same time, must do something to keep those few grey cells that still exist alive

That was some craftsman in those days, not just making it but adding strength by design, yet we think of 13 century BC as quite simple folk

We have at least one pub in England that does not take cash at all its by card or no beer, the local banks are disappearing from many small villages and towns and its getting hard for shops to get rid of the cash for paying in or getting change. The debit card is now king

Yes quite normal, just unroll and lay on a flat surface , or roll the opposite way and that will straighten it out, most people in limited work area's keep leather rolled up, but not to tightly

I would suggest you leave the machine alone until you have time to contact the seller for advice otherwise you may damage it by your actions, it may well be some packaging is still in place or something more serious The lever below the caution is for reverse, you press it when sewing and the feed takes the material backwards whilst still stitching, used at the start and end of stitching

It depends on what you want to make, The 29 can make quite nice stitches but you need to be able to follow a scribed line to keep straight sewing lines, Many people use them as starters myself included, Its much like any other manual machine in that you need one hand to drive it anf the other to control the leather and the bobbin is very small so needs changing often At that price you cannot go wrong , but do take some leather and test it before buying and at that price you will always be able to resell in needed, I guess for many leathers 4-6mm will be the maximuminum thickness it will sew preferably 3-4mm chrome

Hi Have a look here https://www.tolindsewmach.com/thread-chart.html

I can only go by my own experience of running a website from 2003 to 2017 and this is what i found out Many people love paypal and wont have a bad word against them from a customer point of view, whilst others hate the idea of these massive companies, dont trust giving them their information and data and hence avoid them at all costs. Horror stories from many business owners having problems with paypal holding back money and suddenly stoping you trading In the UK its fair to say the majority of e-commerce companies offer two payment options, Paypal and a seperate credit card provider (shop around as different rates for different providers and some have better software) On our own sales we averaged 80% credit card orders either direct or via site and 20% via paypal either using paypal services or card via paypal service (Guest), all of which seems to indicate offered a choice many prefer not to use paypal in the UK buying workwear of all types from Nurses to Roustabouts

I wonder if the number of german coin's has a special meaning? Maybe research into military history would bring the answer and in any event would no doubt be of interest to your family

With modern steel, I never understand why older knifes should be better than modern ones, unless you are buying the very bottom of the market, Items like Osborne make companies are designed for factory hard use and whilst they may not have the fancy handles or high gloss finish, they are designed to make a workman's job easier

Sorry it took me a while to see the belt as I got distracted looking elsewhere

Found this if any help https://ozapato.com/leather-vs-nubuck-vs-suede-what-difference/ I would try gently moving the leather against a bench sander very lightly and feeding the leather at a constant feed rate and need a quite fine sandpaper to make the contact area a consistent wear Basically the opposite to RockyAussie's skiving method using the outside of the leather rather than the inside Never tried but just a suggestion

Has anyone had contact with Spire Leather in the UK, I was trying to order some leather last week, Had a email back stating they would contact me on Friday, Then nothing phoned sat and a man answered and said they should email back on monday this week, since then no emails and phone to their number states server down, as a new company brought out for clayden leather who went into admin, i wonder if they have stopped trading

Hoowzer I would guess if the old motor worked and you were happy with it then just get a replacement from the same makersee https://www.ebay.com/c/1684286080 But there is also plentiful simular motors at very low price on ebay with a larger power It all depends on what you want to sew and how thick it is especially if veg tan as most patchers would probably have been used on Chrome leather for shoes and boots Hobby people like myself with little money from a pension, have to make do with what we can afford, in my case using leather under 2mm mostly about 1.4mm to make things and have a Singer 201 domestic machine (uprated from 60W to a massive 90W) that can sew the thin chrome leather ok with 69 thread and I also have a 29K53 which will do the veg tan and canvas, neither is perfect for the job and I would love a better option, but hard to justify Sometimes the professionals sell you the perfect answer to your needs and sell you a car, when a bicycle will do the job but not as well ps Massive was tongue in cheek

Have you considered hand stitching,its very rewarding and fine for the smaller items like wallets and even belts, youtube would be a great place to learn the skills and also get design templates along with etsy.com The thread you need for leather sewing by machine starts at 69 thread in bonded nylon or polyester and goes up in size to normally 138 for heavier items, the very heavy duty machines like the 441 go much thicker thread but over kill for many items like wallets and bags etc see here https://www.tolindsewmach.com/thread-chart.html

It states Patent Pending so you could look up the patent and find the owner who may advise,