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Hi Matt No it does the thin goat fine as it is , but finding double the power for about £17 i wondered how much extra torque it would give, but no numbers supplied just the watts Not expecting to make a 3-4 mm machine out of a 201k, but its happy with 1mm goat, may even give it a try on canvas

Just noticed that you can buy a uprated 180 watt motor for singer 201K at under £20 on ebay I have a 201 that i use on goat vegtan wallets and its rated at 90watt, so wondered if anyone had upgraded and what the results were

Just found a video about inserting brass thread inserts into 3d models for extra strength, the person doing the video seems to have covered many strength tests and it could be of use to others placing bolts into pla or simular filament parts Not really sure i understood the last part using Cura to strenthen only parts of the design, maybe someone can explain more clearly Inserts about £14 on amazon link he gives for a box full of different sizes of M threads Video at

Why do you lie on your etsy adverts giving the impression the whole package is £47 when in reality it is over £236, to me this indicates a rather dishonest selling aproach and makes me wonder about the quality

Found this one on Amazon but have not read it though cheap enough i guess Heavy Duty Sewing: Making Backpacks and Other Stuff https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0711239258/ref=rdr_ext_tmb

Is there enough finess to copy photo's of family etc onto leather goods say wallets or belts and so on?

Small money pouch

We all hear about the bad people of this world, but seldom hear about the nice people, this is just a nice story to read about the better side of life but nothing to do with leather https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-46073249

Looks a very top end design that has had a lot of thought in design and a nice balance of materials, very smart and practical, great job

Pricking irons would be fine

Looks nice, I am sure there will be plenty of things that can be lasered, and the price of the lasers are so low now, nearly anyone can afford one, but as with all design it still takes skill to get a nice finished product, Technology just opens up more avenues to explore, though some will probably object as not traditional

Slits can be far thiner especially if fine modern material is used for the lower part portions

Nice work, prefer the darket ones though, how will you treat them after the print to keep the black colour as presumably its just the burnt leather

No the stitching stays the same, it's just the top of the V the sharp point can on occasions tear, but if you just punch the tip with a punch so it becomes a circular cut it normally stops any tearing tendancy hense the very small punch size

Mind you we used to years ago buy Dickies overalls made i think in Texas or thereabouts, maybe 20 years they were the world leaders and great quality, they changed manufacture to Indonesia and the quality was crap, in the end the UK overalls were better and cheaper still made outside UK bet with better QC inspections at the manufacturers

How about some images you guys

I would suggest the front panel with the two darts , might be better with small circular punch holes at the "V" top (say 1mm dia) to stop any possible splitting in the long term, probably not needed but just a safety measure

Think there are some shotgun patterns on the Tandy site

Hi Anyone brought one of these knifes and was it any good, seems very low cost for damascus steel https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/Custom-Made-Online?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

I cannot ever remember getting garbage from the Far East, I have seen well made items produced at low cost due to large production runs and low cost labour and fit for the purpose for the low income people there intended for or short term use I buy from around the world though live in the UK and find quality items can be made all over and seldon does one country provide all my needs as we are after all a trading nation

Would not the leather pull out the moisture from the baccy and make it very dry and powdery, by memory before the fag packets were sealed up, they used to have the tobaco dropping out of the fags as so dry, mind you many many years ago

Quote "No one appreciates quality handmade goods." Bespoke items that are handmade mean a lot to people and being handmade for them adds that special selling point, Unfortunatly just stating handmade does nothing apart from indicating it will be a higher price than a production run item that looks the same, the fact it took you 2 days to make does not matter Handmade does not mean quality, quality is a judgement of the product not how it was made

Etsy and EBay are often perceived as low cost sites or over priced sellers whilst Amazon is seen as a fair middle of the road seller You seldon see top end products for sell in volume selling web sites but rather in specialised selected market area's It's for the same reason you never see adverts for Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Hermes and other top end goods, they market to there higher spending customers Facebook and Instergram type sites are not very good at selling a item, as people are not looking specifically to buy, but does bring the brand, to there notice and may in the long term bring in a few customers I imagine your potential market is rather small, priced above the avergare worker and below the people who buy on the known brands The internet whilst good for sales, there are other marketing ways to get to the right customers, for example In the UK we tend to have county magazines where they seem to concentrate on the more expensive markets and take in well written stories about trads people producing quality items that stand out as something different, maybe you have something simular, the better you write the story for them the more chance you have of them publishing it, just make sure you include, Who, What, Where, etc in the story with some great photo's, link to example https://www.suffolknorfolklifemagazine.com/

The best way is to buy some reasonably stiff card from a stationers shop and cut and glue the card until you have the size and shape you require, then take apart and use as a template

With modern production it may be more of the skill of the draftsperson than the skill of the machinest on making tools these days as i imagine most if not all are made by cad these days where there is high quality brought about by consistancy, acuracy and low cost benifits. Old skills are great to remember and praise, but the world moves on; and just maybe, high price items made by skilled craftsmen years ago, are still used as justification by a well known brand , even though the craftsmen are no longer hired but CAD has taken over