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Maybe place the machine on one of those camping inflatable matresses when you transport it to lessen the shocks whilst going back and forth

Hi Thanks, no printer at present but considering getting a basic one to learn, but trying to think of practical things to make and possibly sell

Vergez Blanchard offer a selection of Diamond awl blades in various thickness to make either a thin hole or larger also very sharp out of the box https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/592891537/diamond-awl-vergez-blanchard-in-5?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=VB stitching awl&ref=sr_gallery-1-17&organic_search_click=1 Sorry this advert only shows the length of the aws available but Vergez Blanchard do offer a selection of thickness of the blade as well, just not shown on the link above

Just wondered if anyone had considered making patterns using 3D printers instead of acrilic patterns My thinking is that they could be made as a base with a thin raised edge for the actual pattern and being used to press onto a damp leather to leave the design with a cutting line just like craftaid, this would enable more detailed patterns and save the tracing errors that may occure with acrilic patterns

Normally each cartridge holds a 28 gram of lead (1 once)

I just wonder if the Billin has tried a selection of veg tan or just one piece of very old dryed up leather

Thats a lot cheaper than calling in a engineer and you will probably save a lot more using the manual for other adjustments Maybe you have a bit of Scotland in your blood, tight sods up there

Second Lepravo a good supplier Dont know if anyone makes vag tan with highland cattle up there Tannerbates https://www.tannerbates.co.uk/pages/about-our-leather traditional oak leather from the time the romans invaded england Sedgwick traditional leather www.sedgwickandcoleather.com All should be able to send up to Scotland at a low price but the above are probably the best veg tan in England

Hi Managed to download it fine Then opened the pdf and highlighted a image from the book and copied this into Coreldraw as a image, then ran trace and ended up with a vector drawing you can scale et to use how you like Some nice designs if tooling is your thing drawing no1.cdr

I used the spray WD40 when i got mine to liberally coat all moving parts i could see and it freed up nice, but was not seazed up to start with, then used 3in1 as normall, I notice in the instructions it suggestd motor oil so i think normal sewing oil may be to thin for the old machines

If they are 3D Printer files I am not the person, but just to prove the upload works willing to give it a go

Quite honestly i would be conserned about the maintanance of them by looking at the pictures, might be wrong though

Hi Just wondered if there are any instructions on how to take the sewing round head apart on the 29 models and put them back together again, my foot feed on a 53 model is not giving the best length of stitch and wondering if i should take it apart and give it a once over or best leave it alone

I use the Osborne safety beveler and find it very easy to control and get a great skive One thing I learnt from others was to work down a edge by doing small skives at 90 degrees to the edge rather than trying to run the blade down the edge lengthwise. that is if you have a edge say 6 inches long and half a inch wide, skive lots of small half inch skives rather that trying to do a long skive along the whole 6 inches Experts can use round knives and other ways but that is a long term plan which only comes with loads of errors and time

It is a overlay showing the position of stitches shown at different mm sizes over a set distance, but no idea of why anyone would want to use it

Thanks for the method of ignoring him, done now and very happy to see him gone, think the mods are a bit to lenient with his distasteful views, maybe time to re-consider there policy on this sort of thing

I have seen many electricians and electronic repair people with a pair of pliers or screwdrivers / spanners in their pocket rather than wear a tool belt so i guess there are plenty of uses for either shirt pocket or back trouser pocket protectors

That's the sign of a good dealer saving as much information as possible to be able to advise on a good selection of machines, shows a good interest rather than just a salesman on the current range

You may well be more advised to use a pricking iron or chisel to start with, the chisel will go right through whilst the pricking iron is often used to make it through the first layer and then finished with the stitching awl, 6mm is quite a thick leather to go through just with the awl especially if not 100% sharp, with diamond awls for stitching its only the point you need to sharpen not the sides after the point With the more modern pricking irons you can hammer them right through just like the chisels if you want to If the leather is very hard then a good coating of Neets foot oil may soften it up, leave for about a day after oiling it on the surface, it will darken the veg tan a bit

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I guess that all you need now is a electric swivel chair to wizz between each machine, tha's a great selection of machines

I had a couple of plucked chickens that looked like that, but skin was to thin to be that shown, if it helps

Go on Matt, you know you need a weekend break, Fly Ryanair and get lots of compensation for the delays

When I had my embroidery company I often had to get the nearest engineer on type from Nottingham and that incurred a £400 cost for traveling both ways, I would guess most of the £270 is travel time and worth the money, I would definitely want to see a test on my machine before I paid for it be it assembled at the companies warehouse or at my premise, if it just comes unpacked and original tape still on then you know the supplier has not even looked at it so get a new supplier who checks it out before they sell it, its not like your buying a £200 home machine