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    On 8/5/2020 at 12:12 AM, Wykoni said:

    Where you get those and what are they called.  I use a visor but that’s cool

    Hello! I apologize for the delay in answering - I haven't been here very often lately.
    This particular model that I have is called Magnifier Binokulare MG81001-H. I bought it in Ukraine, but a Google search says that you can buy it here, par example https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnifier-Binokulare-MG81001-H-Led-Backlit-Display/dp/B082WDS4KL

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    2 hours ago, Northmount said:

    Fantastic work.  Lovely daughter.  You should be proud of both!

    Many thanks, Tom! I was very worried, doing this work - whether I can achieve similarities. It seems to work out. At least Sonya liked the result :)

    1 hour ago, Frodo said:

    VERY nice portrait of your lovely daughter

    GOOD work,  

    Thank you very much!

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    Definitely, the main source of the problem is beveler. Having become interested in working with leather 2.5 years ago, I bought such a Chinese set of stamps “one and a half ten for 10 dollars”. This Z-B197 of terrible look was definitely in it. My disappointment knew no bounds - I could not get even a miserable semblance of result. It is good that this first disappointment did not put an end to attempts. How happy I was when I bought a few inexpensive (3-5 dollars apiece), but normal stamps, I managed to get a normal bevel. Do not let disappointment from bad tools, which in principle can not fulfill their function, stop you.

    Good luck!

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    I dare to suggest that you are using a not very quality tools (stamps). This is especially true for beveler. Judging by the imprints, it has a very large radius of the edge, so you can’t "put down" the leather along the cut line maked with a swivel knife.

    UPD. It’s not about looking at very high-quality (and expensive) tools right away. There are quite worthy stamps at a price of 5-7 dollars. Simply, if you use what is sold in the form of a set of “20 stamps for $ 10,” it’s very difficult for a beginner to understand whether he is doing something wrong, or the existing tool, in principle, cannot perform its functions.

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    18 hours ago, mikesc said:

    Excellent..beautiful piece :)

    Many thanks, Mike!

    15 hours ago, maxdaddy said:

    That's stunning! Wow.

    Thank you !

    8 hours ago, chrisash said:

    Great work

    It would be nice to see a video of the whole process from start to finish

    Thanks! 

    I hope one day I can make such a video. But so far the attempts have not been successful :) For this there must be talent (or hard work). Plus, I can not accompany the video with voice explanations due to the extremely weak spoken English :(

    @Scoutmom103

    Thank you very much!

    @Northmount

    Many thanks, Tom!

     

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    57 minutes ago, Con said:

    Hi, nice to read your adhesive test report. Thank you.
    Do you have any feed back on EcoSAR MW 116 NG  rubber to leather?
    Regards Con

    In general, everything matches my first test from November 14, 2018. The only thing that was noticed was that after the jar was opened after some time, EcoSAR MW 116 NG became not white, but grayish. However, the remaining properties have not changed (it not stink, high strength of glue seam, elastic). There were no complaints about finished products either. So I can recommend :)

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    @Lynxlady

    Thank you!

    14 hours ago, Lynxlady said:

    Maybe some day you could do a video of you actually doing some tooling. You wouldn't even have to talk.

    I'll ever try to do this. :) But definitely without voice comments - the level of my spoken English is extremely low. :)

    @Ed in Tx Thank you!

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    2 hours ago, Northmount said:

    Time for a little experimentation.  Try using a low angled raking light from one side to show up texture.

    https://www.dpmag.com/how-to/tip-of-the-week/lighting-for-texture-12-31-12/

    https://www.learningwithexperts.com/photography/blog/understanding-lighting-direction

    There are more examples out there, especially landscapes, but the information applies here as well.

    Tom

     

    Thank you, Tom. I will try to experiment a bit based on what I learned from your links. And if my result will be worthy of attention - I will share it :).

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