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  1. MikeRock
    TIG weld with nickel rod. pre-heat & post heat. cool slowly in insulation. we do this alot at work. Yes, excellent advice.
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    Library of Congress: https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-Machines/NMAHTEX/0713/ Uwe has them as well: https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/78318-landis-1-manual-the-regular-landis-lock-stitch-wax-thread-machine-instructions/
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    That's a malleable iron casting. Rather than TIG, have you welder grit blast, then either silver braze or just use brass rod. He should know to preheat the whole gear before brazing. Mine had two cracks when I got it and it came out fine, then I found a 'parts' winder and replaced the gear. Fun machines to run...... OH...... Do not oil the top of the square vertical bar that the needle fits into. If that gets oiled things don't go well, stitch length is all over. Did you get the manual? There is a good on online. Eli might have a copy for sale. Ewe does have copies.... God bless, Mike
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    Great machine. And a BOBBIN WINDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know if Sharon Hamre, Big Sioux Saddlery, http://www.bigsiouxsaddlery.com/ is still here but she is the boss on these machines. The place for parts is Landis Sales & Service in Arthur, IL. Ask for Eli Schlabach. He rebuilds Landis machines and has parts and needles. He should have the manual and parts list. Their telephone number is 217-543-3464 Merry Christmas for sure
  5. MikeRock
    Do those photos show all the material and machines for sale?
  6. MikeRock
    Fred, Do you use Castrol in your Austin? Sure loved the smell when I was racing bikes... I wonder if the castor oil addition makes a difference on your leather auto straps?
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    Dwight, You echoed my thoughts..... God bless, SIR!!
  8. MikeRock
    Looking for the arguments against Neatsfoot compound. My Amish harness guy is dead against compound, as were my former Amish harness shop buddies. They argued that it rotted linen thread over time, causing some dramatic failures. Any comments? My local farm store used to carry pure Neatsfoot in gallons, but now only stocks Compound. God bless
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    I thank you as well. Rebuilding some clutches on trip hammers that use leather. Good prices from Beiler!
  10. MikeRock
    I don't have a magnifier. Something to look into. Ugh........ :)))
  11. MikeRock
    Are you rotating the handwheel clockwise??
  12. MikeRock
    I sent you a message. I've got the Scribd manual loaded, need your email address to send it on.
  13. MikeRock
    He got banned...... a while ago.
  14. MikeRock
    Follow up the punches with a proper awl, it will perfect the holes for you.
  15. MikeRock
    I'll put in a plug for Jeff Mosby.
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    Grampa, There is a company called Gesswein that makes a wide assortment of finishing stones. I use the 1/16"x1/2"x6" stones, in grits from 150 to 1,200. They sell all sorts of stones but these have served me for machine tool work for over 30 years. https://www.gesswein.com/abrasives/finishing-stones/gesswein-stones/gesswein-diemaker-stones/
  17. MikeRock
    Big problem some times when you go to the bathroom.... either drop on floor, or in the pot..... :((
  18. MikeRock

    Dwight,

    Did you see them overseas?  I had a pair, Michlen tires....  they were great.

    Remember the 55 gallon barrels on elevated platforms, and a shower head?  Those were great..   Sometimes "HOT' was really hot, but it got us clean.....   Now that I remember them, I just might make one..  out in our garden area.  We have acres of garden stuff at various times.   Have to find one of those large diameter shower heads, like 8" or so.  And the valve with the two chains.   Fun times, but getting shot did negate some of the goodness......

    God bless,

    Mike

     

    1. Dwight

      Dwight

      Fortunately (?) . . .  all of my showers were cold . . .  you stripped . . . grabbed the soap . . . took a deep breath . . . paused . . . turned on the water . . .  and jumped in.  

      Ya got wet . . . turned off the water . . . soaped up . . . took another deep breath . . . and rinsed off . . . and got the heck out for another time.

      I hit San Francisco . . . got a hotel downtown . . . no shower . . . jut the big french tub on legs . . . filled that bad boy with as hot a water as I could stand . . . slipped into it . . . leaned back . . . fell asleep . . . slipped under water . . .  came dang near drowning . . . 

      Don't do that any more . . . hot water tank goes out . . . I just go get one . . . don't even barter the price . . . just get it.

      Thanks for your service my friend . . . I was Navy . . . with PBR boats in the delta or on plane guard detail out in the south China sea . . . or eating "Monkey meat" in Subic Bay Phillipenes.

      May God bless,

      Dwight

  19. MikeRock
    B.F. Goodrich, Michelin in Vietnam
  20. MikeRock
    Fred, You reminded me of the best Brit comedy.... 'Benny Hill'....... busted a gut more than once laughing at his sketches/skits. Some classics..
  21. MikeRock

    Back At It

    MikeRock replied to WalterF's topic in Show Off!!

    It's not a can, it's a small cloth sack of smoking tobacco, like it says on the label.
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    Back At It

    MikeRock replied to WalterF's topic in Show Off!!

    I guess I assumed you put that little circle and string there on purpose. Cowhands who smoked used little sacks of Bull Durham tobacco and some papers. Usually kept it on the right shirt pocket, just like you tooled it in. If that isn't a sack with the string, what is it supposed to be? That little yellow circle was on every sack of Bull Durham. I have some sacks here in my tool box, they contain gem quality beryl from when I was mining.
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    Back At It

    MikeRock replied to WalterF's topic in Show Off!!

    Cowhand on right side has his Bull Durham sack!
  24. MikeRock
    Dwight, 4mm/25.4mm/inch =0.1574 inches thick.. less than 3/16"
  25. MikeRock
    From the paint slobbers around the machine label, it's a 'newly' repainted machine. Pretty sloppy for a new machine where they rivet the label on as the last item.
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