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That gap between the W and the A was also bugging me. Thanks, everyone, for the feedback. I also like no. 3. , but was thinking that maybe the bold-faced fonts would stamp better. Ed

These seats don't seem like the stuff that usually sells on Etsy.com, but you can list them there at a respectable price for four months for just twenty cents. You may be surprised. Ed

I've now had this product for several days. It seems that this edge coating is quite economical and that 4 ounces will go longer than Feibing's Edge Kote will. It dries fast and three coats will make a very flexible, long-lasting finish. I'll try to post samples of two-layered edges this weekend. Ed

Thanks for everyone's in helping me brainstorm ideas for a logo. I am now very, very close to finalizing a decision and having Daryl make me a stamp. Here is what I have so far. I may decide to change the subtext font. Which logo do you prefer? Each one has a number inside the oval on the left side. Ed

Thanks, Steve. I now have the heavy hammer and the perfect anvil. Ed

Daryl, What font did you use here for the subtext? Thanks, Ed

You might want to try the roller foot. I think John has one and should know better than I do. Ed

Thanks. I ended up getting a 4 lbs. short-handled sledge hammer . I think I might get a 4lbs. dead blow hammer for cutting out the 2"-wide logo leather. ed

David, Thanks for this post. I made my first order with LCI. Great Stuff. Ed

This is the only sailrite bobbin winder I see: http://www.sailrite.com/W030Z That's a replacement part. Your machine already has the same installed. You may have already done this, but try wrapping the thread around the bobbin by hand several times, then see if the machine can do the rest. Also, have another look at the diagram posted in this thread and double check the tensioning. It seems that your problem is some very simple oversight.

I received my order of LCI edge coatings. Great stuff. ed I think LCI Edge coating will hold up very well under continuous flexing.Ed

make sure that little plastic tab is positioned properly against the bobbin. If you can't get the machine to wind the bobbin correctly, wind it by hand. That way, at least, you may begin sewing with your machine.

dbar, Which maul do you use? ed

I have the Neel's Model 6 (441 long arm). All is great. Ryan is great. I use a combination of Neel's plates and feet and Artisan's feet. Sometimes I do need to make height adjustments and rotation adjustments by messing with a few bolts. I have written about this in a post somewhere. By messing with these adjustments I have found a happy medium. My thinking is that these adjustments will be factory set differently, depending on the distributor, but with a little understanding the proper adjustments can be made. I'll be sure to post another question, because there are two bolts for whose purpose I'd like to know. ed

I've got the travel bug and am going abroad again tomorrow. ed

I was thinking the mini drill would work that way. ed

I was thinking that maybe all you did was push down on the handle and the force would both push down on the bit and turn it, the way the Japanese hole punch works. Looks like it's better to have it than be without it. Thanks, Mike. Ed

Hi Jordan, I've got a bunch of those binder clips and use them for straight sections that hold together easily. I've found that three or four of these little spring clips work great to hold gusset corners. For areas that may have three or four layers of leather glued, I use the larger metal spring clamps. Ed

I often need to make some holes by hand even when machine stitching. This mini-drill from Harbor Freight seems like it might be handy, especially the very thin bits. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Disp...temnumber=91682 Does anyone have experience with such a drill and know how it actually works? Ed

Thanks , Clay. My stamp will be of delrin. I will get the heavy steel hammer. What do you think about this three pound hammer? It's half the price of the 4 pounder. It seems maybe a good idea to stick with the heaviest head I can manage accurately and safely. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...temnumber=46967 ed

I've checked out the mini clamps from HF. I wouldn't recommend them. I'm seriously thinking about putting in an order for these clamps: http://www.hobbytool.com/index.asp?PageAct...&ProdID=696 I only need about 100, but the price is better for 240. Anyone interested in going in on an order of 240? Ed

Hi Art, I'm about to get a 4 lbs dead blow hammer from harbor freight for the stamping of a 2" by 1.25" logo. Do you think this one will work well? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Disp...temnumber=33907 Thanks, Ed

That's what we're talkin' about. That's it exactly. Thank you, TwinOaks. http://www.bondon.com/sunscreen_song.html

I used to think, "Who the hell would want to live in New York City. For me, it's still a love-hate relationship. The City kicks you around, but it offers you also a glimmer of the possibilities. You go to bed vowing that tomorrow you'll show The City where it can Put It. Your frustration is located on a single, physical, tangible, object. Coming in from Jersey, across the Hudson, or eyeing it from Brooklyn, across the East River, it is a magnificent Son-of-a-Bitch. It is one of the wildest sights I have ever seen -- wilder than the Grand Canyon, wilder than atop Mt. Whitney,wilder than Yellowstone, wilder than Niagara Falls, wilder than the Montana Badlands, wilder than the Mississippi. Every time I take the train across the Williamsburg Bridge, I get goosebumps. The steel, brick and mortar renting the sky, smoke and steam whisking the rooftops. It would not be out of place to see Tyrannosauruses lashing through the asphalt canyons, pterodactyls buzzing skyscrapers, and volcanoes spewing molten lava. New York City is the youngest oldest place on Earth. It is prehistorically modern. On the ride home today, I read posted on the subway, something written by E.B. White, something that stuck: "There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size, its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter--the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these trembling cities the greatest is the last [...]. It is this third city that accounts for New York’s high strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors, or a boy arriving from the Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart, it makes no difference: each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love, each absorbs New York with the fresh yes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company. . . . (from E.B. White's "Here Is New York") Here is someone's comment on the web that adds to what I realized a bit more today: The city, for the first time in its long history, is destructible. A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate the millions. The intimation of mortality is part of New York now; in the sounds of jets overhead, in the black headlines of the latest editions. All dwellers in cities must live with the stubborn fact of annihilation; in New York the fact is somewhat more concentrated because of the concentration of the city itself, and because, of all targets, New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm. Ed -- who is still dizzy from the day's epiphanies Johanna, might I have another? Thanks.

I think it's good to have both contact cement and tanner's bond white glue on hand. I also like having a light/medium duty vise that can clamp to a table top with a C-clamp. ed