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That looks awesome. It would be cool to do something like that for a cell phone belt case.

For that thickness I would do something like 7 or 8 SPI.

I thought I had looked in both Lowes and Home Depot. I'll look more closely next time. I even bought a second shaper at Sears because I couldn't find replacement grates. Ed

Thanks for reposting those pics. That looks like heaven. Wake up in the morning. Work leather all day. Then sleep very well. Very well. ed

Hi Tiffany, I'm always looking for a good source for 2 oz suede. Where are you getting yours? Thanks, Ed

Thanks kevin I know what you mean about spending more time on thinking about the particular design than actually making the thing. ed

Hi Art, I've got to dig out my stock blanket plate to be sure, but it seems like there is 1/16" to 1/8" difference between plates. I'll probably figure a way to shim up the plate. By the way, the feet you are referring to are the artisan inner groover and outer double-toed harness maker's foot, right? And the bottom groover of the inner foot is what goes inside the slot of your needle plate? Or are you using the blanket/nylon plate without the feeddog, which would mean that the slot for the needle is a rather largish rectangle, instead of a narrow elongated oval? Thanks for taking the time to help me figure what setups others are working with. Ed

nice, but what is it?

This reminds me of those pictures of the old leather shop. Did we ever get those back up?

John,What you're describing certainly sounds doable. If one isn't into aesthetics, it would be easy to stitch in/rivet loops and pockets all around the inside of such a case. I can even envision a back panel that unclips in six places down the side to fold out for the 12" x 12" granite slab.I would also like to get a small adjustable table, height easily adjustable. I would use this table off to the left of my cylinder arm machine to hold up my bags while I'm stitching certain parts. Right now I use a fold-up TV tray for that.Let us know if you find an incredibly sturdy tray.One thing I did with the TV tray is tape the legs open so that the tray doesn't accidentally fold up, which has happened a couple of times.Back when we had that original thread going, this was one of the portables mentioned:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000224R...G63HRC5BWNBZ7Q1And I just now found this one, too:http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-93-292-Proje...d_bxgy_hi_img_a Ed

I second that, great job, Peter. I love finding out information we're not supposed to have. If it's possible to work out some kind of deal for a bulk order, I'm in. Ed

Prior to the crash, there was an informative thread on inexpensive tools to rough up leather prior to gluing. Romey linked to one such tool. Though the link is to Amazon.com, Sears, at least the one near me in Queens, New York, has it for $5. I have yet to see replacement grates for them, though it appears the grate is easily replaceable. http://www.amazon.com/EMPIRE-8804-SURFACE-...42&sr=1-127 Ed

I've asked this question before in the middle of another thread, but thought I'd give it center stage here. Is there anything terrible waiting to happen if I remove this one particular stop screw in the clamping block that holds the center presser foot bar and allows for adjustment? I've removed it to allow the center foot to descend all the way to the surface of my slotted needle plate, which sits a bit lower than does the standard blanket foot needle plate that came stock on my machine. The screw in question is not very visible in the attached pic, but it is the stop screw in the lower red circle. Thanks, ed

This may not be an issue for those of you who don't stitch anything thinner than 8oz, but for those of you who have the flat slotted, feed-dog-less needle plate, do you by any chance notice that the plate itself sits lower than the standard blanket foot plate with protruding feeddog, if your machine did indeed come standard with that blanketfoot plate? Thanks, Ed

This probably won't be suitable, but it's the first I've seen of its kind and is the most portable work station I've ever seen, thoug I can't find much detailed information about it on the net. Search for this item number on ebay 190196535580 ed

For about $70, one could easily make a stand out of the wire shelving at Home Depot and Lowes. One has just to position the shelves accordingly and be able to fit about 16 bins in it. All my wire shelves are taken up with other stuff, but it's an idea to think about. Ed

I ordered twelve of the very ones you linked to. I didn't go for the 7" deep ones because I don't need the bins to be that high, and I wanted to cut down on the stacked weight. I can use a few of those bins for scrap leather. These are just what I needed, and all the other options seemed to be twice as expensive or more. Thanks for the help, Ed

I had something like these in mind: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/variant.a...iant%5Fid=51093 But the restaurant bins are priced right, especially for 8. I think I may go for these ones, as the slightly larger dimensions could be helpful. http://www.webstaurantstore.com/carlisle-4...20%20%20BK.html However, I don't really need them or want them to be 7" tall. Maybe, I'll buy a few of each. Thanks for the help. ed

After twenty minutes of looking, I may just go with eight of those carlisle restaurant bins. The price is right. I can put kraft paper or cardboard on top of the leather, and stack no higher than three high, which shouldn't harm the leather underneath. I could also figure out some way to put about two inches of Styrofoam in diagonal corners to help keep the load of leather in lower bins. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm liking this idea. Ed

Hi Art, I know on paper the specs are similar. I've noticed with some of the nylon thread that ships with these machines that the stretch in the nylon is easily perceptible, whereas it's not as easily percptible with the Eddington and Coats. I'd like to try some of that nylon that Artisan has on sale. Thanks, Ed Here's an invite letter explaining what the group is about and the reason for its being hidden. If you are interested, please let me know and I'll add you.

I was thinking of those exactly but then also thought that I would like to keep the weight of the upper bins of the leather of the leather in the lower bins. If I can't find exactly what I'm looking for I will get those restaurant bins and work something out. Thanks. Ed

I need to locate some 4" or so high project bins that will allow me to stack and store eight ongoing projects. I'll look around U.S. plastics to see that they have, but does anyone have suggestions? Thanks a bunch Ed

I was just wondering if bonded nylon or polyestero thread tends to allow for more predictable tension adjustments over the other, or will they both tension the same. Also, I've noticed that some nylons tend to have quite a bit of stretch to them, noticeable simply in pulling on the thread. Polyester doesn't seem to have this same type of "noticeable" stretch. Artisan has a good price on Linhanyl. How easily can this thread be stretched? It the stretch about the same as that with Eddington and Coats polyester? ed

That is nice thread. It looks like 346 to me. Does anyone know if the Linhanyl that Artisan sells holds up as well? ed

I have a question. Does anyone know the adjustment to be made by loosening the bolt that sits lower on the bar clamp in question in the original post? ed