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I just got in some 4" magnetic bowls. Get the 6" instead: larger , stronger magnets that work better at keeping the bowl secured in any fashion. But maybe the 4" bowl is good for smaller work spaces.

I also lived in San Diego for about nine years.

Thanks, Bruce. What I really need to do is probably get better at using a paring knife, and just skive the corners of my gussets rather than the entire length. Though more about the Schar-fix 2000. I'll pass, but I will pick an English paring knife from this same store in MAnhattan, $14. 95 for a handleless English paring knife. Ed

great idea, that metal plate for a guide.

I just now finished downloading all the back issues into one 2000 page pdf of 138 mb. I used Adobe Acrobat Pro, which is a PDF creation program. ed

I found it in my neck of the woods for $325. I've never seen it lower than this. http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/pro...ProductID=17482 Ed

those back issues of the gazette are a great resource. ed

I think this paring machine will have to be the next addition to my shop. Anyone have any experience with it. http://www.charnwoodbooks.co.uk/shop/produ...products_id/107 I should have bought it when I saw it for sale in the states for around $350. Ed

Art, I'm really lovin' this eddington, deer and chestnut. love the colors, the way it lies down. I think Eddington will be my number 1 from from now on. With the initial letters "Ed" you can never go wrong. Thanks for the sizing system rundown. Ed Ed

Just had a closer look. It looks like there is free public access to all the back issues of the rawhide gazette. ed

Had a look-see. Great resource. I'd like to subscribe for an internet subscription. Would that give me access to editions of the rawhide gazette going back to 1994, or must I buy these on CD-ROM? ed

Thanks for this info , Bill. Is the obsolete system for nylon and poly the 207/277/346 system or another? I had always wondered what was the reason for 277 and T-270 demarcation. Sometimes when you call up a supplier, they are more familiar with a particular system. ed

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Indy, This sounds like a great method. I'll have to try it. Thanks. ed

Thanks luke. I'll probably stick to 277/207and 346/277. Just always curious to understand further what exactly these machines can and cannot do.I would love to be able to be a fly on the wall and see just how everyone operates their heavy stitchers. Ed

I may move back to so cal. I'm from Simi Valley in Ventura County. NYC has been a love hate relationship: love the place, the dynamic, the energy, the inspiration, hate the cost of living. Ed

Well, the magnetic closure idea is out. Thankfully, too, as there were loads of problems just waiting to happen. I went ahead and bought a bunch of the 3/4" and 1" magnets anyway to put up all over the shop to hold my tools wherever and whenever I want to hang them on my steel shelves. Ed

Hi Skip, Thanks for the heads up. I'm certain that if I try a U.S. screw, it has to be a #8. All I've been able to find in a #8 is a TPI of 32. Now I'll look around for an NF 36. In metric the closest fit has been an M4 x .7, but the fit is just a smidgen of a tad loose. This screw plus loctite blue (though I'd really like to find Loctite TiteN gap filler for bolts) should work, though now it has become personal to find the perfect screw. I think I'll try a hobby shop today. ed

Thanks for the replies regarding tension settings. For those of you who to run 277/277 or 346/346, how would you describe the ease with which you can pull out your bobbin thread by hand up and out of the needle plate. I would say that prior to a month or so ago I had had my bobbin tension rather tight, tight enough to where if I had to pull out lengths all day I'd probably have abrasions on my hand. Now I have the tension set about as loose as it can possibly be. Any looser and the bobbin thread would start slipping out from in between the forked tongue of the bobbin tension clip/spring. Also the tension is set such that the thread can be pulled out with ease. I would say the bobbin tension is set as low as it can possibly go. Ed

I'll be calling Dave at Artisan tomorrow to get the proper screws, but all this running around town has introduced me to loctite products, which seem to be good to have on hand. I picked up loctite blue and M4 screws. I also noticed another loctite product, loctite TiteN, which is used for securing screws but also filling in gaps, when screw and tap are not ideally suited to one another. The loctite TiteN I saw was for wood screws and the package stated to get Loctite TiteN for bolts for metal to metal applications. I haven't been able to find this anywhere. Is it no longer made, or does loctite blue replace it? Thanks, Ed

Regis, Are you sure you can't be tempted to "re-explain"? ed

Whenever I see the stitch work that Kevin and Steve do, I think the designers in the fashion world aren't even half as good. I think we ought to start giving these narcissistic sissies in the biz a run for their money. http://cgi.ebay.com/LIMITED-EDITION-Marc-J...1QQcmdZViewItem If the above link doesn't work, the ebay item number is 190198719051 ed

Very nice. Beautiful edges. BTW, is that a Tandy granite slab everything is on? I'm asking because I'm wondering if what I had bought from Tandy is granite and not marble, even though I think they listed it as a marble slab. Whatever I have, it looks like what you have in your pics. Again, beautiful work. ed

A few weeks ago I did start slacking off on the bobbin tension, but it still does seem that the advice floating around out there is to go 277/207 and 346/277, which suites my situation, though I do wish still to have same top and bottom sizes. Ed

Hi Dave, I knew this was going to come up, and I was dreading it. I still do buy some things from Artisan. I picked up some M4 x .7 x 12mm screws and some loctite blue at lowes. It will be a temporary fit. Dave, do you happen to have those 11/64-40 screws that are listed in the 4000/3000 manual, or do you have other specs on that screw? Oh, yeah, I tried both screws in Lowes thread demo setup: The original screw which started this problem, and most likely is an M4 x .7 x 10mm, fit only the M4 x .7 threaded socket in the demo. The other screw from my needle plate, which fits perfectly and is a bit bigger than the M4 screw, did not fit any of the sockets, which only allows me to conclude that that screw is the nefarious 11/64 - 40. Thanks for your help, Dave. I'll give you a call tomorrow and buy your double toe harness foot as well, and if possible two 11/64 - 40 screws of 3/4" length and two 3/4" long screws of the size that will fit in the needle plate holes just to be sure. Ed P.s. I am getting exercise, which we Americans do seem to lack these days. And I do enjoy any excuse I can to use my 30-day unlimited metro card around NYC. And, what is more, whenever I'm on the NYC subway I get new ideas for bags, though that usually happens around Manhattan.