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Hi Jordan, Nice holsters. What size thread did you use? Ed

To help out with some of the updating, I upped my donation, but had to use Johanna's email address with paypal. The email linked through the normal donation procedure with paypal doesn't seem to be working. ed The forum donation procedure seems to be repaired. I'll know when someone tries it out. (Click My Controls, then "Subscription" on the left side)~~Johanna

Thanks for all the hard work in getting everything back online. I didn't realize how addicted I was to the forum until now. ed

Hi Bill, Nice holsters. What did you use for a creaser on the black holster? ed

I think fiebings white glue is non-toxic.

Johanna, Great work on getting the site back up. I went to up my donation through the subscription button, but got a message from paypal stating that there is a problem with the linked email address for donations. ......... ............... ............... ............. Five minutes later I clicked on the link at the bottom of one of your posts in this thread and made the donation. ed

My second guess is that it is a stitch marker with guide. Siegel's has a Vergez Blanchard Tool that looks a little similar on sale for $155.

siegel's has the 155 revolving punch on sale till the end of the year for $35, if still in stock. They have a cheaper one on sale for $7. I just may buy both. Anyone completely happy with the osborne 155 rotary punch?

I second the dissatisfaction with the TLF Pro Rotary punch. The tubes do not center on the cutting anvil. I like the idea of individual punches, though not sure I want to keep track of them all. Perhaps the osborne rotary punch is better.

Do not buy the Super Skiver from Tandy--Does not work.

I don't know how I had worked so long without a hobby vise. http://cgi.ebay.com/CRAFTSMAN-51874-BENCHT...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Dremel-2500-Multi-...ksid=p1638.m118

600 grit and 400 grit wet/dry sand paper. Even if you don't know much about sharpening tools, you can give your knives and edgers the once over with these fine grit papers and see a big difference. This alone has been motivation for me to learn more about sharpening tools.

Hi Art, Do you think I should go with American & Efird instead of shopping around for Coats? Ferdco prices the A&E the same as Coats. I would hate to have three different cones and sizes from different manufacturers. Even The thread Exchange, though their prices are good, have 207 and 277 in Eddington, and 346 in USA Threads. Ed

You've got to get a dremel. I was surprised I had heard of these only recently, and yet they've been around for years.

I went to place an order today with ferdco for coats chestnut poly but was told that they get their chestnut from a company called American & Efird. So now my choices are this or Eddington from The Thread Exchange. Ed

I think I'm now interested in one of these too. Is an electric edge creaser something like an electric wood burning tool but for creasing edges? Ed

Hi Art, I think it would be good to drop the bar for the outer toes a tad. Should I drop it so that outer toes touch the slotted flat needle plate or about 1 mm above it? I think this is one of those things calling out to be fixed that needs to be fixed. Thanks, Ed

My guess is that it is for an embossing wheel.

Hi Art, I love the pheasant and black coats thread I have currently, but i'm thinking that I'd like to start stitching the more upscale bags in browns and burgundy with brown thread, having been influenced by a closer look at the swaine adeney Brigg bag, which is my goal for 2008, and the prime reason for all my tinkering and the acquisition of new needle plates. Ok, I'll put in the call to ferdco tomorrow for the chestnut in 207, 277, and 346. Thanks for the nudge, ed

Now that I have the bobbin tension issue covered once and for all, it's time for more tinkering. In the past, i have had some difficulty with quality stitching with my narrow toed harness makers foot on one or two layers of chrome tanned leather. Thicker leather was not a problem, and this had never been a problem with my blanket foot. Because of all this I noticed that the harness foot and the blanket foot do not descend the same distance, which is only a problem with the harness makers foot on two layers of 5/6 ox chrome tanned leather or thinner. As it is now, the lowest the outer toes of the harness foot descend is about two millimeters from the flat slotted plate. The center foot touches all the way down. Should I go ahead and drop the bar that holds the outer toes one millimeter. My educated guess says to go ahead and give it a try. Ed

I think I've got it under control now and have a better idea of how the Bobbin tension clip/spring reacts to various tweaking. Till today I had been lightly bending only the tab that screws down, no other part of the clip. I had to experience with very lightly bending the forked tip of the clip. Thanks for listening to all of my thinking out loud. Ed

I would go with Eddington, though I'm not sure whether the natural or the deer, as I've only seen the deer. ed

I thought I had had this tension problem licked. But it's still here. Bobbin tension is still too tight and pulling the top thread to the bottom of 8/12 ounce leather , 1/4". This is the case even when I have primary and secondary top tensions tightened to the point where i really shouldn't go beyond: primary tension has 9 screw threads showing and secondary tension has 7 threads showing. I can remedy this if I loosen the bobbin tension screw to the point where the bobbin tension clip/spring is so loose that the top thread catches on it as it goes around. In these tests the top thread is aways 277 and bobbin thread has been 207 and 277 with the same results. needle is organ #25 diamond point. If I add a third layer of 5/6 oz leather, for a total thickness of @3/8", the problem is remedied. To my understanding, I should still be able to adjust tension so that I can pull the knot to the top of 8 oz leather, or any thickness. My next step is to start bending up the forked tip of the bobbin tension spring, requiring the bobbin tension screw to be tightened further, insuring that the top thread never catches on the bobbin tension clip/spring, even when loosened quite a bit. It is about now that I should be remembering the rule never to work with leather or machines when tired. But will I listen................. AhhhhHAAAAAhaaaaaaaaaaa.......noooooooooo.

Hi Tony, Here's a link that takes you directly to the attachments for the 441 clones: http://www.ferdco.com/11.php ed

Hi Art, I have still yet to try running my machine without the lower needle guide, but i just wanted to make sure that when you wrote earlier about the 4000p coming without dogs installed that you also meant no lower needle guide as well. One thing that gets me about Ferdco's lower needle guide is that from their website's pictures at least it seems that so much metal is cut out of the guide for the needle to enter that you might as well run the machine without it. Thanks and best wishes for the new year, ed