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this may be a dumb question but why do people make bdsm collars comfortable? Isn't it sposed to hurt?

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that blue thread sure looks good! That is one nice set!!

a leather or even a brushed bronze plaque like the corner pieces would look good also, if no one can help you here maybe a local trophy maker could engrave a plate for you.

that is absolutely the coolest cartridge case pen i have ever seen!

you can use mild steel if you want to i have some made out of plain old nails but beware they can stain your leather black I usually test mine out on a piece of scrap before using them on my project., vinegaroon is made from iron and vinegar it is a traditional black leather dye sooo... don't ask me how i know but don't file down your iron tools near your leather work stuff or you will have nice lil black speckles all over your leather magically appear when it gets wet.

3m used to make a weather-strip adhesive for autos that was yellow. I used to on a lined holster about 30 year ago and its still stuck tight. this is either it or its waterbased grandchild lol. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/b40069421/

contrasting thread does look nice but it shows up any irregularities in the edge. Once you get a good method going on forming you should be good to go with any thread combo. I saw in the video posted the people used solid forms and then ran a bone folder along the stitching on both sides. Also an uneven glue line inside will screw up your edges

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i think you are getting better every time you make one and if you use the same color thread the edges wont show so bad. if you can sell them make them. I quit smoking gars this is hard stuff for me lol.

"My wife was surprised on how nice it came out. Now she thinks I can build anything out of wood but I’m no woodworker. So be careful if you decide to tackle one of these on as you’ll also be expected to remodel a kitchen." whaaaat......... you made it to 50 before the wife found out you could do something constructive? how the heck did you pull that one off?

I live to repurpose, 63 and never bought a new car in my life. Been there for sure the wife thinks i can do about anything after 40 + years lol.!! Most of my good hard wood comes from old furniture or a friend who does hardwood floors lol. I made my kitchen cabinets out of Cherry tongue and groove cutoffs that he gave me. Right now i have a really nice solid oak twin bed frame that's going to be my tool box or something. Good luck in you new home improvement career lol.

My little one room garage is a combo blacksmith, welding, woodworking and auto repair, and whatever else i need room for. Half my time is spent moving crap around. let your son borrow them they will be gone in a month LOL. my son is now in his 30s and guess what he has to hide his tools from me lol. If i walk by and see one i take it especially anything 1/2" and 9/16" i'll bet i bought a dozen each of those two in his short time as a teen with a truck.

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definitely very nice!!!! Love the looks of the natural woods contrast and your design is awesome. My feeble attempt has gotten to small i may have to borrow your inspiration and make a new one lol. Been torn between a real type tool box or a stand such as yours.

You can dye your stuff anywhere in the process you want. when depends on what your making, a stamped or tooled wallet for example has to be tooled first or you don't know whereto put the colors but an untooled wallet could be dyed first or last. Then there are different ways to dye your piece also, dip dying, block dying, air brush to name a few and all can be done at different times. On the shrinkage i have not really noticed it because when i wet form i shape the leather the way i want it usually over a form or mold. I use an air brush to dye it so it doesn't really get wet enough to shrink, Your leather will stretch also when tooled most folks glue it to some heavy paper to minimize that. softening can be done with any number of products depending somewhat on the end use of the leather piece. Neats foot oil in small quantities is one of the traditional methods.

sooooo... Happy day folks!!!!! Corned beast & cabbage & potatoes with lotsa butter , Soda bread with raisins and lotsa butter, Lotsa Guinness stout in a clean glass no butter. Oh and the wife and kids gotta make shamrock shakes also with no butter lol. I love this holiday, Beer and food and fun.

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i use weldwood also mainly because its the best stuff that i have found readily available here in my town. I don't think i would switch unless i found something was just as good and cheaper.

heres my issue with sending it back , they will just resell it to some other poor sap who probably wont know any better and possibly he will even think they did him a favor. plus I will waste a week of my life and 20 more dollars. then shipping and more time on another piece I cant afford throwing good money after bad and telling them that made no deference to them. MLC wont get any more of my money that is all i can do.

glue the pieces of welt together chisel or make your holes then skive into a wedge.

You are lucky , I wish i had that option i would use it nearest tandy is 150 miles over two mountain ranges. Funny thing is i have ordered from tandy and gotten better Brazilian tanned leather cheaper.

yup you can use two or three pieces of welt whatever adds up to the thickness glue the pieces together then skive them down into a wedge shape. That is a good pattern the takeaway from that video = he made it a half inch bigger at least than his pattern. What he didn't show = checking the pattern against the blade to make sure it was big enough.

there is also a woman doing some of the steps, i see a few different hands in there. I would think he moistened the inner veg tan sometime before putting in the molds and between that and running the bone folder around the stitch lines set the shape.

Thanks my ggrand dad came over in the 1800s but went back to visit then and my g grand mother took the photos i managed to retrieve this off of her original glass negatives. the man in the white shirt i believe would be a g g uncle.