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i made mine out of hardwood. they aren't hard to make

beautiful work as always Stew and best regards and improving health for your wife. Your work always makes my day!!

Those look great i am still trying to figure them out. I always seem to overwork them.

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My wife and I dug these wild roses from the mountains and transplanted them years ago. These are the wild roses AL Stohlman carved in many of his designs It sure is hard to think something so delicate could be copied in leather. I take a lot of photos for reference material.

i like that hat too. What type of leather is it made from?

so me being my always questioning self looked at the msds for evapo rust. it uses a chelating ingredient but doesn't say exactly what. so i looked up the definition of chelating. Guess what both vinegar and lemon juice are chelators lol. Reminds of the time i was trying to make my IT tech realize his five dollar an ounce cd cleaner was nothing but isopropyl alcohol. yea i prolly wont waste the money now that i think about it.

Mine was taught to me by my dad who grew up in the 30s depression and didn't have a thousand products to choose from lol. . Both lemon juice and vinegar are completely safe, for people and the environment as well, cheap and easy to come by. i used vinegar on all the switches on my 75 mgb to remove the oxides so they would work again. It was much easier than trying to take them apart and to dry them out afterwards without leaving any residues. Just threw em in a bucket and kept my eye on them then blew them out with some air.

very cool!!!

That is beautiful Ferg!!! i love to watch them play around, there is a herd of over two hundred in our town, and they are just calving out too. Sometimes they get real close lol.

that's good old 1095 high carbon. Is it still sharp I don't remember when i sharpened mine last.

yw let me know how it works i just do it the old fashioned way.

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https://www.mcmaster.com/pin-chucks/

https://www.foredom.net/product/a-m50-micro-chuck-with-3-32-shank/

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/dremelcolletnutkit.aspx

never heard of evaporust i will have to try that out. Yup acids have to be watched closely to avoid them eating the metal itself

i agree but even now if you talk face to face what you say could get you slapped up side the head so you word your comments with that in mind.. On social media you don't know if you are even talking to a person so your inhibitions are gone. Social media was supposed to be a good thing but it has its down sides and if its a good thing for society as a whole is becoming highly debatable . And IMO why many are leaving it to much drama to much hate to much division is being intentionally brought in to by those with agendas. The human brain has been so studied on how it reacts to stimulus that now algorithms on social media can and are used for nefarious reasons.

vinegar is my go to for rust leave soak a bit then wire brush.

i agree, this used to be called human decency but social media has made it something to be monitored by someone. Why? Have we changed that much since this invention came about? I'll tell all you good honest folks a secret that you wont ever see on TV. Talking to people this way in a correctional facility may not only get you killed but it will get you either fired or put in solitary confinement depending on which side of the fence you are on. Why because we teach our criminals to be polite and professional !! TRUE FACT!! While we teach our children, by example, they can anything they want to anyone they want. Some world isn't it.

I am curious why this isn't moved to off topic? It isn't a conversation about leather work. And may be pulling negativity into the regular forum. which all of us agree shouldn't happen right? this is an interesting story on what we are talking about right now.https://trendingpolitics.com/boom-glenn-greenwald-exposes-why-social-media-companies-are-so-intent-on-censorship-wiley/?utm_source=economics

It could be that social media is losing it attraction all the way around. I've quit posting on all except this one.

my two cents. 1. Its social media to go on any site and block people for expressing their thoughts or ideas is light years beyond stupid. Blocking them because they are personally attacking you is another thing altogether. I personally have blocked two people in my entire life, one on FB years ago and one on this site. I absolutely believe that every citizen has the right to speak freely and express their selves no matter the platform until they become personally abusive. I also believe every person has the right to move on, not listen or ignore that is also a personal choice. I'm Not part of the cancel culture and i never will be. I feel those who are to uninspired of personal knowledge to see more to life than their own little tunnel of thought are pretty ignorant of the world around them but they have no right to intentionally try to cancel those that are inspired to see hear new or old thoughts, and form their own opinions and make personal comments to that knowledge. 2.The best part of how the moderators set this site up is adding an off topic and adult section.. I think everyone here can see that the off topic section has kept a lot of todays problems off the regular leather thread forum which is a good thing IMO. Plus I don't care to see someone's wife or boy friend in a leather thong so putting that in its own little place is also a good thing. But the bottom line is and always should be free thought on social media IMO. Post a pic of your BF in a thong. Post how you like BLM, drugs, church or any topic you desire I don't care I'll read it or not...…l. But i wont take my animosity or dislike of it to the leather work side of the forum I'm better than that.

interesting I would like to see the whole setup. Is it for reenactments ? a medieval design? lol you read my mind! That is super cool friend!!

a piece of 1/2" thick flat bar C clamped to a good stout table.