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That's why you buy tools so you can make your stuff. IT is smart! Here in Wyo. its also a necessity sometimes. I built one on my wood lathe and as i was testing it realized i could also use the lathe to power it. Used local scrub oak.

you cant print a PDF? its the same pattern in your picture look at the inside pockets. How you finish it is up to you you don't have to carve it with the old designs but whatever friend good luck.

good start there. i like it.

Tandy has an ebook library that is free I'm sure they have the stohlman belt patterns with all the info you will need. the pattern i have= slot centered at 1 1/8" from the end of the billet. first snap hole 3/4" from center of slot towards tip of billet second is1" from slot center to rear of billet third is 2" all measured from center of 3/4" slot Hope this makes sense.

lol nope but apples to oranges is about the same. I don't remember what the seam is that quilters use but they sure can make some nice straight lines, my mom used to quilt it is an amazing craft in its own right and i might add some of the designs would rock made from leather.

maybe some videos on quilting would help. I think if you sewed the squares together like they do fabric it may solve your problem.

Nice work and welcome back to the craft. From your northern neighbor.

sweet deal there for sure

dang and i just made an order

Tandy is having a sale on some stuff i saw their fine diamond chisels are 50% off so picked up a couple. I think today is the last day for the sale.

man he is good with that awl !

I don't use clamps on leather that's what contact cement is for, glue it, hammer it then i sew it up and its clamped for good.

"Run away run away"

That is beautiful!!!

use contact cement. you can get weldwood brand at about any hardware store or walmart

stohlmans book projects and designs, you may be able to get it free on the tandy ebook library. here found one for you. https://leathercraftlibrary.storage.googleapis.com/Archives/PDFs/Projects-%26-Designs%3A-Truckers-Wallet.pdf

here is a cool one found in a well if you made a copy of these and told someone they were roman they wouldn't believe you. Then i found a copy lol click the link to see the original. https://mymodernmet.com/womens-shoes-ancient-rome/

I like and i think a lot of folk will too. Minimalist and something. easy and light to carry.

man o man that nice work. Awesome way to fill that negative space.

There have been three threads on this same subject in the last week. A tool, a good tool doesn't need fixed before you can use it. Doesn't need you to do half the work its intended to do. That's why its a tool its to make life easier not harder, more complicated ,or more difficult. No one would buy a new car and expect to crawl under it and start working on it just to get it to go. Just from from the many pictures it is not hard to see it is terrible manufacturing, everything from poor foundry work, terrible machining to a tripod stand that wouldn't hold up a iPhone. Its appears to be a copy of the old singer made 120 years ago with one exception the one 120 years old worked right out of the box was better machined with better casting and many are still in service. By the time you punch all the holes by hand your halfway done and stitching isn't the hard part. I would like to see one person that can sew a foot/12 inches with this machine without pre-punching, making a decent stitch on both sides and no feet marks, something that would be saleable. It was designed to sew, moving the material without marring, punching the holes and inserting the thread, tightening the stitch neatly on both sides and ending with a backstitch.

what happens at hunting camp stays at hunting camp!

yea and it was great!!! when used with the potentiometer of my electric train set lol. i think it may have been my first wood burning kit too lol. Damn it was fun being a kid back then.

I trust Frodo's impression of it! But I've been on the fence as well. My problem is I want to buy it more for the idea of getting the piece of crap to work than to sew with it. I'm not gonna waste expensive leather on this i make to many mistakes already.

Now thats funny!!!