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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!!!

some one asked the same question back awhile ago. The link on the last page of the catalog looks like the web page was sold off. found this! https://files.3dsellers.com/pdf_catalog/dDk0Um0zZEd5NCtXUEY2QXBGWVVxQT09/9452.pdf here is another supplier if you just want the cobra style but i didn't look through the whole sight for other styles. https://edcleather.com/product/cobra-rifle-sling-template-set/

thanks I this may jumpstart my old sketchy ways lol.

Thanks maybe an elk next lol.

I bought a pyrography set the other day to sign my leather and wood products with. It is a cheapo set but i found it quite fun to sketch with. I'm kinda rusty at sketching and new at the burners but can see this may be another avenue in leather decorating for me.

maybe some other natural fiber type stuff like cotton webbing in the hidden areas.

Where did you source a 30 dollar servo motor? the cheapest i can find is about 100. Plus a guy would need other parts as well wouldn't they like v belt and pulleys, foot peddle and cost to build or buy a decent stable table.

and maybe a couple of crazy old farts that run on about everything. Welcome and maybe a couple of crazy old farts that run on about everything. Welcome