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been there done that lol I have one those I threw in the tool box and forgot about for that very reason.

thanks man nice to hear from you again.

Thanks Jonas Yes its basically the same function, it is easier to use and handle and sharpen lol. That handle is sweet.

beautiful!! you gotta show off the blade too though. looks hand forged to me.

the blade is about 1" long

yup it is an awesome push cutter which is how I will mainly use it and for roll cuts, corners and curves.

lol you know what the difference is with the wind in your county and mine.............................................about ten minutes.

now this is a good idea!!!

once you get it figured out how to put it together then you will need to take it apart and polish the arms where they make contact as well as the cams and bobbin shaft. The hole in the arm where the thread goes through should be polished. The foot needs work as well they usually are so roughly made they tear up the leather. There are several ways that people have fixed the feet but what i did was to clean up the teeth with a jewelers file so they didn't have the ragged edges now they grab fine and move the leather but don't scratch or rip it up.

here ya go i can pull the thing apart if you need but you can just see the lower bearing in the first pic it rides about halfway out of the groove. The lower bearing runs the bobbin back and forth so it should slide easily back and forth while the bearing arm runs the needle arm up and down. You should be able to slide the bobbin shaft and bearing back or forward to get the bearing into the inner smaller raceway. If it wont move something is wrong. As Wyowally said these things need to be tinkered with a bit before they run smoothly and there are tons of youtubes on that subject.

you need an antler button but that rocks my friend, very cool

thanks neighbor, county 6 here.

thank you!

thank you.

thanks man! just coming out of hibernation lol weathers warming up and I'm in the garage playing with fire lol.

this one is a bit larger 1" blade chisel ground 3/8" d2 drill rod with an apple wood handle finished with Linseed oil. it is a plain knife meant for work but I love the handle shape and fit, I may end up changing the handle on the other one to this style. This thing goes through 10 oz like butter lol

thank you.

i can shoot some pictures if you need them.

there are two grooves in the hand wheel the lower bearing goes in the smaller inner groove the arm bearing goes in the larger outer groove. the two bolts adjust the timing. you may have to adjust that but not right now, It appears you have a c clamp holding the main shaft you need to move that to fit the wheel and bolt the machine to a table. There are tons of you tubes on adjusting and using this thing just look for Chinese shoe patcher.

lol I have one, my place is the garage or the basement.

Go on any site that sells holsters from a company like Hunters, click on a holster and you will see that they have several guns that fit the same holster, go from there. A 1911 pattern will fit some large frame autos, like a p92, to a point some looser some, tighter. Same with the smaller autos shown in the picture like Gc3 or a Glock 43 the fit difference in pattern of these two is about 1/4" inch so they could use the same pattern. Retainage for these types of holsters is a strap.

you got the stitching down great job.

after you soak it it has to dry back out to the right stage of dampness, the leather will look dry or almost dry but still feel cool to the touch and a fingernail will make a good dark and lasting impression when tested, beware it wont go away so don't fingernail test it where you don't want it to be seen. When I first started I would take a scrap piece and wet it along with my project and as it dried I stamped it every so often until it hit the correct stage of dampness then I started on the project piece. Don't be afraid of hitting the stamp a bit harder either. One good whack should set your impression deep and dark. Another thing i just realized is your deer stamp is larger than your background stamp so you need to hit it even harder to get the impression. I have that stamp and it isn't a deep stamp or an easy one to get a good impression from IMO.

LOl I sure cant do "it" in the garage its to full. I am blessed to have what I have for sure my friend. Also a basement for my leather, guns and bows wine making and a dozen other hobbies.