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Don't fear the China man? Wow what blissful ignorance. c'mon say it like it really is, the UN gave China the monopoly on manufacturing via the climate change accord. Biden sold us out and sealed the deal by destroying our economy during the covid lockdown and the rest of the world quietly followed suit too. The Chinese control the global economy now and will for a long time because our governments willingly gave it to them. BUT i can see this thread getting taken down if we discuss this anymore, to many people have been conditioned to ignore reality or are just plain being lied to. So I'll end my comments with, yay Chinese products very very good, they can even get you a kidney when ever you want one.

awesome job!

very cool!! thats an old motor.

the green color makes it look like it was a government/ military item. I haven't found anything on it either.

10? Seems like only yesterday lol. Its a shame they are mothballing those for such a global sham. Ironically over here they are bringing back passenger trains to our U.P. line. They rerouted them in the 60's and a good portion of our town dried up. they were a great source of income for the shops downtown. Now they are bringing them back to get us ready for public transit IMO. We wont be able to afford personal vehicles in the future its just not good commie/socialist/new world order business to have rich peasants. We will live in 15 minute towns and walk or ride public transport. But you know that's all a conspiracy theory right.

I don't think it can be carved or tooled its plastic. Nothing wrong with learning something new my friend i try to do it every day if i can.

I don't remember seeing any of your bags, those are really nice.

could be a staple in it check it with a metal detector.

i usually do that with the last snap i have.

Just so everyone is on the same page are these for horses, dogs, people?

very classy looking!!

it appears now to be calf hide with hair on I'll bet it was real pretty at one time.

What i think is cool is the construction, the way the seat is built it uses the weight of the person and the two pieces of leather to hold the chair together by pulling the 4 rungs tight. Beautiful old chairs indeed.

the same weight that is on it.

the problem with using something that doesn't remove some of the leather in the hole is it may not lay flat. worth a try though if you have an old screwdriver.

punch two holes of whatever size you need then cut between them with a knife to make your slots. or buy a slot punch if you can find one the right size.

i didn't know it was a fire starter but i do carry a small tube of it in my first aid kit for gluing wounds closed if needed. Good info i gotta test it now.

It is also used as a wood finish for smaller wooden projects like turned pens, duck calls and such goes on smooth and dries instantly.

thanks for taking the time to do this. What do the numbers mean? 89 = arm hair shaving ? 524= a dull fro?

i was just thinking of the coincidence. You posting your belt scrap wallet and this post . Both the exact same idea handled differently with different techniques. Quilted leather bags could sell really well IMO.

you can do it! your dad did it.

amazing work!!!!

of course thats the fun part!!! i use an old ice cream maker to tumble my brass.

When i was a young boy my folks had a good friend ( Morris Lundbeck) here that was a retired engineer, he ran a big boy on the route from from Cheyenne to Rawlins its now in the city park In Cheyenne where 4014 was rebuilt. He was an awesome man and one of my inspirations. He worked his way to the US from Denmark as a young man on a sailing ship, then worked his way to Wyoming where he worked in a blacksmith shop here in town until getting his education and a job on the U.P. some time in the 70's My dad was given his uncles sheep wagon when he died as soon as Morris saw it he laughed and told him exactly when and where he had built it. I still have the wagon and the memories. His house also had many photos of the old trains he ran and a few local train wrecks to boot. I always wondered if i took my truck down to a freight yard and left it would someone paint the darned thing lol.