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cutting a pattern backwards so the rough side is out. cutting my thread just a couple inches short. I could do this for daze lol.

yup straight vinegar is one of the best and cheapest, forget the baking soda. I just finished our storm windows by soaking paper towels in vinegar and sticking them on the glass for about ten minutes then scrubbed with a copper pad. it out did the CLR product 100 times over and far less then half the cost. i used it on the electric switches in my 75 Mgb just threw them in the vinegar for a day and blew them out with air, they work like brand new. Just don't leave it for a week in your wifes good canner if there is a chip in the enamel lol. we use it in our clothes too. It has its place in the world.

Awesome work!! and welcome to forum.

make a hand puppet to scare the cat with lol.

I'll add if you pull your stitches tight and pound them they will set down into the leather without a groove and wont wear. I do any and all of the above whenever I feel its appropriate to what I want my work to look like. I even use different stitching sometimes lol. Its a big wonderful world folks live to the fullest and don't be boxed in by artificial norms. But I don't use a stitching wheel with a set of chisels its redundant so there is no need to worry if the numbers match.

It looks great!! how did you figure the thickness of the axe?

those are awesome my friend!!

pictures and maybe we can help.

I think your S.O.L. my friend.

not only that but some chisels are measured center to center while others measure the space between teeth.

very nice that's gonna get a nice tan on the back of horse.

very cool!!

Congrats Fred you did well indeed!! Sounds like the best part was the fun time you had. That Austin is making me drool.

Maybe you don't pull the ends as tight as the center when measuring. If you pull the center tighter and compress the leather a bit then when the leather relaxes back straight the scribe mark is farther from the edge or seemingly longer.

Very well my friend. the days are getting noticeably shorter and we have been doing a lot of wild foraging and harvesting in our garden. It wont be long till snow fly's this year.it hasn't been warm at all in fact there is still snow in the hills from last year. None of our warm weather plants did very well but the chard, beets and cooler weather crops did great lol. looks like fried green tomatoes this year lol only one has turned red and they only have about three weeks tops before first frost. its funny we have two predominate "weeds " in our garden, Mallow, and lambs quarters but both are edible and have grown like weeds this year lol so they also go in the freezer. Its crazy how much edible food gets pulled up and thrown away just because its been forgotten as a food source. I've been re wiring the house and fixing the windows for the coming winter, next month hunting season so I'm gonna be busy. I'll bet that old tractor is music to your ears lol i love to listen to them idle along while puffing along. You better put in a garden this year I hear food is going to get scarce world wide. plus you can hit some farmers markets if you have them over there. Take good care of your dad my friend and you stay safe and well also, holidays are now meant for good memories of those you love, St Patty's day kicks my ass, it was my moms favorite and she passed just a couple of days prior. She wore this cheap green plastic shot glass on beads around her neck that she would take a couple nips out of. It hangs off my bed post now and i wear it for her memory every year. God bless you and your pop my friend.

are you using something like this? How do you ensure that the edge your marking off of is straight and remains straight during the process?

i use a chalk line lol.

it was for the Smith 8 shot 22lr j frame, it should fit.

yea but this dig is super coool this place is on private ground and has been closed for years. https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/como-bluff

Como bluffs dig!!! https://bigfoot99.com/bigfoot99-news/horse-rescue-holding-fossil-dig-fundraiser/

yea i think so, I've slept since then lol.

i think i sent you this one a while back.

loved those guys!!!! 38s have been made for over 100 years lol all the modern ones have been noted, below is a model 52

oh heck yea those are awesome!!!

apply some heat with a soldering torch to the tubes only then shoot em again with the pb blaster. the heat will expand the tubes and break the rust. you may need to do it a couple of times.