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thank you my friend!! My mom loved St. patty's day, she had a green plastic necklace with a shot glass on it she wore every year, she didn't use it really. She passed two days before Patty's day. I wear it every year now and have a shot for her and myself. That old BBQ is a classic better than what you can buy now. Enjoy life !!

thank you!!! prayers are what pulled her through this ordeal. God is great!

Hang in there my friend and enjoy a meal made just for yourself your mum would say so too I'll bet. I've been staying with my daughter who had emergency surgery, thought she was dead, she was in the hospital 28 days and me 12 by her side. I'll be off and on as she is home now but still needs our help. I almost missed springtime lol the grass is a foot tall in my yard. Stay safe love your dad and bbq for mum.

not trying to color anything for anyone I'm just trying to make you see that tool is unsafe at best. Like the signs(others posted) say a lost eye or missing body is much more unpleasant than I will ever make your day with a few words. But hopefully you will take heed and at least listen to them. i can only judge your abilities by what you put out there but above and beyond that I've taught hundreds of illiterate inmates how to use every tool imaginable. I never once told one of them to just give it go with a power tool without proper training. I'm sorry if your offended but i cant with good conscience tell you or anyone on the planet for that matter that hopping onto this machine without training is a good idea. As you admit not having any experience with any tools above the few leather tools you have bought especially power tools of this nature. I have no problem staying out of your threads. ignore button is your friend as it is mine. Good luck

Thanks mine is too, thinking up the design sometimes takes days lol Orchid drew this with a stylus right on the leather, other than the letters being kinda wonky she made few mistakes. She routinely sketches with a pen, how does a person do that without erasing lol?? thanks friend

thank you it was great fun working together and I couldn't have done it justice lol. she spent four hours painting it.

thanks you yes her thing is really digital art work she can draw some really cool stuff.

lol thanks yea i had to put on the bifocals to see how far she went.

thanks guys!! thanks !!

Someone loses an eye and the first thing the lawyers will ask is who told you to run this with absolutely no experience. I didn't pay 30 years on my house to give it away. Although I don't doubt a persons ability to learn to use a dangerous tool all i have to go on is what they write, if they say they cant do this or that or have no experience then I'm not going to suggest they just jump in and get er done. I try to err on caution and safety. A buffer is one of those tools I feel you need hands on teaching. If it hurts a feeling waah to bad I don't care but that person isn't going to be physically hurt because i told them to do something they don't have the skill set for.

thanks guys it was her first attempt she did well i think.

My daughter drew this out last year and then forgot about it. I was bored so grabbed it the other day and did the knife work and tooling for her then she colored it using only red, blue, green and yellow dyes. She mixed the colors herself even the dark brown is made with those four colors. I can tell you if you want an exercise in the swivel knife and some good practice then send her a chunk of leather lol I about went cross eyed.

Awesome idea! a guy could set that in a handle you could whack with a mallet then you wouldn't need two.

Thanks guys sometimes we forget some folks just don't know and when we suggest learning to use dangerous tools or harmful chemicals we should always also think of the safety measures and acknowledge those as well. an open wheeled buffer is possibly the most dangerous tool in the shop mainly because it just doesn't look dangerous, mine stuck a knife blank three inches into the wall. Working inmates my whole life I've seen my share of stoopid accidents as well none are fun some are deadly.

Learning is a good thing and why we are all here. I was only making a point, you actually used all those negatives yourself in the thread to several folks who take the time to offer you the knowledge you ask for. When you do this to some "old timers" they say well then figure it out yourself and quit helping . A simple thanks for the suggestion is much nicer than a silly excuse for not acknowledging the suggestions. NUf said for me too.

I will add the bobbin base and the arm length are both fundamental to timing the machine. Bobbin base location and the two bolts are what can alter the timing but its pretty easy to time them if some thing does go wrong.

check in this order!!!! take out the bobbin and see if that is stuck take out the bobbin holder with a pair of tweezers see if that is stuck, replace it in exactly the same position it came out it there should be a plate under the arm and bobbin it has the bobbin base pin attached to it, take it off and see what you can then if you still don't see what's hanging it up it may be necessary to take off the arm. take it off by removing the three bolts underneath the arm and take it off. last thing is if you do have to take off the bobbin shaft from the bearing block then mark the location of those two bolts( shown as left of the bearing in the pictures) before you loosen them so you can maintain the timing of the machine.

i would suggest you start here! lol leather machines break the bank its very hard to get around but buying the one you need sure will go a long way.

That is cool ! you might try resolene it is a leather sealer. It may harden or change the color of the case a bit so definitely try it or any product you go with on a something else similar before committing.

i think it looks good and will look better when finished, practice will make it better. To me I can never tell if tooling looks good until its stained and finished

i'll re post my thoughts have you tried them? 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. if the wheel wont move then the bobbin shaft or something inside the arm is jammed up. ok if the bearing and shaft its connected to wont move freely back and forth then you have a problem inside the arm. the bearing isn't the problem you should be able to easily move it back and forth. you are going to have to take it apart to figure out what is jammed up.

Sometimes ya gotta add up the pros and cons. Dont know how to polish. cant boil water, cant remember simple tasks with dangerous chemicals, no knowledge of power tools, don't have the time to learn how to use or apply either one properly. The pros are ? you may end up with a shiny old tool. I would strongly suggest you leave this job to professionals no chemical you use or apply is going to allow for your inability to remember what you are doing. And then add on learning to polish, seriously please don't go near a buffer without someone to show you.

Another bucket list project for the future That is very cool work. If you had round stock and a little better jig it would take minutes to make one

awesome work my friend!! that brass buckle is above and beyond cool.

i may have to make another knife now lol.