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nice sling indeed and a nice firearm. Oh yea you will be hooked in no time just making goodies for your guns.

i like your hat. what weight leather? And did you put a wire in the brim?

lol you have been thinking about this for awhile.

yup what Dwight said!! My pair also has no elastic you don't need it if they fit right. your tooling is out of this world btw.

we are all fine now the blower motor came in and the wind died down a bit but its coming back, 80% chance of snow with 40 mph winds gusting to 60. these winds are pretty common for this area in fact its one of the windiest places in the states and right in the center of wind turbine hell. They are planning on installing thousands of turbines here and none of the power for Wyoming its all going to Nevada and California.

i had several different shop classes that set it in stone but where i really learned it was basic math class long before shop class. Geometry was a hands on learning experience back in the day using these tools to draw the answers.

I hear you there. I guess us old timers forget that we were actually taught to use a pencil, compass, square and ruler in grade school, jr high and high school. Spent my whole working career learning and relearning computer programs, operating systems and I don't miss that one bit.

was sitting here this morning drinking my first cup o coffee and heard glass breaking, the friggin wind 60 mph gusts blew out one of my windows in the kitchen. mad rush to cut a piece of plywood and put it up before my house filled with snow lol.

that's really to bad I don't have to update it then relearn how it works, don't have to pay for using the extra features, and the makers never make a new app and quit maintaining the old one so i don't have to re-buy, the whole set was way under 20 bucks, doesn't need a cloud to save it or a printer to go with it.

fedex is our nightmare. No office in town a small drop box at the local truck stop. And always late I'm two days after the first delivery date now waiting for a blower motor for my furnace. usually the packages go right through town to get to the hub then back again. Had one go through town three times before it landed on our doorstep.

all your work is fantastic and a real pleasure to see.

Wyoming is cold and windy, we have already seen -20f here this year. the friggin blower motor went out on my furnace three days ago. We are heating our house with propane heaters so its above 65 lol. Sounds like you have a plan. I'm still working on a few gifts but have slowed down a bit. Hunting season was a rough one so I've been slow getting back in the groove. hand sewing round stuff is pretty easy if its big enough to get the needle in side lol, last one i did i had to cut a set of needles off to get them to work.

he's been confused since 2019, poor guy.

I don't want to get political either but I'm afraid its to late. Gubmnets are cutting beef production radically as well as farming. It was all written years ago in agenda 21 as well as the paris climate accord. Yes its not a "conspiracy theory" its real and a lot of people were just to stupid to realize they were wrong and now to stubborn to admit it..https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/11/21/germany-cutting-back-meat-production-to-fight-global-warming-n512518

i use a pencil, paper and some measuring tools, ruler ,compass etc.

that is awesome!!

drill the radius corners with a hole saw spade bit or some such then you have options on what saw you will need. tape your formica or it will blow out. If enough room between holes you can use a circular saw. Coping saw will also work but your right a jig saw would be best. Or you can use a router also which may be the case if you need those tabs at the corners or a lip to hold up your machine.

man i love those lil fellers

LOL just google treadle sewing machine belt there are tons of places that sell them.

lol walmart has them for ten bucks https://www.walmart.com/ip/72-Leather-Belt-For-All-Treadle-Sewing-Machines-1-4-Wide/864244129?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=4182&adid=22222222222000000000&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=e&wl1=s&wl2=c&wl3=10352200394&wl4=pla-1103028060075&wl5=&wl6=&wl7=&wl10=Walmart&wl11=Online&wl12=864244129_10000004311&wl14=treadle+machine+belts&veh=sem&msclkid=96f6d41a5bd812ff23aab79ef8bc0d23&gclsrc=ds

oh that is cool great job on both!! I love old steel!!

cant you just take one you bought and make one? mine have all converted to round through routine sharpening.

i have laughed a lot at guys boo boo's but never at kidney stones. The words just make me cringe my wife went through them one time and i learned pretty quickly not laugh. My brother fell out of tree stand one time I didn't even make over to him before i was rolling on the ground the sounds alone cracked me up, ahhh shiiiit, ooof, branches breaking, more branches breaking, dull thud, branches landing. There he was flat on his back planted about 4 inches deep in the soft ground just like the cartoons lol, bow, arrows ,gun, and lots of branches all over him. Crap I'm laughing just remembering that one. I 've had my share too some day ill tell about my worst ever ultra super weggie and done by my very own loving wife.

not if you only slot the top piece and put your handle end between the inner and outer layers. Both pieces will be sewn together and riveted so little strength will be lost.

if they are then that's a good thing, mine are too but they are still dogs with a mind of thier own. The rivets will work if installed correctly. The way you have them installed puts all the connection force on the head of the rivet instead of the post. The way its done in the manuals is by creating a slot in your collar , run your handle through the slot and then rivet it to the underside of your collar this makes the pull pressure on the shaft of the rivet instead of on the heads and the leather then cant pull out over the head or break it off. it also makes for a more finished look, you can also embed the strap end between your liner and outer piece.