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fantastic work!!

You admit that it is easy and very possible to do so you want to make it easier? or the same easiness? or harder? sorry I don't see your point here. Maybe I'm ignorant to its value at the time of most need so I gave several of the cons of using one now give me the pros. What makes it better than a loop on a holster you use in a defensive weapon scenario? I understand the issue however I'm that way with seatbelts I don't need the extra bit of safety because I'm not planning to wreck and man all that work to buckle and unbuckle every time you want in or out. Bottom line friend is its your house paint it whatever color you want.

i found a book !!! lol you gotta check this out sewing machines to teach physics.https://ia800802.us.archive.org/34/items/mechanicsofsewin00sing/mechanicsofsewin00sing.pdf

i need that stamp

here is another valuable site The internet archive, just type leather in the search. I have been reading back issues of The leather craftsman lol. some really good info folks!!! https://archive.org/search?query=leather

I made another adjustment i was having problems with heavier thread breaking or skipping stitches, one thing i found was the needle scarf was about 1mm or maybe 2 away from the shuttle hook. I loosened up the arm and was able to get it adjusted to within maybe a .5 mm which helped considerably, it doesnt break the thread now but i still need heavier needles which are a few days out. I also filed on the foot teeth some more cleaning them up with a file to the point now they don't tear the hide, almost unnoticeable before finishing lol. A test piece i did this morning, with the tex90 and Schmetz 18 needle. it is 2 pieces total 1/4" thick each pass is about 5" long so about 30" of continuous stitching without a hiccup. I feel i could easily run this machine till the bobbin ran dry. After looking at the Schmetz needle it is chisel shaped giving an angled slot, the shaft opens up the slot nicely to get the thread through and final finishing closes them up just like hand sewing.

it does pretty darn well with this thread needle combo.

it definitely a show stopper it will be hard for folks not touch it , its awesome.

lol I have a very small 22 i carry in my pack when out in the woods. I 've always called it my bear gun when someone asks me why i call it that its too small to shoot a bear with i say " you don't have to outrun the bear you just have to outrun your whoever is with you". That's why the experts say you never go in the woods by yourself lol

One method i use is to pick and choose parts of several pattern designs to make my own new design. Take a leaf from one pattern then the flower from another until you have something that fits. I scan and print the different designs then cut out whatever pieces i want and position them into my new design then rescan it to make the new design tracing copy.

very nice i like how you used that buckle set and the contrasting colors . what leather did you use?

good women are hard to catch the best women are even harder, good luck to you and i hope you have a very hard time of it. eat your Wheaties and put on your sneakers lol.

That is one nice piece of work!!!!

I'm drooling!! but steel toed shoes for leather work ? LOL that thing rocks!!!!

LOL they should come with a diploma, signed by Rube Goldberg. Using chisels to pre-punch so you don't have to use a hand awl to do the work while hand sewing wouldn't be any different would it? The way i understand the definition of machines or tools is that they need to do the job faster and easier than without the tool while still giving equal or even better results. In this case , my parameters, faster and easier than hand sewing with equal results of any other machine doing the same chore.

that is a good idea indeed, there are always work arounds to problems and this is one of them.

lol mine they call them bunsen burners over here, had denatured alcohol, dropped it on my bedroom rug, you cant see alcohol flames just a brown burn spot on the rug getting bigger and bigger. Got my butt tanned real good for that one.

you should read up on how dangerous refined sugar really is instead, it literally kills thousands of people daily. but it tastes so yummy and is so addicting no one cares. People feed it to their kids from birth unknowingly and ignorantly creating a life long addiction to one of the greatest health problems currently on earth.

i have to laugh when i remember those chemistry sets that were sold back in the day for kids Christmas. They had all the goodies plus a Bunsen burner. Todays parents would literally freak out, all my dad told me was don't eat anything and don't burn the house down.

air brushed white I'm not to good at adding the shading and lines so it will probably be repainted a few dozen times lol. He plays different video games and does a running commentary on them his name on you tube is Dr.Z Z is for zombie. thank you it took some time. lol first i did a paper Mache mask of his whole head for the pattern then a plaster of Paris mold of his face then the cast of his face so i could form it to his facial features, it fits him like a glove lol.

thanks!!!

just like these https://www.amazon.com/Fun-Express-Metal-Bracelet-Assortment/dp/B002SPU2YY

just my old prison humor showing thru. sorry.

the kind you get when you finally OD

i doubt highly that your nail files will punch through leather as easily as the plastic they came with at least the ones over here wouldn't they have a very blunt point unlike a knife.