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About DwightT
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Male
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Location
Meridian, ID
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Interests
Travel, Motorcycle touring, Gardening, Keeping SWMBO happy.
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Leatherwork Specialty
None. Just noodling around to see what drops out.
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Leather cases
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How did you find leatherworker.net?
Stumbled on it while searching for info on some of my old tools
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With nothing else to do I finally got around to it ......
DwightT replied to Gezzer's topic in Show Off!!
My wife just pointed out that I shouldn't give one to my son. I should give it to his wife. /dwight -
FWIW: I've made a couple guitar straps for friends and family. I used Crazy Horse leather for the liner, then just burnished the edges as normal. The Crazy Horse and Veg-tan burnish together just fine. /dwight
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Well since fire conditions are decades in the making, I seriously doubt that it's any one administration at fault. Thanks. It's actually glazed pig skin. Makes for pretty decent wallet liners. It's kind of stiff at first, but loosens up over time. I made a small wallet for my wife entirely out of the stuff and it's working out quite well for her. /dwight
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With nothing else to do I finally got around to it ......
DwightT replied to Gezzer's topic in Show Off!!
Great idea. I'm going to have to make one for my son since he never finishes anything. Just as soon as I get one.... /dwight -
Thanks. Thanks. We have a fairly decent air filter on the house HVAC system, so if I keep the fan running to circulate the air through it we typically aren't too bad in the house. However the Air Quality Index hit 202 this morning, which is very unhealthy for everyone. It may be time to run away and try to find some cleaner air. /dwight
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DwightT started following Another wallet
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Hi all - Been gone awhile dealing with life stuff. But with the heat outside lately combined with the smoke from the wildfires all around us, my wife and I have been fairly cooped up inside for a while. To keep from going completely stir crazy, I decided to make myself a new wallet since the one I did last year didn't quite have enough card pockets. I took the pattern from that one and made it a little longer, then added an insert to hold my license and insurance info. The nice part with that is that I can pull the insert out and only take that if all I need is my license and insurance.
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If you are only going to do a few things as a hobby, my recommendation would be to just learn about hand stitching. It's really not that difficult, and there is a bit of a Zen aspect that comes once you get in to it. /dwight
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Wow. That is just phenomenal!!! So this was originally posted 7 years ago. Do you still it? How has it held up over time? How about a couple of current photos if possible? /dwight
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I would imagine that a holster that incorporated RFID fabric would only have the fabric on one side between the phone and the body. The phone would still be able to receive signals from the uncovered side. However I doubt how effective that would be. The radio waves from the cell phone would still spread out around the holster, so the protection would probably be minimal. /dwight
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Perfect. I can run with that and make one specific to my phone. Thanks. Wow. That went fast. They just announced the availability of the mesh less than a week ago. If it went that quickly I'm sure they will be bringing in some more, so you might want to keep checking back. /dwight
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Personally, I use a Champagne cork. The bigger knob on the one end is easier to hold on to. /dwight
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I'm not sure how well it would work for cell signals, but Rocky Mountain Leather Supply has some RFID Blocking fabric that might be worth looking at for this: https://www.rmleathersupply.com/products/rfid-blocking-thin-fabric-0-1-mm-self-adhesive-back?_pos=1&_psq=RFID&_ss=e&_v=1.0 /dwight
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Those are gorgeous. The tooling is excellent and I love the design of the holster itself. Any chance that you would have some patterns available? /dwight
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To make my tools more comfortable, I've been using wine corks (I have an endless supply). I just drill an appropriate sized hole through the center and push it onto the tool. Usually that is all I need, but I have had a couple where I had to add a drop of glue to keep it from sliding down. /dwight
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Welcome to the forum. Where in Idaho? If you are close to Meridian I may have to come over and let you show me your Singer. /dwight