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Well, Boss Lady has the bots that register to spam us pretty well down. For the moment ... Posting activity here of late has been pretty quiet, even with a steady trickle of new users registering. Even a few short years ago when I first joined there was so much activity, it was hard to keep up. Maybe it's just seasonal. I don't know, maybe after 20 years, most of the questions have been answered.

I would call Toledo Industrial Sewing Machines. They had some small, obscure parts I needed a while back. None of it is listed on their website.

For that much money, it better do the sewing for me...

This morning, there are 602 "Users Online", of which 6 are logged in. This isn't at all uncommon. I know some of that is going to be bot traffic but how do we get the 99% to actually sign up, log in and post something?? I hate to suggest one of those "Log In With ..." buttons. I have no idea how much of your soul you give up to have one on your website. But if it gets people to engage instead of lurk ... This place is the best archive of Leathercraft on the net. And it's not subject to some petulant techie or CEO deleting things.

At $650 the 205 isn't some screaming bargain. Lay low, hold out for a 206 class machine. Have more than you need, rather than need more than you have.

Welcome aboard. Try a bleed knot. Simple and satisfying: https://www.instructables.com/Bleed-Knot-Leather-Keychain/

@Cranky, this is a pretty old post. Are you still looking? If no response in a day or so, we probably should archive this one. @briar, maybe you'd like to list that nice machine in our classified section and move it along to a new home? Cranky hasn't been here in a long time.

@keenbean, this sounds like a classic case of "no one machine can do it all" and at least you recognize that fact. You're talking about buying a machine that'll be working right at the upper end of it's capability. No room for growth, no room for one more layer. And given the fact that you're apparently working with found materials, who knows what you might run into? You need 2 machines. One in the range you're talking about and one in the 441 clone range. At least that's what it looks like from here. You'll probably need a bigger shop to put it all in, too. Hey, it's easy spending someone else's money ... 💸💸

Appreciate it, there's no giant rush. They all look pretty closely related so not real reason not to list them together. It's up to you, really. Your edit window has closed on the above post. You can either add a reply to this thread and I'll kill these couple of posts so the info immediately follows the original post, or create another post(s) and I'll kill this thread. I'll keep an eye out for how you proceed. Meanwhile, we'll leave this thread here so you get exposure. Let me know how I can help.

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Kinda makes me wish I needed a notebook.

Simplicity. Very nice.

Maybe some variation on that hot foil stamping thing we see on here?

That one is very, very cool. A version that would fit on a ball cap would be just the ticket. Maybe on an oval.

Congrats. It's always gratifying to get them sewing again.