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Looks better with the repair!

Yeah, I did it all to be sure. It may be something with my provider, actually. I'm near the Canadian border but my wifi IP resolves to NYC. Usually it resolves to Portland, ME (still a long ways away). EDIT: And now it's working. Just took a while to get to the boonies. Which is the way we like it ...

That works on the wifi but throws a privacy error. No problem for me to use the hotspot. There could be a lot of people wondering why they can't connect.

5PM Saturday and the DNS change still hasn't propagated to the frozen, far northeastern US. Having to use my phones hotspot.

Interesting. Do you see where you went bleed knot / blood knot? I think leather crafting has been around so long and practiced in such widely spread out places that we'll never really have an authoritative list of terms.

No, the inbox is empty. Maybe that'll resolve in time, too.

On the house wifi, leatherlady.net times out. Reconnect to the phone hotspot and leatherleady forwards direct to leatherworker. It'll be interesting to see how long the changes take to propagate to the hinterlands.

Solid, clean work with nice little details. I can't wait to see your future work.

Hmmm. I can't get on the site with my laptop on my wifi but my phone accesses it just fine. I was not logged out, at least on the phone. I did all the usual reboot, flush cache, etc. No luck with the laptop. Any ideas? My plan now is to wait and see if it clears up overnight. EDIT: If I turn my phone hotspot on and connect the laptop, I'm on leatherworker just fine. Must be something to do with the DNS change and me being in the wilderness. I bet it clears up in time.

@tbraley23, Are they leather tools? If so, maybe you'd like to post their contact information over in the Suppliers section. A quick internet search didn't turn up any obvious sources. https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/21-suppliers/

Very interesting. Another thing on my list to try...

Wow. Pretty glam stuff, all the way around.

Bumped into this one tonight. @Stewart, I recall that you've stopped leatherworking, but we're still enjoying your posts. Hope all is well!

That may be as easy as anything. The top piece would then have to be shrunk a little and the stitching holes re-aligned. I've worked with a couple of hat patterns like this one and the hole count is critical. I've used 1/8" craft foam sheets to mock up patterns. This looks like a perfect use case.

Well, that's similar to the way I've seen sewing patterns altered. Did you try just making a straight across cut? It looks like the top half is now wider than the bottom but that just makes no sense ... Definitely following this one.

That is a really nice and well crafted item. Very inspiring.

@Timmmm I deleted your duplicate, identical post. You must have hit post twice and it had no replies anyway.

A quick search for "20x1 sewing machine needles" will turn up plenty of choices. One of my machines came with about 50, so I'm pretty well set. I think the difference is about 1/8" in length. One trick is to snip a small piece of refrigerator magnet and insert it into the hole in the needle bar. Essentially, what you did.

Congrats on a pretty cool old machine. I have a couple of New Homes that look identical. If memory serves, mine date to 1890 something and the other to 190x something. You may luck out and use standard sewing machine needles, or you could need 20x1. Mine use the latter.

FEIW, I haven't had bonded nylon take stain. I think you're going to have to experiment with your specific thread.

I'd like to buy one unassembled and put it together.

Based on that, one very common machine to study up on would be a Consew 206RB5. There are tons of other machines in that range that are almost the exact same. Singer 111W, for example, to name just 1. Most will sew up to v138 thread, some 207. With some luck, you could score a used machine in the $500 range. New, you'd be about 3+ times that. Plenty, plenty of other types and styles of machine would fit your stated need. This is just a suggested starting point to maybe focus your search.

Yeah, a lot of us start out thinking we can use a domestic. And, to a limited extent, sometimes we can. 2 years later, I have 5 industrial machines... <sigh> Clear out a space and start saving your pocket change.

Go to the stickies for this subforum and read The Type of Machine You Need To Sew Leather. After that you'll have a much better idea what you should be looking for. I'll add that shoes are a whole different animal to most leather working. Oh, and in addition to your primary anticipated use, consider your heaviest anticipated use. A garment machine, for instance, probably isn't going to be any use for a knife sheath. EDIT: actually, here's a thread asking about that very machine. Might be worth reaching out to that member for their experience.

The fold over will push out of the way. That last bit is certainly stitched by hand. Look at the stitches - you can see evidence at the very top on the front view. Also whatever is going on about 5 stitches above the screw on the back view. No question in my mind.