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Simple maybe, beautiful definitely! Your diamond treatment is slick!

There seem to be any size that you want in my browsing experience. Price depends on the blade spec but less than $6.00 USD for my 50 mm diameter blades and they're 1 mm thick. Sorry for the delay in responding, I'm not sure that I received a notification...

Happy 2025 Tastech! Yes I've sorted this machine out to my liking! Proper thread, thread lube and new awl and needle with a bit of fiddling. I'll never get tired of this machine, it is an industrial work of art so to speak. I have yet to make my first pair of boots but I am picking away at that as well. Too many projects, too lazy at times... Last summer I bought a Landis 5 in 1 to compliment this Model 12 F. It needed a casting repair and a restoration as well and it now looks great. I figured out how to sharpen the stock cutter but imagined a cutter set up using replaceable circular cutters so I machined a new drive shaft and after a couple of attempts have an outboard cutter that can be changed out for a fresh sharp on in seconds. Worth the trouble? Maybe not but it scratched an itch for me! I would love to see some of your footwear if you didn't mind posting some pics!