As an alternative to hand skiving the edges of straps to create swells for bridles, I wanted to see if my bottom feed bell skiver could do it to save time (10 sec versus 30 min) and produce a consistent thickness.  Think I am closing in on a solution.  I am using 9-10 oz bridle leather and thinning the edges to about 3 oz thickness.  This is a fairly steep taper on leather that is thicker than typical for a bell skiver. First thing was to improve the feed of thick leather through the machin