Members Anne Bonnys Locker Posted April 20, 2011 Members Report Posted April 20, 2011 Hi all, Darren here from sunny Australia. As a kid I lived in the Sydney suburb of Botany, a place redolent with the smell of tanneries so I used to muck around with small leather projects such as key fobs and my own archery accessories. My interest has been drawn back to leather by a strange path. I opened a vintage and antique furniture store and through my partner was drawn into the world of vintage sewing machines. Two years later I started importing a hand crank machine modelled on the old Bradbury shoe patcher. This has led to a lot of enquiries for reasonably priced leather machines - mostly from people who want hand crank or treadle! So now I find my days filled with selling my ABLE 290 and my days off spent experimenting with modern interpretations of hand and treadle driven machines. Naturally this has resparked my interest working with leather so I am now planning a few projects for "trials" purposes on these machines. It is a great thing when you can mix business with pleasure. Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted April 20, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted April 20, 2011 Ah, so you're having a relapse in your addiction......Welcome to Leatherworker.net! Or I guess maybe I should write it this way: We've several members from the land of Foster's, I'm sure you'll find them on here. Quote
Ambassador leatheroo Posted April 20, 2011 Ambassador Report Posted April 20, 2011 Welcome Darren, from Geelong Victoria Quote
Members cem Posted April 21, 2011 Members Report Posted April 21, 2011 Welcome Darren from a West Aussie. Cheers, Clair Quote
Members TapTapTap Posted April 23, 2011 Members Report Posted April 23, 2011 Welcome mate from the NSW Central Coast. Taptaptap Quote
Members JasonGwiazda Posted May 13, 2011 Members Report Posted May 13, 2011 G'Day mate from South Australia! Quote
Members 99Reza Posted May 20, 2011 Members Report Posted May 20, 2011 G'Day from sunny Queensland. Quote
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