fredk Report post Posted August 10, 2019 Tandy keeps an on-line digital resource of thousands of their old template/patterns, tips sheets, ideas from some of their tutors eg George Hurst. They even have digital copies of some of the Al Stohlman books and other books. Prices ranged from Free and upwards, many in the 99c and $1.99 brackets Recently I was keeping a load of these patterns and tip sheets in my 'basket'. Cost was to be about $40. I was waiting on a decent $ to £ rate before buying. Last night I went to buy them and found the system had deleted the 'basket' contents. I put the patterns I wanted back in, but the Library pages were slow in loading, up to 1 minute to change a page! But I discovered as I went along the hours [literally, hours] to go thru the Library and put the ones I wanted, plus more, was well worth it. All the patterns et ectrea are FREE, ~ as of the time I write this. (15.25 BST August 10 '19) I've no idea if this a temporary offer or what. Check it out for yourself: https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/ But remember the website is running very slow right now, but after you buy the download of the pattern is as fast as your own computer allows Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonVolkert Report post Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) The website won't even load for me Edit: Its worked took like 10min though. Thanks for the link Edited August 10, 2019 by JasonVolkert Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted August 10, 2019 Hang-on in there. Keep trying. It may be worthwhile for you I've tested my link again and its opening ok Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheilajeanne Report post Posted August 10, 2019 I spent HOURS doing this yesterday and late last night! Well worth the time it took. Being retired has its advantages...lol! My one regret was all the previous downloads I paid good money for were now available for FREE! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted August 10, 2019 yeah but, no but, yeah but. . . . . look how many more you can get for nowt. I'm now adding up a list of pages which were on the extreme verge of interest but worth getting now I think it took me about 5 hours last night. Started about just after 22:00 hrs and ended shortly after 03:00 this morn Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JLSleather Report post Posted August 10, 2019 Sure enough -- it says free. Gotta be a glitch, I'll check later to see how long it takes 'em to shut this off Some of these I bought THREE TIMES... years ago in paper form. Then again when some of this was stolen. Then again when they became available in digital. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted August 10, 2019 19 minutes ago, JLSleather said: Gotta be a glitch No glitch! Celebrating Tandy's 100 year anniversary and 100 years since Al Stohlman's birthday. Website is sure slow, but it is working. Server has reset a couple times while I've been putting stuff into my basket and checking it out. It recovered without losing anything. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted August 10, 2019 18 minutes ago, Northmount said: . . . Celebrating Tandy's 100 year anniversary and 100 years since Al Stohlman's birthday. . . Well, thank you Mr Tandy. I do like a lot of their patterns and tip sheets Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allotment17 Report post Posted August 10, 2019 Thank you for the heads up Fred and a big thank you to Tandy. I've downloaded some of the books I have had my eye on for a while and a few patterns too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riem Report post Posted August 10, 2019 Thanks also for the heads up! I've availed myself of a ton of ebooks and patterns which I would otherwise not have been able to afford! Very generous of Tandy to make this available. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rleather Report post Posted August 10, 2019 fredk you are awesome ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted August 10, 2019 Just finished downloading another load of files. 110 done so far. I'll be printing out a portion of the pages, Thats gonna cost me! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AA3JW Report post Posted August 10, 2019 Thanks for the heads up. Just finished downloading and saving a bunch of the patterns. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomWisc Report post Posted August 11, 2019 Thanks for the tip, Fred! I am downloading and printing a few books now. I resurrected an old black & white laser printer that has been gathering dust for 5 years and plugged it in and away we go! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JasonVolkert Report post Posted August 11, 2019 @fredk Thanks for posting this. I got some awesome stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haellyn Report post Posted August 11, 2019 Thank you for sharing! I'm downloading everything I can. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akguy59 Report post Posted August 12, 2019 Thanks for the tip, I just got 6 books I've been eyeballing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugadude Report post Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/10/2019 at 9:27 AM, fredk said: Tandy keeps an on-line digital resource of thousands of their old template/patterns, tips sheets, ideas from some of their tutors eg George Hurst. They even have digital copies of some of the Al Stohlman books and other books. Prices ranged from Free and upwards, many in the 99c and $1.99 brackets Recently I was keeping a load of these patterns and tip sheets in my 'basket'. Cost was to be about $40. I was waiting on a decent $ to £ rate before buying. Last night I went to buy them and found the system had deleted the 'basket' contents. I put the patterns I wanted back in, but the Library pages were slow in loading, up to 1 minute to change a page! But I discovered as I went along the hours [literally, hours] to go thru the Library and put the ones I wanted, plus more, was well worth it. All the patterns et ectrea are FREE, ~ as of the time I write this. (15.25 BST August 10 '19) I've no idea if this a temporary offer or what. Check it out for yourself: https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/ But remember the website is running very slow right now, but after you buy the download of the pattern is as fast as your own computer allows Thanks so much for the heads-up Fred! I downloaded three projects and two Stohlman books and it only took me a couple of minutes. Perhaps the website had lower volume this morning. At any rate, I appreciate Tandy offering this to us for free and for your pointing it out to us! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugadude Report post Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/10/2019 at 9:27 AM, fredk said: Tandy keeps an on-line digital resource of thousands of their old template/patterns, tips sheets, ideas from some of their tutors eg George Hurst. They even have digital copies of some of the Al Stohlman books and other books. Prices ranged from Free and upwards, many in the 99c and $1.99 brackets Recently I was keeping a load of these patterns and tip sheets in my 'basket'. Cost was to be about $40. I was waiting on a decent $ to £ rate before buying. Last night I went to buy them and found the system had deleted the 'basket' contents. I put the patterns I wanted back in, but the Library pages were slow in loading, up to 1 minute to change a page! But I discovered as I went along the hours [literally, hours] to go thru the Library and put the ones I wanted, plus more, was well worth it. All the patterns et ectrea are FREE, ~ as of the time I write this. (15.25 BST August 10 '19) I've no idea if this a temporary offer or what. Check it out for yourself: https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/ But remember the website is running very slow right now, but after you buy the download of the pattern is as fast as your own computer allows Thanks so much for the heads-up Fred! I downloaded three projects and two Stohlman books and it only took me a couple of minutes. Perhaps the website had lower volume this morning. At any rate, I appreciate Tandy offering this to us for free and for your pointing it out to us! I just flipped through the Stohlman book on making leather cases and it is fantastic. So glad to have known about this! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ABHandmade Report post Posted August 12, 2019 Many thanks for info, @fredk! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoutmom103 Report post Posted August 12, 2019 Thank you for sharing this info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maxdaddy Report post Posted August 13, 2019 Thanks for the heads-up on this! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartee Report post Posted August 13, 2019 Thank you! Just downloaded a "few" things Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted August 15, 2019 On 8/13/2019 at 9:16 AM, Smartee said: Just downloaded a "few" things Yes, 984 files! Now how to index all the items so I can find them! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartee Report post Posted August 15, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Northmount said: Yes, 984 files! Now how to index all the items so I can find them! Tom I hear ya! There's still a "few" more I'd like to download but haven't had the time! I did do a printout of what I downloaded so at least I know which ones I have. 7 pages worth Edited August 15, 2019 by Smartee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
