Hello all, I have a bit of a leather working conundrum.  I am making a functional respirator mask,  and the center seam is a curved V that I want to stitch edge to edge.  I'm planning to use a cross stitch, but everything I've found demonstrating this only shows, and even talks about, using this method with two separate panels with a strait edge.I have seen finished examples of what I'm planning to do, so I think it should work, but I want to make sure I'm not going down the wrong path before I…See More

Has anyone heard of something called and "Amazon Bitter"?There is a local ice-cream and soda shop that has a notably anacronistic angle to it, and the owner asked me if I could help him find some information on them.  And where one might find them.Thank you.See More

This is the classic game where whosoever the last poster on this site is wins....to quote the long lamented Steampunk Empire......Either way I win anyway....To paraphrase the Baroness keep it clean sharp and pithy !!See More

Welcome to the Congregation of Gears, a group dedicated to helping those find the light of machinery. We promote fair and proper usage of technology.See More

A group dedicated to the limitless interests of those men and women who enjoy horticulture, pipe tobacco, tobacco pipes, quality cigars, tobacconists and literature related to the same.  In the end, the world can be divided into two segments - its all either agricultural or mechanical.   Mad scientists, crazed inventors, Hungarians and authors are also welcome. See More