Kim went out to run a bunch of errands today and I worked on
finishing up a leather project. In the
middle of the project she calls me, she locked her keys in the car. Well this was the time to try out a
technique I saw on the book of faces or somewhere else on the wild weird
web. The technique was to call someone
that had your spare set of keys with the remote. The person with the locked car would then hold the phone near the
door of the car while the person with the spare remote pressed it. It was supposed to open the locked
door. Supposed to. Maybe I did something wrong. Next thing to do was go get it unlocked for
her, 25 miles away.
A little over an hour later I'm back home trying to finish
the project. Smashed my finger trying
to set a rivet on leather that was to thick for that type rivet. Still smarts. Anyway, the rifle bolt carrier is finished.
Learned some things on this. Use the right thickness leather. I thought I could make a good solid feeling
carrier with a heavier piece of leather.
It wasn't necessary at all really.
Thinner would have worked just fine and I wouldn't have smashed my
stupid finger or stupidly smashed my finger.
He wanted a clip for the belt instead of a loop. It is attached with one rivet, so it will swivel on the rivet. I don't particularly like that. The rivets and snap also prevented the lacing from being the entire length of that side. It's like that anytime I work on a project that is new to me, one I
haven't done before. There are some
things I would do different. I still
have concerns about the fit since I didn't have the actual bolt it will be used
for. But when it comes down to it,
that's his problem. I am pretty sure it
will be just fine, not perfect but it will work.
The billing from my surgery started arriving this week. Thank goodness for good insurance,
whew. Will get those settled up pretty
quick so we don't have to worry about them anymore.
Tomorrow I may take a trip into town. I want to try to make my own caldo de
res. The weather is perfect for
it. Need to start making a list of things
I want in it.
Happy Trails
1 comment:
That is NICE! :-)
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