Rap, as for the site, I guess it can be shown here as its not a viable buisiness site at this time. There is one big problem, you gots to remember that Im not a web designer or photographer so you caint laugh now. Buisiness on a bootstrap is turning out to be harder for me than leathercraft was. Lets see iffen I can figure how to do this
http://hometown.aol.com/twomacleather/index.html Im not to proud to ask for help so if any advise or other ideas are forthcoming they would be greatly appreciated (with one stipulation, Im broke so has to be cheeep fixes).
I have used the drill press but never cared for this much and worked out my method based around the set of three diamond hole punches I used for hand sewing. At its best it was usually faster than the awl and where multiple layers were involved it was about equal, time-wise, to the awl.
As mentioned in the Marshalls new post on home made tools, I used a bench mounted electric drill for most of my power needs for a mighty long time. You can chuck in buffing bonnets, sanding drums, sanding discs, polishing heads and several outfits offer drill mountable edge slickers for use in the drill. Im considering offering the drill mount edge slicker from Weaver on my future site but do consider it as a bit pricey though.
Im retireing from my day job in about a year and will have more time for my hobby, if I can afford to keep playing. Im looking for some really big jumps in leather pricing soon due to the fuel cost issue.