"To: Oleg - I believe the leather thinning you refere to is what Joe Garrett was trying to explain to me, again, I'd need to go back to Joe on this point and your suggestion." The system, I use for truing the thickness of leather is fairly simple, but you need to be VERY cautious! I do this process on the Table Saw. Years ago, I bought a "sanding disc" from Sears. It's main function is to dimension lumber. One side is absolutely flat and the other side is at an angle. The angled side is what is used. You need to also make a jig for this, that attaches to the rip fence. Once you have everything set on the table saw, you run the strips of leather through. Sounds scary, don't it?!<G> The secret is to attach some casting line to the both ends of each strip, before you start running it through. You stand at the side of the table saw and keeping the string/leather taut, lower the sting down, in between the fence and the disc. Simply feed it through until the leather is all the way through and then lift up/out. Works great for leather key bushing stock and knuckle stock, etc. Hope that 'splains it well enough. If anyone wants the stock number of the sanding disc, (I'm pretty sure Sears still sells them.), let me know. Regards, Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G}
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