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Singer 7466 lost timing
Does anyone know how to reset the timing on a Singer 7466?
It lost timing the other day while my wife was trying to sew fabric too thick for the machine. After that the needle was coming down at the wrong time and would impact the bottom of the…
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Glue river rock to canvas
Looking for the best glue to use for placing river rocks on painted stretched canvas?
Since the rocks have a little weight, I want something that can hold them as the finished product will hang on a wall. I don't want to use a glue gun as I want…
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How to fix or remove a stuck cone shape airbrush nozzle
The issue happened to many airbrushes using cone shaped nozzles: badger 175.
I tried putting it into fire and the freezer, but none of those methods worked.
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How to draw eyes shape - more-or-less formal algorithm
What is the shape of an eye like exactly?
I am learning to draw (portrait in pencil, front face view).
Occasionally and intuitively I can draw an eye correctly (real-like), but I cannot explain how even to myself.
Yes, I understand it is some…
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Why does my Cricut cut some images in the right place, and some off to the left?
I'm trying to do print and cut stickers and some don't work out.
I've attached two examples — the one with the flag always comes out perfect, but the illustrations with the white outlines always come out offset, even if I try to cut them without the…
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Loomis head construction from extreme angles
I am practising the head construction based on Loomis method but finding it difficult to draw the extreme angles, and the neck placement on them, so, I haven't moved to the facial features yet. I have bought Loomis's book “Drawing head and hands"…
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What is the name of that type of cap?
The other day, I was watching The Office and noticed Jim's cap. I would like to find the name of that type of cap to make one of my own. Unfortunately, it's near to impossible to find a pattern when you don't know the name of the model you are…
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Are you supposed to remove the sheets from oil painting pads?
I had my first go at oil painting on the weekend.I was given some basic beginner supplies for Christmas. This included a "Belle Vous" Oil Painting Pad with 12 sheets. I thoroughly enjoyed my first go using a wet-on-wet style but was taken by…
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My sewing machine is accelerating for an unknown reason
My Toyota SFT39 (RS2000 3D Series, 2012) sewing machine has suddenly started accelerating at top speed no matter how gentle I am on the foot pedal. I opened up the foot pedal and can’t see anything wrong.
Can anyone help me troubleshoot?
It was…
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What else can be used as flux instead of borax for silver casting?
I am new to jewelry. I would like to try casting silver (pure) in so called green sand. In my research I see that it is recommended to use some sort of flux while melting silver. The most popular and widely available without a doubt is borax (sodium…
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How to naturally fade very colorful paper?
Does anyone know how/if you can fade the color from pages in for example old guidebooks with very strong colored photos? - and without using any chemicals.
I’ve tried using sandpaper or a hard brush, but it smudges the colors more than ideal, and…
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Is it possible to make a collapsible origami bellow/sleeve without using glue?
Is it possible to make a collapsible origami bellow/sleeve without using glue? I am interested in that because i want to make a plunger engine that would use such a sleeve made of fiberglass sealed with tar. Any use of glue is precluded cause it…
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Preserving paper stickers long term
I'm going to frame a few old video game cartridges in a box frame for art and preservation.
I got the idea from a few posts I've seen online of others who have done the same:
I'm going use a sheet of foam and cut out the squares for the…
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How can I dye MDF?
I have a bunch of sheets of 2mm-thick MDF that I'd like to dye black for use as a guitar headstock overlay. Since this would typically be laminated to the headstock and then trimmed flush, its colour should be through-and-through.
One idea I have is…
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Golden glue - DIY Kintsugi?
To repair a ceramic doll and a cup, I would like to apply Kintsugi.
"Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending
the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold,
silver, or platinum".…
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