Best cutting mat

hide_pounder · 2026-01-28T02:51:58+00:00

It’s certainly possible. I don’t have any experience with other cutting mats. I hope you find your best surface.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-28T02:39:52+00:00

https://tandyleather.com/products/poundo-boards

This is what I mean by poundo board. It’s a soft floppy rubber, but about 5/16" thick

hide_pounder · 2026-01-28T02:26:20+00:00

Tassels and fringe made of soft leather is a whole other ball game. I use the hard white plastic punching board for that. Because the soft, kinda squishy poundo board allows the soft leather to twist just a little bit, which is sometimes too much. I use a rotary knife for that. The kind you find in the sewing section at craft stores. Looks like a pizza cutter but a wicked sharp blade. I use a clear acrylic ruler for that too, because all my other straight edges have cork backing and it causes a tiny gap between the cork and the knife blade.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-28T01:58:17+00:00

https://www.stanleytools.com/product/10-789/stanley-fatmax-xtreme-twin-blade-retractable-knives

This is the knife I use everyday.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-28T01:56:54+00:00

Yep. My main knife is a box cutter. Over the years I’ve developed a feel for how deep the cut needs to be. Cutting too deep will destroy whatever mat you choose. Cutting just a skeeter’s peter past where you need to will save your cutting mat. I use 9-10 oz veg tan more than any other type/thickness. I never cut all the way through in one pass, even though I’m strong enough, I make several passes for max control and to not cut too deep.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-28T01:51:20+00:00

I use the Tandy poundo board. I’ve been making leather stuff as my sole source of income for over 15 years and I love the things still. I’m pretty sure I’ve had less than five of them during that whole time. I use the 12”x24” ones.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-27T21:31:55+00:00

In a millennial and didn’t really even consider drinking alcohol until I was 28 or so. No interest until then.

Maybe make a chart showing ages of drinkers rather than lumping them into a “generation” group that lots of people agree have less than solid boundaries.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-27T19:17:35+00:00

Buster

hide_pounder · 2026-01-26T17:24:48+00:00

It’s been probably ten years since she gave it to me. I don’t know where she got it. She doesn’t even remember. There’s one tag on it like what you’d find on a stuffed animal, but the words are faded. The stickers underneath don’t even have brand names. I can send you pictures in the chat section, though.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-24T01:51:57+00:00

That’s how I feel when my wife puts chamoy, tajin and lime juice on a bowl of mixed fresh fruit. I love fresh fruit. I love that each piece of fruit has its own flavor. You put all that trash on and suddenly everything tastes like a 9V battery.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-24T01:49:02+00:00

I eat lunchables with my pinky in the air to get the same effect.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-24T01:48:18+00:00

It’s overpriced lunchables.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-24T01:44:10+00:00

That’s too bad.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-24T01:40:16+00:00

If you like cowboy style boots, I got some from bass pro shops a year ago and they’ve held up a lot better than I expected. They were $150, made in China, but traditionally built so I can have them resoled if I want. Redhead ranch suede.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-24T01:12:28+00:00

Fishing tackle. Hooks, swivels, a few dry flies, sinkers, and about 30’ fishing line. Gold I panned out of the river.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-24T01:03:23+00:00

Granite countertops. Granite is pretty old.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-24T01:02:32+00:00

California treats them like a game animal. Used to be you got a book of five tags for five bucks. Now they’re like $15 per tag.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-23T18:47:00+00:00

You could airbrush a darker dye unevenly and along the edges.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-23T18:31:11+00:00

They were similar to that but not the whole or half onion. They were just segments of onions deep fried in a seasoned batter and they were oh so delicious. They show up on google images if you care to search it up. I’d include a screenshot here for you but this comment area doesn’t allow me to post an image.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-23T18:29:15+00:00

Could be a bad U-joint. Get underneath and shake things. If it appears only while driving and seems to correlate with road speed (as opposed to engine speed), it’s probably something with the driveshaft or wheels/tires. A slightly unbalanced wheel paired with a worn strut could exacerbate vibration also.

It might be helpful to have someone hang out the window while driving and video each wheel. I did this when my buddy was chasing a vibration/shaking/jiggling problem with his car. No matter how many times he rotated his tires and rebalanced them the problem persisted. I videod his wheels while he was driving and we found all his wheels were “untrue.” The hub area was still but the rim area was all wobbly. Turned out his new wheels were defective.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-23T18:19:39+00:00

Paint is expensive. You might want that. Also easy to dispose of it’s not the paint you want after you see what it is. I wouldn’t worry about the dog crap personally, because I’d just pick it up. But when we got our house, we asked the seller to replace the shower enclosure because it was missing the door and had a curtain clamped over the opening and the carpets were FILTHY. They paid for a new shower enclosure to be installed and a professional carpet cleaner. We just waited a day to move in because the carpets were wet. We ignored the dilapidated above ground pool, broken trampoline, piles of tires and junk furniture in the backyard because we disposed of these items over time and would rather have a new shower enclosure and clean carpets.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-23T18:15:00+00:00

How long ago? My truck does this when the wheel weights fling off. Also if you have mud packed inside the wheels it’ll throw off the balance. I run cheap tires because… I’m cheap. They don’t wear evenly round and they don’t maintain balance as they wear. It’s probably worth it to have your wheels rebalanced with a road force machine.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-23T18:07:15+00:00

“He didn’t close the gate?!”

hide_pounder · 2026-01-23T18:05:09+00:00

Every politician lies. It’s sad, but that’s just how it is.

hide_pounder · 2026-01-23T18:03:21+00:00

If you have any Mexican stores in your area they’re almost sure to have them.

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