[mikethedruid]

My 41-81T is done. I finally made the new handle for it. I ordered a brown goat skin from eBay. but didn't get to the sewing store until today to get leather needles for my old Pfaff 130. Today I made the handle, pretty simple, five thicknesses of leather wrapped so that the final layer ends on the bottom, and the loops for the rings are double thickness. The only hard part is with work that thick, one has to lift the presser foot with each stitch, and reposition the work by hand. It isn't perfect, but it is better than the worn through, broken original.

Tonight I tested it out. The sunspots must have been kicking up some strange skip, because I was receiving a lot of Central American stations, and far away US stations too, like WTCS, a little 1000 watt station down in Fairmont, WV. Not bad on the built in antenna from here in Providence.

I cleaned the fabric covering with gentle detergent and water on a sponge, and dried it well and quickly. I also polished the leatherette with brown leather polish. This is the final product.

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