A wonderful sew-sew kind of day today

Along with knife making also comes sheath making. Been getting a bit more into leather working and want to be able to do other things besides knife sheaths (got some ideas for some art crap). Saw an ad in Craigslist for: 1940's Industrial Singer Sewing Machine - $250, emailed, drove out and got it. And yes, it is Industrial! It was Singer 281-x (there are several variations and I will need to physically take a ruler to it to find which one it is) and it was in great shape. I brought along a couple pieces of leather and it sewed right through them like butter. I will need to adjust the stitch length and do a little fine-tuning but this puppy is built like a tank and will serve our needs for years and years to come. Singer had the complete service and operations manual available for PDF download (great company!). When I returned home, Lulu started salivating over it -- she likes to sew but her machine cannot do the heavier fabrics. This thing can power through canvas, nylon webbing, leather. I unloaded it, fixed dinner (grilled Costco frozen Mahi� fillets marinated in Lemon, Ginger and Shoiu along with microwaved frozen corn and some from-scratch smashed baby reds with garlic) and am now sitting down to surf -- was working in the garden repotting 'maters this morning. They are now ready to put in the ground.