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Dwight

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About Dwight

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  • Birthday 11/17/1944

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    Male
  • Location
    Central Ohio
  • Interests
    Church Pastor, Shooter, Leatherworking, Hunting, making most anything for the first time (yeah, I get bored easy)

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  • Leatherwork Specialty
    gun leather
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    working with leather
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  1. Yessir . . . been too busy with holsters to really jump into the belt thing . . . but I most certainly will be doing that. I tried one application of the oak leaves . . . did the cardboard thing first . . . liked it . . . tossed a piece of junk leather in there for kicks and giggles . . . turned out too dark . . . have to try again some future date. My plan is to bring the two pieces of the belt just close enough together that the laser does not "overlay" the etching . . . and I'll go in there with my cutting and stamping tools and join them together. Got two large semi-autos that hit the shop the other day . . . both have attached lasers . . . making holsters for them . . . and it is a "chore" for sure. Gotta get them done . . . plus a half dozen belts . . . then "Lord willing" I may get to go back to playing and experimenting. May God bless, Dwight
  2. There's two of us for sure. Sometimes I use mostly my Tippmann Boss for that . . . as I can EXACTLY place the stitch where I want it. Had to do that for a holster last week. Turned out looking really good . . . at least that was my opinion. It was for a little FIE .22 revolver . . . and so help me . . . I could easily have made a holster for a S&W 29 . . . 6 inch barrel . . . easier and quicker than that little rascal. May God bless, Dwight
  3. Get a Skippy peanut butter jar . . . or the like . . . nowdays they're plastic . . . Mine has a mark about 1 1/2 inches above the bottom . . . and another about 3 inches up. Fill up to the bottom line with water . . . add resolene to the top line . . . I've got my mix. Then I grab my brush . . . dip it in the solution . . . and start painting. I paint it very wet to start with . . . to the point that moving my brush back and forth will produce a lather looking pile of bubbles . . . once I get that . . . I quit adding and start stroking . . . up and down . . . left and right . . . diagonal both ways . . . and brush until there are not bubbles or streaks. It leaves a very nice "semi shiny" finish . . . I have not liked the results I got from adding more water . . . if I wanted a duller finish . . . I'd pick another product . . . or just oil it . . . rub it till all the dye quit rubbing off . . . and call it a day. May God bless, Dwight PS: the brush in the picture is the 2 inch size . . . I actually use the 1 inch size on everything . . . belts included
  4. Actually, Sarina . . . I would only do that for a circle that I knew would be say 14 to 18 inches in diameter . . . or less . . . and only if I knew that the wrinkles on the inside would be a problem for the user or wearer. For example . . . if my customer wanted a "stuffed" nose piece on a bridle or halter . . . a showy piece . . . I would get the measurement from the horse . . . make a round piece that width and that diameter . . . because I know the nose of a horse is tender . . . and if I made the piece and there were several large wrinkles inside it . . . they could rub and irritate the animal . . . which I would never allow if at all possible. I'm a horse lover guy. It would probably be less of a problem for a collar for a small dog . . . but in that case . . . it would be an ugly and "not professional" looking product . . . so again I'd make the model . . . so my finished product looked really nice if at all possible. I have access to power tools and lumber . . . so for me to make a circle that is 13 inches in diameter is a piece of cake . . . taking me all of 25 to 30 minutes . . . I would staple or otherwise fasten the inslde piece of leather to the wood model . . . form the rest of the pieces . . . and then using an awl . . . punch thru the leather . . . into the wood . . . for the stitching. Once the pieces are made . . . I then glue them together with Weldwood contact cement . . . and they are easily stitched using my Cowboy 4500 or in some cases . . . sewing it by hand . . . with a stitching pony. For rivets . . . I just do the same thing . . . punch thru the leather into the wood . . . and not worry about it . . . I've done it many times. Not being able to do it any other way . . . I find that "necessity is the mother of invention" . . . and needing it done makes me invent a way to do it. May God bless, Dwight
  5. I've had .45ACP loops on a belt before . . . they were just made tight . . . never ever lost a bullet . . . Don't have any of mine move either that are 45 LC or .44 mag . . . or .357 mag. Where I put em they stay. It's all in doing it correctly the first time . . . May God bless, Dwight
  6. I'm glad you got the job . . . you did well May God bless, Dwight
  7. No . . . the leather goods I do . . . get line 24 snaps or a buckle . . . Never used line 20 snaps . . . even though I got a bunch of em one time in a trade . . . they gather dust in a little plastic holder. Hanging on to em just in case May God bless, Dwight
  8. Nate . . . I'm 79 yrs old . . . have neuropathy in my hands and feet . . . along with a tad of arthritis. Snaps were an absolute pain for me the last couple of years . . . UNTIL . . . I was in an Amish fabric shop up near Mansfield, Ohio . . . saw these snap pliers . . . bought em . . . HAVE NEVER LOOKED BACK . . . I actually only bought one set the first time up there . . . but I got sick and tired of swapping out the male setting set for the female setting set . . . so I bought another set of the pliers . . . now I just grab one . . . then the other . . . then hang them back up. They have never done a bad job on my snaps since I got them almost 2 yrs ago. I think I saw them also in Hobby Lobby . . . Anyway . . . they work great . . . and while I didn't do it . . . they are fixed up so you can drill a hole in your work bench . . . run a wire down to a pedal . . . and you can hold the piece with both hands while you step on the pedal . . . setting the snap. Each set of pliers was about 40 bucks . . . and the set of line 24 snaps setters . . . was 20 bucks. You have to buy the setters separate. May God bless, Dwight
  9. Now if it were saddle tan . . . full basket weave . . . with maple leaves . . . antiqued . . . Just kidding . . . it's great the way it is . . . and I'm much more into practical leather anyway . . . and that certainly will meet that requirement. May God bless, Dwight
  10. I would love to have a true pattern for those you see on the westerns on TV . . . These are beautiful that you made . . . but I'm looking for the style that a typical cowpoke would have had . . . May God bless, Dwight
  11. Yessir . . . good looking . . . May God bless, Dwight
  12. Last saddle soap I used . . . Bought it at Tandy's . . . Works pretty good . . . best I remember . . . have not used it in a while. May God bless, Dwight
  13. I messed with light burn a while . . . finally gave up . . . went back to LaserGRBL and it does everything I need. Maybe I'm just not fasisteecaited enough to use lightburn . . . May God bless, Dwight
  14. I'm not sure what you mean by creasing . . . of you are making nose pieces . . . collars . . . etc . . . they are made to be round or rounded . . . they are not made to be straightened. The whole function of the technique I told you about it to make sure the pieces fit . . . it stays rounded . . . and it does not wrinkle on the inside most piece. May God bless, Dwight
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