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What is the title? Who is the author? Fix the link if you can, I'd love to see the book
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Leather Help: Recreating A Movie Prop
Logans Leather replied to Brundelfly's topic in Leatherwork Conversation
PM me. A friend of mine worked in the masks and many other props for Stargate. I can talk to him and see what he can tell me. Funny, I've been considering reproducing this mask in molded leather, probably with an armature inside. I have some molding and fiberglass questions for you too. -
Help Moving Leather Factory
Logans Leather replied to Logans Leather's topic in Leatherwork Conversation
Oh yes, gonna take a while to go through everything and clean things up a bit, but I will be figuring out what all I plan to keep and what I plan to sell. I will be listing several items for sale on LW.net, and if anyone can help me figure this move out, I will certainly offer them very kind pricing on equipment. Not sure what all I'm keeping or selling yet. -
Not sure which forum is best for this, bu here goes. I just bought the remains of the Safety Speed Holster factory. Lots of heavy equipment including a clicker, 2 shoe finishing benches, 2 big hydraulic forming presses, a few punch presses, stap cutting machine, table saw, a coue mystery machines I haven't seen in person yet, and boxes and boxes of cutting dies, forming molds, buckles, fasteners etc and lots of cut leather waiting to become holsters. My problem is that I need to get it all on a truck or trailer and Geri it all hauled from Bullhead City, AZ to Lake Elsinore, CA without breaking the bank. No one seems to want to give me a one way truck rental with a lift gate, and nobody in Bullhead rents forklifts on Saturdays. I can do it with a pallet jack if I have a lift gate. Anyone out there have a big stake bed truck with a lift gate i i can borrow or rent for a couple days? Or anyone know of a rental company that can solve my dilemma? I have the man-power and even class A drivers on hand if need be, but getting the rigt vehicles and loading equipment is proving to be daunting. Any ideas?
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Is This A Leather Working Tool? $5 At Auction
Logans Leather replied to Tallbald's topic in Leatherwork Conversation
This is a hand crank pinking machine from the Chandler machine co in Ayer, Mass. It is used to cut a variety of edges for different functions or decoration.oom them up and contact them regarding different blades that are available. They will need to know the inner diameter and outer diameter of the blades for your machine. They used to have quite a variety of blades available, including straight, different sizes of pinks (zigzag), wavy, scallops, and even pinked scallops. I have the same machine with 3 different blades, and I use the heck out of them. You got a great deal, as the blades alone cost over $ 100 each. Chandler also made power driven linking machines, and may still. This is a hand crank pinking machine from the Chandler machine co in Ayer, Mass. It is used to cut a variety of edges for different functions or decoration. Look them up and contact them regarding different blades that are available. They will need to know the inner diameter and outer diameter of the blades for your machine. They used to have quite a variety of blades available, including straight, different sizes of pinks (zigzag), wavy, scallops, and even pinked scallops. I have the same machine with 3 different blades, and I use the heck out of them. You got a great deal, as the blades alone cost over $ 100 each. Chandler also made power driven linking machines, and may still. -
Embossing Cutting Machine?
Logans Leather replied to broncobuster's topic in Leatherwork Conversation
I wouldnt touch one with an eleven meter disinfected dung fork. This is designed for embossing paper with pre-made plastic embossing forms, available at craft stores. They aren't suitable for leather, as their tolerances are designed for paper, much thinner than any worthwhile leather. I suppose you could custom cut your own dies with tollerances for thicker materials, or have a laser cutting company like Grey Ghost Graffics cut some for you, but that is a big investment for a machine that is not designed to handle volume production work, and is largely built of plastic It can be used to cut thin leather, basically using clicker dies. The ones that are available in craft stores have the blades recessed in neoprene , so the cutting edges are only exposed when under the pressure of the press. This machine works by drivi g the medium and the dies between two rollers, while the medium and dies are sandwiched between two pressed plates. It is not programable to cut or emboss different designs, but separate dies must be purchased for each different design, they are very limited in size, and must be designed to work in this type of machine. Do not try using normal clicker dies in one one of these. The results would likely be...unfortunate. -
Lether Masks, most handformed, and some worked over positive molds in the style of the masks of the Commedia del Arte
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From the album: Masks
Hand formed from 2 pieces of veg-tan. Stamped in all the scales using different sized mule-feet, then going back and hitting between all of those impressions with a pointed beveler. 2 weeks after I finished this mask I met Robert Beard and saw his (at that time) new scale stamps and bought a full set from him. cuts the stamping time on this mask in half!© © leatherworker.net
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Costuming and Wardrobe
Images added to a gallery album owned by Logans Leather in Our Leatherwork Galleries
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From the album: Costuming and Wardrobe
Rendition of the "Hunts Collar" Doublet in Janet Arnold's "Patterns of Fashion", in leather, silk and velvets.© © leatherworker.net
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Holsters, Sci-Fi
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From the album: Holsters, Sci-Fi
Pistol designed by Ugo Serrano, and holster/ gunbelt designed by me for the new Firefly series that Joss Whedon was supposedly going to start after he finished shooting "Wonder Woman" Well, he was removed from WW and then delved into "Dollhouse and other projects, and most of the cast members got other high profile gigs, so it never got off the ground. (Note: the power dial on the pistol goes to eleven!)© © leatherworker.net
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Holsters, Old West
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From the album: Holsters, Old West
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From the album: Holsters, Old West
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Sheaths & Scabbards & Sword Belts
Images added to a gallery album owned by Logans Leather in Our Leatherwork Galleries
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From the album: Sheaths & Scabbards & Sword Belts
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From the album: Sheaths & Scabbards & Sword Belts
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From the album: Sheaths & Scabbards & Sword Belts
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From the album: Sheaths & Scabbards & Sword Belts
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From the album: Sheaths & Scabbards & Sword Belts
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From the album: Holsters, Old West
Rendition of the holster from the cover of "Packing Iron" made to fit a Colt Single Action Army .440 revolver, 5.5" barrel© © leatherworker.net
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From the album: Masks
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From the album: Masks
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From the album: Books & Portfolios
Logo I designed for Schofield Leatherworks, on the cover of my 4x6 photo album I bring with me almost everywhere.© © leatherworker.net