Bluesman

Killer belts!! Your work is awesome. What basketweave tool did you use. Can't believe hw straight and level it is. Great Job:You_Rock_Emoticon:

Welcome, I am new here as well. More folks from Wisconsin Keep in touch, I'm in Fond du lac. Jon

Hi Frank, I live in Fond du Lac, and visit the Tandy Store in hales Corners every other week. Jon

Hi, Just saw your post. I am doing the same thing. Wish I could see your picture, but it is not up. I designed my bel in Autocad. I plan on plotting it out full scale and then glueing it to some poster board. Cuto out the design and then use this as a template. Leet me know how this goes, I am ver interested. Were are you getting the paltes done, if I may ask. I lanned on tooling everything, except using some star, football and alphabet conchos. I will share mine when the design is complete. Jon

Hello to all. I shelved this hobby about 30 years ago and am back at it. Wow, is there the information on hte WEB. I've picked up more tips in one month than I did in the 7 years that I actually worked at it. I have tons of questions so please bear with me. I have been doing some practice carving, dyeing and painting. Some things I like and some things, not so much. I have two quick questions. One: How do I know if my leather is ready to carve and most importantly is still carvable, did't dry out. i have read all I can on casing and am getting the hang of this. Also glueing a project down to cardboard. I've read everthing from rubber cement, duct tape....Other info is to spray the back of the leather if it is getting dry during you carving session. Now, if it's glued down to a peice of cardboard, how do I do that? Take it off. Sorry for the long intro, but inquiring minds need to know. Plus I really am anxious to start producing something that I am proud of. I have a current project which I applied rubber cement to the leather and the cardboard. Worked great until I trierd to remove the cardboard. Oh well another practice peice. Thanks, Jon