toxo
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JT Batchelor told me the other day that they only do shoulders now so where's the go to place for leather and is it a postal job?
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Matt, you must use JT Batchelor a lot. I bought one of these from them for not a lot and it's a lovely piece of steel.
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Halitech, definitely looks like it's worth a look. Does anyone vouch for this one?
Biker, I agree, doing a skive for a turned edge by hand does look scary. You'd make sure you did those edges before you invested in a load of work in case it went tits up.
Matt, nice offer but if I can't sort it myself I might as well go out and buy it. I'll always be up for a cuppa or a beer should the opportunity arise.
MDV, I can see me getting one of those soon.
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Thanks again guys. I think I've finally learned. Over £100 for belt skive and lots of practice with a manual. I hope those six inch jobbies are all the same cos I wouldn't mind paying a bit more for a better grade.
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Well ideally both. Do the six inch blade ones do edge skiving as well as belt skiving and what's the cheapest way to it?
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So what manual skivers will do a whole belt and edges as well? As I said it's not gonna get overworked and I can't justify spending big money although knowing me if I get really into it that'll change.
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Will this cheapo be ok for a newbie with a hobby? Probably one or two projects a month for belt and edge skiving?
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I think it's a long handled fruit picker that should have a spring in the jaws and a string in the bottom hole.
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Thanks guys!
There are it seems many versions and of course vanity comes into it. I'll have to get her to choose. No good making something she won't wear.
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She won't carry a handbag. Any good patterns around? She also has back problems and was gonna make her a support belt. I suppose combining the two would be overkill?
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I'll just throw this out there for what it's worth. I've used "Gorilla" glue a couple of times. It works on moisture so the work has to be dampened. Don't know how flexible it is but for stickability on leather I can vouch for it's effectiveness after I weighed down the work with some books but inadvertently moved the work. Next day I had to cut the leather to get it apart. Doh! Have plenty of clamps now.
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5 minutes ago, koreric75 said:I have the 3 volumes of How to make leather cases, I love them all and they have been very helpful. Now how many of those "exact" items have I made? none, but i have used pieces and parts from all 3 books for many many projects... ha handle from here for this bag, a pocket from this page for that bag, etc...also when i was struggling on how to make a turned bag look a little better at the seams, i turned to the volumes and found the info on welting, and figured that would work for piping as well and it turned out ok. My most recent bag was a patter from Tony See (dieselpunk), and I used a strap design right out of the volumes, the one with a conway buckle for the adjustment...turned out great.
Best advice i can give is to do something...I could sit an envision ideas all day long, but i have to get something down on posterboard and start folding and getting 3d going for my brain to kick in. Once that spark happens the leather comes out and things happen, sometimes good, sometimes not, but good or bad i'm learning what to do or what not to do.
For patterns, keep in mind always...what seam allowance am I leaving, and how will the temper, and thickness of the material affect the dimensions i've built out on paper or posterboard, and DOCUMENT everything you do if your desire is to be able to recreate the bag!!! I am very bad about this and i'll end up with a finished bag that i really like, and then a few weeks, months, days...i'll realize, if i had to reddo it i'd be starting from scratch because what i had drawn out and what actually happened were 2 totally different things.
Hope this helps, and can't wait to see what comes to mind.
A very good summary.
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On 7/20/2019 at 5:02 PM, JLSleather said:You can find that exact info in Stohlmans series on making leather cases. available in print and digital download. you'll find the actual thing you're talking about in VOLUME 2 but I'd recommend getting volume 1 just for the basic principles it shows. It would take you a year of wading through the stuff around here to get just what's in 10 pages of either of those books.
Alternately, if you already know holsters 'n' other 'smaller stuff", then might be just as easy spend the money for the pattern somebody already made
Are the patterns in ASs download ready to be printed the same way that Nigels are?
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I'm a complete newbie and I might have it all wrong but I've been striving to get the stitch line as close to "the work" as possible.If a seam is say 1/4 inch wide and the stitch line is 1/8th then you have 1/8th of the seam relying on a glue line, that's if glue has been used. If not surely there's a potential for stretch
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Looks really distinctive. Well done.
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1 hour ago, chrisash said:I'm way past that and still consider myself young, maybe it was a spell checker that added old in his post
Plus one!
The OP is just a whippersnapper. (Looked peculiar writing that. Wonder where it came from?)
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Great inspiring work for a newbie such as myself. Well done.
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Radio Holders
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I like this a lot. I've been pondering how to make a pouch for my night vision and this is just right. One piece from the front lip all the way around and up to include the front flap. Thank you. Looks good by the way.
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I was experimenting to see how much I could cut out hand stitching with a ground down outer foot. I was feeling quite pleased with myself at a plan coming together. - Then I broke the bobbin case. :(
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Thank you Folker. Once again you come to my rescue. Let me know the cost.
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Don't know how I managed it but the center post of the bobbin carrier on my Durkopp 239 has snapped off. Can someone tell me what models are compatible and where I might find a replacement please? Thanks.
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Thanks guys. Appreciate all these little gems of information. This is the stuff the books don't tell you.
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So glad mine is working now. I would have had nowhere to put em. Well spotted.
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Looks good to me. I've just recently found out that this stamping malarkey isn't as easy as some people make it look. Well done.
Motoko II backpack build
in Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
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Looking great! Well done. I love the look and thinking about the satchel version for my daughters work bag. Will be my first bag
but you gotta love a challenge right?