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Tholek

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  1. Not to sound funny I am not in it for money.. Instead of making a blog where people can only post why not make a forums where people can communicate with each other that's my main point.
  2. That is from Wiki and what your looking for in usa is still upholstery foam check this out http://www.foamorder.com/foam/upholstery-foam.html But other than that you seem determined to get this done and I will try my best to help you out as much as possible.
  3. I completely understand where your coming from but as your most likely are experienced in this field you know where everything is placed, no offence to the owner or admins but the layout of the site is all messed up and navigating ain't that easy so I have came up with a solution (i understand most of you wont agree) and that's where LeatherCrafting comes into play, that's without the contest and competition will be hosting as leather work can be expensive.
  4. How long did it take you to make? Not bad for starting off.
  5. Why so serious? If it's a problem I can remove it, but I already did that but a moderator said it was OK so I re-posted it.
  6. This collection reminds me of my grand dads shoe polish collection.
  7. Warm Welcome Calala! A very lovely place you have but unfortunately i'm not from Australia. Good luck with your place thought and I do wish you all the best. PS: do you have a website if not please do contact me I may be able to help you out.
  8. I wanted to ask you if you was to destroy the actual sofas by the stitching line and unfold them would you not get the exact size your looking for? For your questions, I would personally use upholstery foam also they shouldn't slide around.
  9. Leather Crafting I understand most of you would disagree about me posting this but I would like to re-post it with some even more critical information about Leather Crafting Introduction to Leather Crafting Leather Crafting is very new but is starting a SEO campaign very soon, which means that their will be some contests/competitions when I feel that their is enough register users and people are visiting the site I will then start hosting contests/competitions every two weeks to a month. Leather Crafting will be a warm friendly place where you can discuss and show off all your goodies, along with Leather Crafting also providing different types of projects for you guys to follow along basically tutorials that have been created by the Leather Craftingstaff team and some members. What is the whole point of me starting this site? As some of you are aware by just looking at the site you may see it has some similarity to forumsworkers.net but this is not the whole point of me creating such site. The whole point of me creating such a site is to find other new people who are also starting out in leather work either as a hobby, or as a career. I know this may sound a bit strange as leatherworker.net does the same thing but I feel that their is space on the web for another site/forums like leatherworker.net where people can also go too. Leather Crafting is also looking for people That's correct Leather Crafting is looking for people with great knowledge in leather work and can provide content to go along with it. This will be a paid position and you will receive a sponsor package along with your very own forums on Leather Crafting. Look forward to seeing some of you their! Warm Regards Tholek aka Rick
  10. That's a very nice looking belt! How long did it take you to make?
  11. Thanks for everyone but most of all thank you for this! I will be starting a project sometime next week.
  12. Thanks for this input don't know why I didn't look properly on Tandy site.
  13. What are the general leather sizes to use for creating wallets? mainly the thickness.
  14. Does anyone know a reliable place to buy leather from in the UK?
  15. Cool project! So thought I try my best to help you out here. This guide gives a general idea of how much fabric is needed to recover a sofa or chair. A small or medium sized high-back chair will, typically, require about 7 metres. A single lounge chair - part of a suite for instance - will need about 9 metres. A two seater sofa will usually need 14 metres. A three seater will generally require 18 metres and a four seater 22 metres. The lengths suggested are based on average sized chairs and sofas and the use of plain fabric. If you are using a patterned fabric you will require about 10-20% more, depending on the pattern repeat. If you can determine where the joins are in the fabric based on your existing sofa, then add on the vertical pattern repeat for each join. To get a more accurate figure measure each surface of the sofa which requires fabric and add these areas together, then add on 10-15% as a margin of error. It is best to begin with the outside back, then the inside back, then the outside of the arms, then the inside of the arms. Then add on the gussett and the area of each surface of every cushion. In short, simply split your sofa surface up into as many small rectangles as is necessary, calculate the area of each, add these up and then add on 15% more as a safety margin. We sell fabric by the linear metre, and the width is generally around 140cm. To calculate how many linear metres of fabric you need, divide the area (in square metres) by 1.4 Hope this helps.
  16. So I listed out the top 26 Tools for leather crafting. This will cover nearly every tools you would need to get in to leather crafting. Cutting Mat Thread Snippers Diamond Awls Pricking Irons Wing Dividers Turbo Lighter Parallel Pliers Cobbler’s Hammer Thread Burner Bone Folder V-Gouge Skiving tool Roughing tool Edge Bevelers Maul Groover/Creaser Strap Cutter Strap Templates Edge Slicker Hole Punches Scratch Awl Heavy Knives Light Knives Rulers Poly Board Pony
  17. Before I go ahead and start posting links, for a leather crafting website what are the rules on this, and what are the requirements? Also can an admin message me for the advertisement cost for the header area advertisement part of the website. Regards, Tholek.W
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