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Could you have put grease from your hand onto the unpainted, when you did the black background

Just out of interest, how long could you run say a 441or any industrial leather machine, using say a 90 amp leisure battery and converter as that would seem a good way to attend shows rather than plod on with a hand powered machine, unless you do live out in the sticks without any power

I understand using laser of chrome gives off cyanide gas so not recommended

I get the impression that apart from makers marks, embossing seems to be to commercial to the forum, who seem to prefer one off tooling although both rely on good design

Many of us buy small items from China for leatherwork that is posted to us, with this new virus, is it possible to get it from posted goods and if so how long does it last in or on a package

Some people glue and then drill through thick leather

Hi You may find these UK stores of use if your new to leatherwork https://www.identityleathercraft.com/index.php/ https://www.artisanleather.co.uk/ http://www.leprevo.co.uk/ https://www.abbeyengland.com/ All offer first class service but Leprevo site you have to phone up as not a e-commerce site

As Skirting is not a term of what is used in England, perhaps someone could explain what it is, I assume its used for the skirt on saddles but can you define it

Maybe I did not explain very well, what I was thinking on the belts was the ability to make embossed belts which mean something maybe in terms of celebration Imagine making say a limited edition of a top division football team celebration of winning a competition or a company on reaching its 50th anniversary, in fact any reason you like, you could make a 100 specially designed belt showing for instance the team players and the cup etc as a 1 in a hundred made identical belts, so they may become more valuable like say autographed items i.e. collectors pieces, or maybe a ships crest or squadron logo for the military Belts offer a lot of potential that is not used at present, there seems lots of people doing notebooks of various police and other forces, Tooling would need skill and take a lot of time where as embossing, is easy to draw up a design and make a template Me I am retired and not interested but just a idea I had, and don't get stuck on the large machine there will be plenty of printers that could no doubt be adjusted to a larger frame so £12k is not needed, just showing they are available commercially at present

Just wondered what is the largest embossing template you have made by 3D printing, obviously for most people the limit is either the table size of the press they use and its limits What got me thinking is there are now 1005x 1005x 1005mm 3D printers (FDM) for £12-15K, which are probably out of most people's range, but at that dimension you could emboss a 38mm mans belt with a single flat template of a massive design providing the press was large enough and powerful enough ( far more interesting say that the current repeated pattern by using roller's Quite unrealistic at present, but it seems that embossing leather does not get much attention apart from some belts, but even a standard 25x250x250 3D ress could emboss say a nice veg tan book face id you had a powerful enough press, working on the assumption that the larger area to emboss take more pressure to obtain the same depth of emboss (may be totally wrong on this) So back to my post question, in say sq inches or cm what is the largest emboss you have made, mine would be about 2.5cmx2.5cm which was beyond the limit of my arbor press to emboss well, the actual embossing layer inside that square would be about 40% or the whole area

From the post on here from our Canadian friends, it would seem leather machines are not very well supported in Canada and second hand are quite rare, but that's just based upon a few comments on the forum

The top image shows what looks like a diamond cut on the first stitch to the right and some of the others also show a straight edge towards the top right of the stitches Second imaGe looks like a french style pricking iron you can see the little slits

Have a look at this site, there is a video I found but forget where showing they come with spare blades for doing repairs in a minute and on the 10 blade it took 1min 20 sec for him to change all the blades from forward to reverse angle, just hald a screw to remove and sme to refit https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leather-Pricking-Iron-Leathercraft-Olive-Franch-Shap-Stitching-Chisel-pricking/173853512035?hash=item287a7a1163:m:mIy2tkhujc3gVInBs0wOAFg&var=472634986980 Found the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_5T1h7clUE

Just for those who like bling https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-7mm-Leather-Craft-French-Style-Damascus-Steel-Stitch-Pricking-Iron-Chisel/124055551271?hash=item1ce2497d27:g:18gAAOSw6eleJqKY

The cost looks a killer, but the knives by the look of them could be polished very easy Edit just found the price on https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=ja&sp=nmt4&u=http://skimini.jp/&xid=17259,15700021,15700186,15700190,15700256,15700259,15700262,15700265,15700271&usg=ALkJrhik3dXUJCJEWJ40ztGTmHKvSszO4w 173000 yen which to sterling comes out at £1202.00 then uk taxes and shipping on top

They seem to be a great design and small at A4 size, no indications on where you can buy them though or price

Failure of most horse tack can lead to serious injury or even death to the rider , so not a area to teach yourself on unless trained by a expert, maybe far better to learn general leathercraft first, maybe starting with belts, bags and wallets where you can learn about leather and sewing strengths etc and then later do some training with a saddlemaker to learn the specialised skills

Presume you are aware that the other is or was patent pending, so likely to take action against you for a copy of their design, now you have advertised it to the world

Be real, what one person likes another will dislike, you can go out and spend all your money on the most expensive tools and find you dont like them, some are first class and others maybe living on their name Nobody makes garbage tools anymore, most regardless of price are now made using CNC machines and the finishing is the only difference in price for a lot of them, I you want a independent master craftsman's view look up Nigel Armitage's video's on youtube

Bunkhouse tools embossing machines, just wondered if anyone had one and how they found using it and was it long lasting as it looks like there are no bearings

Great idea, but to me it looks more like map contours as lacking detail for wood, but there is definitely a lot of scope for using lasers with leather Can you get grey tones as well as black, and what did you use to get rid of the burnt dust others mention

JLS talks a lot of good sence, just buy the thickness you require

Did you dampen the leather prior to stamping, and what did you use to stamp mallet or press Have a look on YouTube for video instructions

I look at it in a different way, for instance you can buy a cheap kit for $32 like here https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xleather+kits.TRS0&_nkw=leather+kits&_sacat=0 try the hobbie at little cost and learn what tools you need and how to use them. to me it is not worth while buying expensive tools until you know what you are looking for and can make a skilled choice. the buy once scenario is fine as it goes, but $32 is a low cost to learn what you need, good tools do not make you a better craftsman until you are good enough to be able to need the small difference they bring to your work

All sofa's, Chairs, quality Ladies Bags (some are made of veg tan), Car interiors etc are all made of chrome leather and stand up to many years service, tops on many shoes are made of Chrome, but the soles traditionally made of veg tan