I am in the process of making a large batch of lanyards, double sided using Herman oak veg tanned: one layer ⅔ oz leather and the outer is ¾ oz to give a better impression on the stamping displayed area. My issues are as follows; the time it takes to cut 2/3oz leather because my hand strap cutter has issues with cutting thin leather consistently and gluing each side perfectly to the other is currently the bottleneck of production. I have thought of ways to fix my solutions but also wanted to reach out to the community for ideas as well.
First: Cut thicker(wider) strap glue then cut the allowance
or
2: Create a jig where you could lay one side of the glued strap inside and then use the jig as a guide to lay the second piece on top.
3: buy Weavers manual leather strap cutter, glue both sides together and run the bonded leather sides through the machine and hopefully have a near finished product.
This is for a company that uses Lanyards for RFID access to navigate through the building and will only be 100 units at this time. This project in itself will not cover the full cost of the weaver strap cutter but close enough to make it a legitimate option and would be a good investment if/when future lanyards or belts are commissioned in the future.
