permanentguest

Thanks for the post! I'll look into these! For things made I wanted to start off making leather wallets and eventually scale up the business to SCA Armor or Renaissance Festival Armor for things like cosplay.

I have made leatherworking into hobby over the course of the past 4 years, but would like to do more with the craft. Are there any good leatherworking apprenticeship locations in the Midwest? I'm open to paid or unpaid programs as well. My ultimate goal is to start my own business, but I'd like to get some education under my belt before I start selling actual products. How did those of you who own their own business learn the craft? When were you comfortable selling your products?

Hello! I just finished talking with a friend who uses Invoice Simple for his Handyman Business, and another friend recommends Intuit. What do you use for your Leatherworking projects when charging a customer? Thanks for reading!

Hello! I'm about five hours out in Iowa and am interested in the machine. What is your asking price? Thanks for reading

Using a laser would seems like it would be the most efficient way to cut the leather, but I don't work with leather enough to justify buying one yet. I went to your website and I'm nowhere near your level of proficiency. When I get better I will definitely reconsider!

The process I have planned would be to display the pattern on the leather and trace the pattern with a scratch awl, and then when I am making the permanent cuts/holes double checking things on the computer screen if I get confused. I'm this alone will give me a reason to sell my $400 printer and replace it with a $300-$400 projector.

I have recently been looking into using a ceiling mounted projector to display leather patterns straight down onto my workbench, but I have only seen this technique done with sewing patterns. Are there any major issues with using this technique to replace paper patterns? My hope is to reduce production cost as well as save time spent preparing the patterns. Thanks for reading!