BlackDragon

Nice!

Wellwood and Barge both work great. Amazon sells both for about a dollar difference for a quart. Use both in a well ventilated area

Nope, I tooled it.

I made a business card holder for my sister's coworker. The coworker is leaving to continue her career with another company. I used 5oz vegtan with olive oil for the cover. 2oz vegtan for the lining (no die), pockets and strap (Fiebings Russel brown). Ritza Tiger thread 0.6mm mid brown.

Can you make a wooden skeleton for the interior then wrap it with leather? A wooden ring on the top and bottom with two pieces of wood to create the dividers

The hole next to the dome I use for setting the burr on short rivets and the hole on the side I use for longer rivets. I don't know if it's the correct way but it works for me. Edit: Now that I think about it more I could just use the front hole to start the burr then cut it down the rivet so I can drive the burr further.

I didn't even think about stretching thanks for mentioning it. I'll keep an eye on it.

I leave near Camp Lajeune

I had a spare seat for my bike sitting around. I also have some brown embossed alligator chrometan and purple vegtan that I acquired a few months back. So I wanted to see what I could create and came up with this.

Ok the issue wasnt the bottom pulley after all. When I was putting the machine together the youtube video I was watching had the pulley backwards like in the top picture. Watching the video that came with the machine (which I've seen on youtube before) had the pulley flipped around. I put the bottom pulley back where the manufacturer set it. Now everything looks like it's running as it should.

Thanks! I appreciate the help. I'll get everything aligned tomorrow and give it a go.

It's been 2 months and I finally brought home my Class 4 from Zack White's. I'm in the midst of setting it up but I noticed that the bottom pulley is at a slight angle. Is this normal or should I adjust the pulley height?

Wow looks good. Looks similar to one I'm making for my sister's MIL.

There a LOT of types of leather. It's like asking how many types of cars are there. Best thing to do is start with finding out what you would like to make out of leather and we can go from there.

At the 5 min mark he's using the "poly stripe" as an extention for the card pockets. Just extend the leather instead of creating a glued failure point.

Welcome from NC!

Welcome from NC

Thanks this helped me out when the electrician came out today.

Great! Thanks

I'm still waiting for my cobra and was wondering what are it's power needs. I'm having an electrician coming in the morning to do a few power upgrades and it came to mind that I was assuming the Class 4 ran on 110v 20amp. Is this the case or does it need 220v? Does it need a dedicated circuit or can I plug in to existing outlets without it tripping a breaker? I'm already installing a 220v 20amp outlet for my skiver and a dedicated 110v 20amp for a window a/c so adding another dedicated 110v isnt going to be a big issue.

And chocolates... girls love that romantic stuff.

I've shown his videos to a few people that balked at my purse prices. They were floored about how cheaply those name brand bags were made compared to mine. Some were suspicious as to why I dont charge more if mine are made with more actual leather. You cant please some people

This is pretty much what I use. I'm a scuba diver so I have a couple 3lb weights laying around. I put 4 of those litte felt furniture feet on them and they work well.

Great job!

I went to a retail western wear shop yesterday to see what the going price was for leather goods; wallets, purses, belts, etc. For a bifold wallet with some embossed/stamped images they were asking $50. Mind you these wallets weren't all leather. Their pockets had leather when you just look at the surface but once you pulled it opened you could see just a liner. I would say these wallets were no better than the W-mart wallets but they were a name brand. Dont remember the name but my brother in law said it was a rodeo rider (Cody somebody). With all that said I price my plain leather bifolds starting at $60 and my plain roper wallets start at $75. Start adding tooling, exotic skin, etc and you have to decide what your time is worth and what the target customers are willing to pay.