Thadrick

Cutting the center out will be easy enough with a flush cut router bit. I used to have a huge cabinetry shop and the routers are the heart of every project I do. I can even use my worn out wood molds to build the new ones. I've cut lost of plex in the past but acrylic will be new to me. Surely it can't be harder than the micarta scales I've been Cutting can it?

That's a good idea, I didn't think about e-bay. I found it, ordered a 2x4 foot sheet and will replace my old molds.

Where did you buy it? I'm still using wood and yeah, it doesn't last long. Is it too hard to use a router to round the edges? I also like that you can see the leather and view any wrinkles before letting it dry.

WOW!!!

Thats another topic also. Last year I discovered That I can no longer hear rattle snakes. Stumbled into 3 of them while prairie dog hunting and my buddy had to point at them so I didnt step on them. Even after knowing exactly where they were with my eyes directly on them, I could not hear them. My buddy said they were singing very loud but, nothing. Im not affraid of snakes at all but, I sure would like to know Im not going to get bit by one because I couldnt hear its warnings..

So I live in my steel toe loggers for 16 hours a day at work and play and feel naked without them. I only have one pair of tenis shoes that are about 5 years old that I purchased solely for swimming the rivers and resevours. I also have a decent pair of motocross boots that I hate. They are stiff and trying to walk in them is as comfortable as walking barefoot on the railrod tracks. Shifting and braking on my motorcycle requires serious concentration and I usually find my self shifting on accident when taking jumps because the motocross boots are stiff and push the shift lever when I shift my weight on landings. Its not a problem when Im wearing my loggers and tend to have much better control and feel. Do you think that maybe building some leggins (whatever a person might refer to them as) out of some #12oz saddle leather would give me enough protection for motocross and endouro riding? That way I can continue to ride with my loggers instead of dedicated motocross boots? If so, does anyone have any plans or ideas I could look at while I design a pair for myself?

Beautiful!!

Ive purchased from here a lot but looks like they are out of stock at the moment. https://www.montanaleather.com/product/bark-tanned-woolskin-natural/

I use a flush cut bit in my router with a strait piece of wood as a guide for cutting plex. I also use it for cutting thin aluminum panels very successfully

I used paint to rotate and resize them. I know they aren't the original file because those files are too large to post?

Yeah, I enjoy leather working a lot but it can't compete with the smiles I get from the crf450r. Lol Since I work shift work, I have to get as much sun as I can during the summer months. I took my leather working tools camping with me once though, I was pounding away when the hair went up and I turned around to see a bear wandering torward my camp. I decided that paying attention to my surroundings was more important when camping. Thanks for the compliments

Thank you Should I crop them a little after I rotate them?

why are they crooked? I spent the last 20 minutes rotating them to be strait on my computer before I posted them?????

Ive been having too much fun this summer but now its time to start getting busy with leather again. Thought I would show&tell with a purse I made for my sister but, I havent seen many women wearing purses anymore? Maybe its a passing fad? Hope she likes it. Anyhow, if there are ideas or things that would be better when designing these let me know because I have to make a couple more

Maybe this will help? Its my best pattern so far. The belt is made out of 8 oz veg tan but I found that the back is a lot more comfortable if i use 2-4 oz suede. The suede helps keep the belt located properly on the hip when bending sitting or just walking. Ive used veg tan on the back of the belt and found the pistol starts pulling the belt down my hip and when sitting it starts to slide around my cheeks