making my own Stamps

[Cowboy Crafts Online]

Has anyone tried to make Bar Grounders.

Ashley

[robert]

Has anyone tried to make Bar Grounders.

Ashley

nope... the closest I have come is to make a single seed stamp. I used a diamond point bit in a dremel and free-handed a hole. I think for a bar grounder, you would want a drill press to hold the tool still and align the drilling point.

[ghstrydr164]

I haven’t tried to make any bar grounders because I hate to run them and I don’t really much care for the way the make a background look. I will take a run at making some and you know how they come out.

[candyleather]

Stamps and tools for leathercraft in Argentina, he is a maker. The website is not writed in english but you can look at the models.

http://www.herramientasdobleg.com.ar/produ..._mateadores.php

http://www.herramientasdobleg.com.ar/produ...do_rodillos.php

Be careful! They have a low price for Argentina and another very high price for foreign.

Edited November 6, 2007 by candyleather

[skipj]

I don't know if I missed this, but has anyone tried improving their tools rather than start from scratch?

SkipJ

[candyleather]

I don't know if I missed this, but has anyone tried improving their tools rather than start from scratch?

SkipJ

I make my own tools: mallets and head maul with nylon 3" (they aren't the best fot stamping), hole punch, some strap end punch, groovers, adjustable U and V gauge, edge bevelers, an adjustable creaser, an awl, a lacing-stitching pony, wood folders and wood slicking sticks, and my knives for cutting leather... my tools are "made at home", simple but working, only with steel, wood or brass, a Dremel, grinder, sandpaper and file. Now I'm making a strap cutter with my design and a new handle swivel knife with a lathe for metal tube. If you have a minimum of knowledge and some tools of carpentry, woodturner, plumber or blacksmith, everybody can do it. I assist sometimes to courses of do-it-youself, I look for the tutorials in a web site and I have read some book about.

[skipj]

Very nice work, do you do any of your stamps?

SkipJ

[cjbleather]

I don't know if I missed this, but has anyone tried improving their tools rather than start from scratch?

SkipJ

Skip, I have done some of this with craftools. I modified backgrounders (104s, and 888s) so that they fit in close spaces like corners. I have cleaned up 912s, 913s and 914s to give nicer impressions (In my mind that is). I have also smoothed down veiners to have a thinner body. Done the same with stops and the triangled figured bevelers in order to make it easier to get in tight spots. That is why I like to have extras of these tools from ebay purchases to tinker with. Oh, I have also tinkered with bevellers to make them smaller in width and in depth. Since I found the Sheridan bevelers, there is no need to make them smaller in depth. carlb

[Kani]

Thank you so much. I find this conversation very intresting. I have been looking for some tools (am not sure they even are available). With the information you all have giving here is giving me some ideas.

I am kinda new to leather crafting. It has been years since I did anything and am just getting back into it. Now you have got me intrested in making my own tools.

Thanks again. Anymore hints?

[Jordan]

How about a tutorial from one of you guys, with photos showing the steps to make a couple of simple stamping tools? I don't know about others, but I am a visual learner, and photos of the process would be very helpful to me. Cash for stamps is becoming very thin, but I have alot of nuts and bolts hanging around my garage with nothing to do..Jordan... plus it will give me a chance to learn how to use my atlas lathe.