Members Cowboy Crafts Online Posted November 5, 2007 Members Report Posted November 5, 2007 Has anyone tried to make Bar Grounders. Ashley Quote
Members robert Posted November 6, 2007 Members Report Posted November 6, 2007 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. Quote
Members ghstrydr164 Posted November 6, 2007 Author Members Report Posted November 6, 2007 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. Quote
Members candyleather Posted November 6, 2007 Members Report Posted November 6, 2007 (edited) 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 Quote
Members skipj Posted November 29, 2007 Members Report Posted November 29, 2007 I don't know if I missed this, but has anyone tried improving their tools rather than start from scratch? SkipJ Quote
Members candyleather Posted November 29, 2007 Members Report Posted November 29, 2007 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. Quote
Members skipj Posted November 29, 2007 Members Report Posted November 29, 2007 Very nice work, do you do any of your stamps? SkipJ Quote
cjbleather Posted November 29, 2007 Report Posted November 29, 2007 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 Quote
Members Kani Posted December 8, 2007 Members Report Posted December 8, 2007 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? Quote
Contributing Member Jordan Posted December 8, 2007 Contributing Member Report Posted December 8, 2007 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. Quote
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