Lanyard production, help please.

[UrbanLeather]

I am in the process of making a large batch of lanyards, double sided using Herman oak veg tanned: one layer ⅔ oz leather and the outer is ¾ oz to give a better impression on the stamping displayed area. My issues are as follows; the time it takes to cut 2/3oz leather because my hand strap cutter has issues with cutting thin leather consistently and gluing each side perfectly to the other is currently the bottleneck of production.  I have thought of ways to fix my solutions but also wanted to reach out to the community for ideas as well.

 

First: Cut thicker(wider) strap glue then cut the allowance

 

or

 

2: Create a jig where you could lay one side of the glued strap inside and then use the jig as a guide to lay the second piece on top.  

 

3: buy Weavers manual leather strap cutter, glue both sides together and run the bonded leather sides through the machine and hopefully have a near finished product.

 

This is for a company that uses Lanyards for RFID access to navigate through the building and will only be 100 units at this time.  This project in itself will not cover the full cost of the weaver strap cutter but close enough to make it a legitimate option and would be a good investment if/when future lanyards or belts are commissioned in the future.

[PastorBob]

28 minutes ago, UrbanLeather said:

I am in the process of making a large batch of lanyards, double sided using Herman oak veg tanned: one layer ⅔ oz leather and the outer is ¾ oz to give a better impression on the stamping displayed area. My issues are as follows; the time it takes to cut 2/3oz leather because my hand strap cutter has issues with cutting thin leather consistently and gluing each side perfectly to the other is currently the bottleneck of production.  I have thought of ways to fix my solutions but also wanted to reach out to the community for ideas as well.

 

First: Cut thicker(wider) strap glue then cut the allowance

 

or

 

2: Create a jig where you could lay one side of the glued strap inside and then use the jig as a guide to lay the second piece on top.  

 

3: buy Weavers manual leather strap cutter, glue both sides together and run the bonded leather sides through the machine and hopefully have a near finished product.

 

This is for a company that uses Lanyards for RFID access to navigate through the building and will only be 100 units at this time.  This project in itself will not cover the full cost of the weaver strap cutter but close enough to make it a legitimate option and would be a good investment if/when future lanyards or belts are commissioned in the future.

I would go with Option 3, but instead of the $1800 unit from weaver, I would use the $55 Lace cutter from Tandy.  It works well and uses standard razor blades for cutting, so cheap and easy to replace.  https://tandyleather.com/collections/tools/products/table-top-lace-cutter

 

[mike02130]

Buckleguy.com offers strap cutting.  I think it's 25 bucks.  I suppose you need to buy their leather?

[fredk]

How many ya got to do?

I would mark out the strap widths on the thicker leather. Do the stamping on them. Glue this to the thinner leather then use a strap cutter to cut the pieces from the 'block'

[tsunkasapa]

Glue LARGE pieces of the two leathers and cut BOTH pieces as one.

[UrbanLeather]

Thank you for the responses will try these methods and get back to everyone.  Fredk I am really excited about this idea sounds like this should work perfectly.  PastorBob, Mike02130 & Tsunkasapa thank you aswell! 

[Bert03241]

heres a 37 $ CUTTER https://www.amazon.com/HighFree-Professional-Leather-Aluminium-Cutting/dp/B08257QMP4/ref=asc_df_B08257QMP4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=416957758022&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9364900645030330657&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030113&hvtargid=pla-872512816716&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=96811480551&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=416957758022&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9364900645030330657&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030113&hvtargid=pla-872512816716