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Working on a carved power lifting belt, it's a surprise gift for someone. Ordered the 4" buckle from weaver. I cut my 4" strap from hermann-oak skirting. My poor strap cutter did not survive so I used my head knife. It's exactly 4" the whole length for the strap. I think im gonna bite the bullet and just order a vergez and blanchard plough gauge from rocky mountain leather. 

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Cutting a long strap by hand can be a stressful event. I see you used a straight edge and weights

while you are out and about the town keep your eye out for a 8” C - clamp. You can use it to secure the straight edge to the table top.  No more worries about the weight moving 

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If you want to be sure of a dead straight line that's longer than your straight edge,  try a piece of string with some chalk rubbed on it. Here's a more sophisticated version.

 

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I'm looking forward to seeing your belt when it's done.

Using a straight edge for long cuts is not all that hard. When I have to make a long straight cut, I use one of the large Vice Grip clamps to hold one end of the straight edge. I don't clamp it hard enough to leave a mark on the leather but enough to keep one end in place while I hold the other end by hand.

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On 3/18/2024 at 8:48 PM, Frodo said:

Cutting a long strap by hand can be a stressful event. I see you used a straight edge and weights

while you are out and about the town keep your eye out for a 8” C - clamp. You can use it to secure the straight edge to the table top.  No more worries about the weight moving 

Good idea 

 

On 3/19/2024 at 12:31 AM, toxo said:

If you want to be sure of a dead straight line that's longer than your straight edge,  try a piece of string with some chalk rubbed on it. Here's a more sophisticated version.

 

Does the chalk line effect the leather. I've used them for construction 

 

On 3/19/2024 at 6:22 AM, MarshalWill said:

I'm looking forward to seeing your belt when it's done.

Using a straight edge for long cuts is not all that hard. When I have to make a long straight cut, I use one of the large Vice Grip clamps to hold one end of the straight edge. I don't clamp it hard enough to leave a mark on the leather but enough to keep one end in place while I hold the other end by hand.

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Great idea

I'm going to get some more work done on it tomorrow

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39 minutes ago, Simplejack1985 said:

Good idea 

 

Does the chalk line effect the leather. I've used them for construction 

 

Great idea

I'm going to get some more work done on it tomorrow

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Looks good. Nice work. How is the quality on that weaver #100 4" buckle? 

Thanks. 

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8 hours ago, Simplejack1985 said:

Good idea 

 

Does the chalk line effect the leather. I've used them for construction 

 

Great idea

I'm going to get some more work done on it tomorrow

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I am curious on how  well that buckle performs 

on a 4” belt I usually use 2- 1 1/4” buckles with the belt overlapping 

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8 hours ago, DieselTech said:

Looks good. Nice work. How is the quality on that weaver #100 4" buckle? 

Thanks. 

It's solid

 

41 minutes ago, Frodo said:

I am curious on how  well that buckle performs 

on a 4” belt I usually use 2- 1 1/4” buckles with the belt overlapping 

Same buckle I have on my cardillo powerlifting belt I bought in 2009. 4" all the way around is a power lifting belts. 

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Got the belt all stitched up

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1 hour ago, Mablung said:

Like it so far. Especially that thread color choice. My default is a dark brown, but that blue will look really good. 

Thankyou, I think so as well

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