Members JamesR Posted October 19, 2024 Members Report Posted October 19, 2024 I ungraded my old jig to this long version. It will cut 45 1/2" with on motion. The cutter is made from a mat cutting device. I attached it to a piece of polyethylene (UHMW) The poly is grooved to fit snuggly in a 48" extruded aluminum track. It slides easily with no side play and the cutter stays perpendicular to the cut. Quote
Members JamesR Posted October 19, 2024 Author Members Report Posted October 19, 2024 This jig I use for cutting parallel strips of leather for wallet sized projects. There is a fixed fence parallel to the cutting track. I have spacers precut for various widths I want. All I have to do is push the straight edge of my leather against the spacer and I will get the exact width noted on the spacer. It gives me parallel edges with repeatability Quote
Members DieselTech Posted October 19, 2024 Members Report Posted October 19, 2024 One word! OK 2 words!! Nicely Done! Quote
Members dikman Posted October 19, 2024 Members Report Posted October 19, 2024 (edited) Very neat. The cutting track looks like a heavier duty version of the one I have for cutting paper? Edit: ok I just saw your first post, now I see how it works. Edited October 19, 2024 by dikman Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Northmount Posted October 20, 2024 Report Posted October 20, 2024 @JamesR Merged your 2 posts. You can post additional post on the first post so you can maintain 1 thread. You can also edit your posts within a time window. Noticed one yesterday where the window was 6 hours. I thought it would just be a couple hours. Quote
RockyAussie Posted October 20, 2024 Report Posted October 20, 2024 Good thinking on that setup. Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
Doc Reaper Posted October 20, 2024 Report Posted October 20, 2024 (edited) But where did you get that aluminum track, and what did you cut the poly with??? Be specific as possible, hell, make a video and explain the blade holder too Edited October 20, 2024 by Doc Reaper I'm unsupervised Quote Doc Reaper
Members JamesR Posted October 20, 2024 Author Members Report Posted October 20, 2024 (edited) Doc, Larger track: https://www.woodpeck.com/woodpeckers-combo-track.html Smaller track: https://www.ptreeusa.com/ttrack_track.html Blade holder: https://www.amazon.com/Logan-701-1-Straight-Matboard-Foamboard/dp/B004P2ZTQE/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_pd_sbs_rvi_d_sccl_2_5/147-1311013-7953325?pd_rd_w=U7tWb&content-id=amzn1.sym.46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_p=46e2be74-be72-4d3f-86e1-1de279690c4e&pf_rd_r=5DQA5DM199PWNSQRE3YY&pd_rd_wg=Bfla7&pd_rd_r=b1ef44b9-3fa8-46d2-a950-9580fb74827e&pd_rd_i=B004P2ZTQE&psc=1 I removed the blade holding portion of the device and screwed it to the poly block. The poly block grooves can be cut with a table saw or a router. The poly is very smooth which allows it to press down the leather right at the cutting edge which keeps the cut angle perpendicular. The smoothness of the poly leaves no marking on the leather. All edges are rounded over to prevent scratching the leather. The trickiest part is cutting/routing the grooves in the poly so there is no slide play when the cutter is moved. The poly can be purchased from various suppliers; https://www.amazon.com/JOIKIT-Molecular-Polyethylene-Standard-Tolerance/dp/B09LV5MZNS There are others though. Search: UHMWpe The stuff is dense and has very low friction. It slides like it is lubricated. When I can I will take more photos of the board with the threaded bolt attachment. Edited October 20, 2024 by JamesR Not complete Quote
Members JamesR Posted October 20, 2024 Author Members Report Posted October 20, 2024 Northmount, Thank you JamesR Quote
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