2nd seat

[KenE]

I read from someone else in this forum to make the top and bottom patterns the same. That is to say, if you use 3/4" foam on the seat to add half of that (i.e. 3/8" ) to the seat pan pattern. I then make a "half pattern" out of thick poster board that represents one half of the leather cutout. Then use the wing divider trick to mark equally spaced holes around the "half pattern". I then transfer the holes by using a finely sharpened scribe tool to go through the poster board into the leather. To do the other side of the leather simply flip the half-pattern around your centerline and continue on. IT makes a really repeatable result and is safer than marking your leather up with a wing divider and risk scratching it.

BTW, I love the airbrush look, it makes the seat look like my fender Guitar, beautiful. I think I'm going to buy one. I keep telling my wife that I'm going to make money off of leatherwork, but I keep buying more tools and materials and not selling anything! This too will come to pass. I think you just need to reach a certain level of skill and get some notoriety before things start selling. Thats what I keep telling myself anyway! )

~Ken

[TroyS]

I like the seat you've made and the colour looks good.

Troy, what size holes do you make for your lacing, and what width of lace?

Thxs

Phil

I use a #4 (5/32") hole and 3/16" lace... then I use my stylus to stretch the hole as I'm weaving... once the leather relaxes, the holes close back up leaving virtually no hole...

[swinewerx]

I understand why "some" leather smiths actually go with very smooth wrk instead. I will never do that 99% f my personal seats are heavily extremel tooled and a one piece of extremely molded seat with no seams,wrinkles, I'f there were I ould ork them into there mold until it actually does mold intensely. I wish I had my new cmputerto load up photos here , it is a drag waiting , I will also havw to reshoot what I have of my own that I haven't given to cancer/ terminally I'll fOlks. One thing is for sure though, every patient I have done this for has pulled back to good health, no write offs either, or shipping any thng they get it for free and it is absolutey positive all the way

[David]

thanks for the tips everyone...the color was called antique mahogany and i then airbrushed the edges with black. I have the bruce grant book, thats when i realised there was another way to do the lacing..i think daves and troys does look better....as for getting a book from tandy...$5 book and a $1000 flight...no tandy in Australia

cheers

Leatheroo

Tandy has a web site, they will ship anywhere.

Dave