Wet formed bag tutorial

[MagiKelly]

I feel your pain. Working the leather round the corners is a nightmare and takes ages to get it right. Things that help are making sure the corners on the form are rounded . Using thinner leather helps but may not be suitable for the project and of course using Veg Tanned leather. Every time I do it I get to a stage where I am certain I won’t be able to get it to work and every time it works out in the end after a lot of searing.

[fredk]

11 hours ago, Buttons said:

I have a hard time with the corners forming. It bunches up. With folds. How do you get the corners to shape like that?

 

5 hours ago, MagiKelly said:

I feel your pain. Working the leather round the corners is a nightmare and takes ages to get it right. Things that help are making sure the corners on the form are rounded . Using thinner leather helps but may not be suitable for the project and of course using Veg Tanned leather. 

Not only this, but also which type of veg tan to use. I mean, if you use back-bone, even thin it'll not wet mould corners easily, use belly and you can stretch it over and around the corners before locking it down. How you lock it down at the corners matters; a tight fitting outer frame or stapling will keep the leather tight. Belly leather need not be thin, it can be thick too. Wet moulding also has a tendency to harden leather up a bit so belly tightens up

[Smalltownvixen]

Hey :) i have to dig out this thread.

 

i would like to try out this tutorial, but in MagiKellys Tutorialpost are no pictures anymore. :( Is this tutorial somehow available somewhere else or with pictures?

 

Hope to get some informations....

greetings, Maddy

 

[Northmount]

On 2/10/2021 at 3:19 PM, Smalltownvixen said:

i would like to try out this tutorial, but in MagiKellys Tutorialpost are no pictures anymore

This is a prime example of why photos should be sized to fit and posted here on leatherworker.net

 

[MagiKelly]

I don’t think adding the pictures directly was an option way back when I posted this. I’ll go have a look and see if I have a link to it on my canoe forum with pictures.

[CastleLeatherWorks]

please post the pics to the forum i cant open links on my work computer lol

thanks!

[Northmount]

3 hours ago, MagiKelly said:

I don’t think adding the pictures directly was an option way back when I posted this. I’ll go have a look and see if I have a link to it on my canoe forum with pictures.

If you can put these back together with photos, or as a PDF, it would be most appreciated by many.  If you can assemble the PDF, we can arrange to email it to me so I can post it here.  You can message me and I can give you an email we can use.  Thanks.

[nclark]

The tutorial was archived with all the pictures on the web archive 

https://web.archive.org/web/20161004192530/http://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/19782-wet-formed-bag-tutorial/

[Rahere]

Still transfer it here because Wayback doesn't keep everything forever.

[MagiKelly]

If I could edit the original [post I could attach the images, however, I am trying to get them reloaded to their original location so they just show again.