Another new guy from texas

[TConrad]

Hello, Just starting out. I found myself in Tandy Nov1. buy 185.00 worth of stuff to make a iPhone tank panel for my harley I think it turned our pretty good for just slaping it together. I made others for friend over the past few weeks. By Nov 25. I was back at Tandy buying the basic seven tooling kit. Over the weekend I tooled 4 (3X3") tattoo style designs and you can definatly tell i'm improving. So another exited newbe here, Maybe with a little more prctice I may start hacking on a extra seat I have laying around. Till next time.

PS How do most of you offset the expence. Ther eare so many tools and leather isnt cheap.

[TConrad]

Here are the pics in order of competion. let me know if you think I'm heading in the right direction!

[Luke Hatley]

for the time being ...........buy less and sell more.............

the iphone tank panel is great.

P S .. buy the Book "CRAFT TOOLS TECH TIPS".

THE BOOK WILL BE OF GREAT HELP TO YOU.

Edited November 30, 2009 by Luke Hatley

[TConrad]

Sorry still trying figure this attachment thing out.

[TConrad]

Any help I don't know how to shrink the pics There huge and way to large of file.

[Cobra Steve]

Hi TConrad, welcome to LW! This is a great place, glad you're here. Steve

[King's X]

Welcome to the Forum.....Greetings from Central Texas

[Vikti]

Hi from Cleburne. Everything you posted is looking good, keep it up, Conrad. I would suggest that for practice you should go through the remnant bins at Tandy and Hidecrafter, you can get some pretty decent practice size pieces for next to nothing. Last time I went to Hidecrafter I got a bag of scraps that yielded enough good pieces to make 2 cell phone cases and a zippo case that I'm currently working on when work lets me have the time.

Take care

[BWL]

Welcome, from the Gulf Coast, Houston

The Texas gang is growing

[TConrad]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

[Big Papa Leather]

Were not a gang... were a posse.

Greetings from Deep in the Hill Country of Central Texas!

Allen

[leatherman1457]

Any help I don't know how to shrink the pics There huge and way to large of file.

Tconrad I go to my start and get to my accessories and click on it then i go to paint and then to the image and click on it and go to stretc h and skew and i usually go 20% X 20% and then hit save and it works for me. If you have anymore problems contact me. and maybe i can walk you thru it. welcome to the site and hope you have a blast with the leather work and the other members. If you have any leather question do not hesitate to post the question i am 100% sure some here has done it. WELCOME

[Hawgman]

Hey T welcome to LW.net. This is the place to learn all there is to learn about leather.

Let me make one suggestion. Find someone in your area that is an accomplished leather worker

and get some one on one with them and your work will take off like you never imagined. You will be

amazed how fast you will imprive with a little help to point you in the right direction. Keep up the good work.

[TimKleffner]

TC

Welcome to the site. Hawgman 's on the mark, there's bunches of really good leather folks up that part of the country to learn from. Have you stopped by HideCrafter Leather yet? Saturday mornings they have open tooling. The LoneStar Leather Guild pres David Smith is there to help.

Happy tooling

Tim

[TConrad]

Thanks for the great advise. I haven't been to hideCrafters yet but I need to stop buy. I drive by tandy every day so thats were I seem to stop. There nice enough but not realy egar to help a guy new to leather craft. They seem to want to sell me something and send me on my way. The classes are the way to go. I may stop in HC today. Thanks. T