Members bcurrier Posted April 7, 2008 Members Report Posted April 7, 2008 Nice, clean setup! I like your use of MDF for the bench. It must be nice and solid and you've cut it very precisely - well made! What did you use for the top? It looks like a double layer of plywood, but what's on the top? It almost looks like phenolic ply in the first picture. Bill Quote
Ambassador Luke Hatley Posted April 7, 2008 Ambassador Report Posted April 7, 2008 that is sooo neat and clean.... i've got stuff everwhere...... Quote Luke
stelmackr Posted April 7, 2008 Report Posted April 7, 2008 I see the dies, but where is the clicker? Bob Stelmack Quote Bob Stelmack Desert Leathercraft LLC Former Editor of the, RawHide Gazette, for the Puget Sound Leather Artisans Co-Op, 25 years of doing it was enough...
Members Shorts Posted April 8, 2008 Members Report Posted April 8, 2008 Alright, so the Dremel is hanging off the wall. I know we all have Dremels and use them for all their worth and then some. So all this Dremel on leather makes for a lot of dust. What do yall have for means of vacuum and ventilation? That leather dust gets everywhere! I wear a mask when using it so I can say I didn't inhale and I've taken to running a vacuum right off the edge of my Dremel setup to capture the airborne dust. What about yall? Quote
mliebs8 Posted April 8, 2008 Author Report Posted April 8, 2008 I really don't have to use the dremel very much at all, it's basically just to touch up a few things here and there. Since I starting useing the dies to cut my patterns everything fits pretty close. I use a hydraulic press for the clicker dies so it's in the garage. When I make a new pattern and have to use the dremel I wear a hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and a dust mask, I usually sit on the floor and lean over the work and the dust covers the front of the sweatshirt and the carpet so it stay pretty clean. I have a belt sander in the garage that I use to finish the back edge after it's moulded and stitched, now that thing makes a mess even with a shop vac hooked up to it. I also keep my drill press in the garage because I use it to burnish the edges and the yankee wax gets little tiny pieces everywhere around the press so I'm sure that would be a nightmare in the house. Quote
Members K-Man Posted April 8, 2008 Members Report Posted April 8, 2008 A few pics of a portion of my shop space: Quote
Members gunfighter48 Posted April 8, 2008 Members Report Posted April 8, 2008 mliebs8, a clean desk is the sign of a SICK mind. You must be psychotic!!!!! LOL Mine is fairly clean until I start a project then look out!! John Quote gunfighter48 A 45 may not expand but it will never be smaller than .45!! NRA Member PSLAC Member
Randyc Posted April 14, 2008 Report Posted April 14, 2008 My shop is no where close to being as clean as Mikes or the K-Man, but so far it works for me. Quote Randy Cooley Bulldog Custom Gun Leather www.bulldogleathercompany.com
Members Srigs Posted April 14, 2008 Members Report Posted April 14, 2008 Looks good Randy. Now your making me want to get my camera out. Quote Srigs, http://www.sideguardholsters.com "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking" - George S. Patton.
Randyc Posted April 18, 2008 Report Posted April 18, 2008 Looks good Randy. Now your making me want to get my camera out. Thanks, I'd like to see photos of your shop. Randy Quote Randy Cooley Bulldog Custom Gun Leather www.bulldogleathercompany.com
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