Where Do You Get It?

[westtxcowboy1979]

I saw on a link one time a company that made some type of plastic patterns that you sent them the pattern and they would etch the pattern in and you can use it over and over. Does anyone Know what company makes those? All help would be greatly appercited.

[CitizenKate]

You might be thinking of Jeff Mosby of Grey Ghost Graphics: http://www.greyghostgraphics.com/Stamp%20Brochure.pdf

Kate

[TwinOaks]

Tandy sells "Craftaids", which are embossed plastic. You lay the craftaid on leather and rub/press it to transfer the pattern. There was also a thread on here worth searching for on making your own craftaids.

[Shelly]

I assume from the sound of the post that you are wanting a pattern made of things like spur straps, etc, that you can lay on leather, trace around, and then use a round knife to cut the piece out of the leather. My suggestion is to find a company, usually a company that does awards, etc, that has a laser - the computer will take your line drawing, and render it for the laser to cut. They can set the laser to whatever depth, including cutting out designs - they also should have various types of plastic, from flexible to hard, that would work for the pattern you want. An example of a need for a flexible pattern would be a saddle seat inlay shape, for various seat lengths, that can be put into the position on the seat on the saddle, and then traced, so you can cut it out. A firm plastic would be good for any patterns that you will just lay out on leather that is laid flat on your table, and doesn't need to conform to a shape, such as a finished saddle seat...