Members Reaper Posted April 13, 2011 Members Report Posted April 13, 2011 Just started using mine that came in yesterday. It has many possibilities and for $19.99 on sale right now, it will pay for itself in the quality improvement it helps provide... Quote No sir, he fell into that bullet
Members katsass Posted April 14, 2011 Members Report Posted April 14, 2011 Just started using mine that came in yesterday. It has many possibilities and for $19.99 on sale right now, it will pay for itself in the quality improvement it helps provide... I've been looking at it........it makes a lot of sense, especially for us south-paws.....IF the guide can be reversed. Mike Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
Members GlenH Posted April 14, 2011 Members Report Posted April 14, 2011 I've been looking at it........it makes a lot of sense, especially for us south-paws.....IF the guide can be reversed. Mike The guide can be removed completely... so you can put it back in however you want. Glen Quote GlenPresident, South Central Leathercrafters' GuildNashville, TN
Members landm42006 Posted April 14, 2011 Members Report Posted April 14, 2011 What kinda tool is this and is there a pic or vid of this being used? Quote
Members Reaper Posted April 14, 2011 Author Members Report Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) You could actually make an extended guide for it adding to the possible uses... Using it is a breeze, but make sure you have a flat surface your working on. I tired it on my block of cutting board and the edge of the guide followed a groove in the wood.. ACK... You set the edge of the guide up against your piece after setting the depth you want to cut the groove and pull it around, Doing outer double stitch lines is nice and the lines stay at the same distance apart all along the stitch lines. Edited April 14, 2011 by Reaper Quote No sir, he fell into that bullet
Members colttrainer Posted April 14, 2011 Members Report Posted April 14, 2011 They should have had that design first. Now I have both. LOL Al Quote Lloyd Allan custom Leather (Al) Find us at facebook.com/LloydAllanCustomLeather Everyone welcome
Members Eaglestroker Posted April 14, 2011 Members Report Posted April 14, 2011 Where did you get yours from? Quote
Members MBOGO Posted April 14, 2011 Members Report Posted April 14, 2011 What kinda tool is this and is there a pic or vid of this being used? I was emailed a link for a demo video last week from Tandy, check their website. Quote
Members Reaper Posted April 15, 2011 Author Members Report Posted April 15, 2011 Tandy has them on sale for $19.99 right now... Quote No sir, he fell into that bullet
Members cem Posted April 16, 2011 Members Report Posted April 16, 2011 Thats good to hear mine is on it's way hopefully won't be too much more of a wait. Quote
Members BigK Posted April 16, 2011 Members Report Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) There are things about this one I like better and things about the older/cheaper one I like better. The old style has the cutter on the arm, which is bad and it has no optional attachments (that I know of). The new one has a better cutter and comes with a creaser you can use instead to leave nice lines w/out removing leather. The bad thing about the new one is the curvature of the guide arm. It doesn't ride perfectly straight along the edge of the leather. In fact, when working with 7 oz leather or thinner, I've had it skip up onto the leather, ruining the whole piece of leather. At least with the old one, the barrell that you use as a guide was perfectly straight/perpendicular. It rode better along the edge of thinner leather, IMHO. Edited April 16, 2011 by BigK Quote
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