Lace Cutting Question

[roo4u]

why are you using such a big core? remember that on top of that you are adding your braiding so that seems a bit big to me...most braiders use sewing machine belting for the cores and it comes in 1/4, 5/16 and 3/8 sizes. so you would be better off using one of the two smaller sizes for the rein body and then the next size up for the romal....so say 1/4 for reins then 5/16 for romal. i think if you go much bigger than those sizes the reins will be too bulky and hard to handle. i have fairly big hands but would not like handling reins 1" or more in diameter.

im still waiting to hear back from those braiders. hopefully they will call me and let me know if they are willing to help out a couple of rookies. i will let you know when i hear back

[acox4t4]

Ok a picture will hopefully clear things up. I'm using the belting, I took a string and put it around the belting to come up with 7/8 for the one and 1 inch for the other. Maybe I don't know how to read a tape measure or something but I thought that you took the whole way around and then divided by number of lace you want to use to come up with how wide the lace should be. LOL I just might need to get me one of those digital tape measure or something.

Hahaha I even used tape measure with mm just for Bevan.

Roo4u I crack myself up, I tried like 20 times to make one of those splitters from that post you sent me and I just don't have the wood tools to get a nice clean even cut at an angle. Since I need a splitter really bad I just need to take the pattern to a wood worker that has the right tools and have them do it. Its darn embarrasing hearing how easy it is to make, or seeing Knotheads easy splitter by using a piece of wood with a notch in it and just a blade and then seeing him split his roo so easy. I'll get there though, I'm not giving up. Watching Knotheads video and how he talks about blood sacrifice I'm kinda suprised I still have my fingers since so far I've been pretty bad at this hobbie. It's kinda like golf though, even when ya shank it in the woods its fun hitting the ball.

Thanks for the help, you all are great.

[rawhide1]

I must admit I thought wow those are some big reins. But each to their own. It turns out I thought ya were talking the diameter(across) of the core when ya were talking about the circumference(around) of it. Now it makes sense!! Ya dont have monster hands!! Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Mike

[roo4u]

whew....ya circumference.....ya had us all scared..lol you do measure around to get number of strands but core measurements are usually listed in diameter. well my lil splitter is not nice even or clean...its a wreck...but it works. i would love to buy a nice one but just too much money...

[KnotHead]

Ok a picture will hopefully clear things up. I'm using the belting, I took a string and put it around the belting to come up with 7/8 for the one and 1 inch for the other. Maybe I don't know how to read a tape measure or something but I thought that you took the whole way around and then divided by number of lace you want to use to come up with how wide the lace should be. LOL I just might need to get me one of those digital tape measure or something.

Hahaha I even used tape measure with mm just for Bevan.

Roo4u I crack myself up, I tried like 20 times to make one of those splitters from that post you sent me and I just don't have the wood tools to get a nice clean even cut at an angle. Since I need a splitter really bad I just need to take the pattern to a wood worker that has the right tools and have them do it. Its darn embarrasing hearing how easy it is to make, or seeing Knotheads easy splitter by using a piece of wood with a notch in it and just a blade and then seeing him split his roo so easy. I'll get there though, I'm not giving up. Watching Knotheads video and how he talks about blood sacrifice I'm kinda suprised I still have my fingers since so far I've been pretty bad at this hobbie. It's kinda like golf though, even when ya shank it in the woods its fun hitting the ball.

Thanks for the help, you all are great.

Trust me, I did not get there easily. It may look easy. But I have done a lot of practice and put some time into learning it. I do have this to say about the blood sacrifice. I don't care who you are in the braiding world. You will give up some of that precious blood at one time or another for this art and craft. Some where, at some time you will nick yourself, or cut yourself. This only happens when you're pushing yourself beyond the tired point though. That's the only times I have done that. It all comes down to paying attention real close to what your doing and how you have your benches setup.

I admit that the piece of wood and a blade is kind of archaic to most. But it does work when you need to split and you're not in your shop with a good one. LOL...

I wish you all the best in your journey with leather braiding and keep practicing. Because you can only get better at it.

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[acox4t4]

Well how is it looking so far?? First cut done on all 3 hides cut at 3/8 inch.

Is those scrap pieces used for anything?? Do ya continue to cut lace all the way to the middle. As you can see I stopped once it was getting to be pretty tight,

Will stretch then do the hard part. I'll try and take pic's of how I got the cutter and beveler set up so that if someone sees me doing it wrong will be able to give me some tips. Expecially with the bevel, for some reason the lace wants to fold up even with me pushing down on it to try and keep it from folding up. But maybe with me starting out with wider lace that might help. We will see. Just wanted to post pic's of what I have so far to show how the process is going.

Thanks

Annette

[KnotHead]

Well so far, all appears to be going just as it should with the rough cutting.

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[roo4u]

you can get a bunch more smaller lace outta those pieces....looks pretty good...i think you have been psyching yourself out...and just needed to get started!

[Bevan]

Well how is it looking so far?? First cut done on all 3 hides cut at 3/8 inch.

Is those scrap pieces used for anything?? Do ya continue to cut lace all the way to the middle. As you can see I stopped once it was getting to be pretty tight,

Will stretch then do the hard part. I'll try and take pic's of how I got the cutter and beveler set up so that if someone sees me doing it wrong will be able to give me some tips. Expecially with the bevel, for some reason the lace wants to fold up even with me pushing down on it to try and keep it from folding up. But maybe with me starting out with wider lace that might help. We will see. Just wanted to post pic's of what I have so far to show how the process is going.

Annette

Gday Annette

I have taken 5minutes or so of video tonight about setting the beveler up for beveling and will try and post it on youtube tomorrow night , if all goes well I will sent you and Joe a link

When I rough cut my lace I normally end up with a piece about the size of a bike seat left over , when the turns get a bit tight , i just cut the tight curve out to make it abit smoother to go around , then with the bike seat size left over I use a Tandy lacemaker and get a heap more lace that has very littlle stretch in it because it is in the middle of the roos back

Sorry you are having a hard time with the beveling side of the cutter , hopefully this video will help you sort it out

Cheers

Bevan

www.wbrwhips.com

Edited May 17, 2011 by Bevan

[KnotHead]

Bevan. I do the same thing as you do with my left over piece. I thought at one time that it would a crazy thing to do. But seeing you do the same thing with yours, I am now a bit more relaxed about it. Thanks for that post.

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