Members Domino Posted March 22, 2012 Members Report Posted March 22, 2012 This was my first attempt at braiding. It's one continous piece of thonging and I got the nice grey shades by doing it wrong and unpicking numerous times.. I really should have practiced with simpler stuff first! I bought the thonging, so I've not used any tools.. Though I guess we should count the thong cutter and scissors, so I guess it's two
Members Cyberthrasher Posted March 22, 2012 Members Report Posted March 22, 2012 This was my first attempt at braiding. It's one continous piece of thonging and I got the nice grey shades by doing it wrong and unpicking numerous times.. I really should have practiced with simpler stuff first! I bought the thonging, so I've not used any tools.. Though I guess we should count the thong cutter and scissors, so I guess it's two Great job!! That's the first non-carved piece we've had this month and it looks great. hellhoundkustoms.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/hellhoundkustoms www.etsy.com/shop/HellhoundKustoms
Members PL01 Posted March 22, 2012 Members Report Posted March 22, 2012 This was my first attempt at braiding. It's one continous piece of thonging and I got the nice grey shades by doing it wrong and unpicking numerous times.. I really should have practiced with simpler stuff first! I bought the thonging, so I've not used any tools.. Though I guess we should count the thong cutter and scissors, so I guess it's two Nice one, somebody thinking outside the box My Gallery
Members Domino Posted March 26, 2012 Members Report Posted March 26, 2012 Glad you like my little entry My swivel bevel blade turned up in the post this morning, so along with the hollow ground blade I got earlier in the week, I figured doing another entry for the challenge would be good practice in using them.. I dug through my offcuts looking for a sacrificial piece of leather and choose a long piece that's almost triangular. I knocked up a design to fit it in inkscape and am waiting for the printer ink to dry while the leather is casing.. Here's what I plan on doing..
Members Sylvia Posted March 26, 2012 Members Report Posted March 26, 2012 I knocked up a design to fit it in inkscape and am waiting for the printer ink to dry while the leather is casing.. Here's what I plan on doing.. Dang! I gotta get better at inkscape. A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members Domino Posted March 26, 2012 Members Report Posted March 26, 2012 Dang! I gotta get better at inkscape. Dang! I gotta get better at leatherwork... That did not go well... I'd pretty much finished before I figured out how to use the bevelling blade.. It seems to work better leant a lot further over than I did the majority with. It didn't start behaving until it was about 45 degrees to the leather.. Then suddenly it was bevelling smoothly with less pressure and I had more control over it.. If only I'd started with the small stuff! Not much of a competition entry, but I certainly needed the practice
Members PL01 Posted March 26, 2012 Members Report Posted March 26, 2012 Not much of a competition entry, but I certainly needed the practice Good job it's a challenge and not a competition Keep at it My Gallery
Members Domino Posted March 26, 2012 Members Report Posted March 26, 2012 Good job it's a challenge and not a competition Keep at it Well. 6 hours learning braiding and nightmare figuring out new tools.. I was most challenged so do I win?
Members Sylvia Posted March 26, 2012 Members Report Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) Domino: You are getting better. These are just for fun and practice. They help us move outside of our comfort zones and let us discover new talents. I think this turned out great... I even like the variance of the beveling... it almost echos the fore-shortening of the knot itself. (which makes sense if you think about it.) Oh and so I don't have to angle my blade so much I took a file to mine and change the angle of the plastic. I'm not sure why they are so flat on the end as the come from the factory... but I've altered mine enough that I can use it straight up and down. Edited March 26, 2012 by Sylvia A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members Domino Posted March 26, 2012 Members Report Posted March 26, 2012 You are getting better. These are just for fun and practice. They help us move outside of our comfort zones and let us discover new talents. I look forward to the day when I have a comfort zone Oh and so I don't have to angle my blade so much I took a file to mine and change the angle of the plastic. It's a bit hard to tell the exact modification from your picture, but it looks like you made the bevel steeper? It's not leaning into and out of the bevel edge that made the difference, but leaning along it. So there I would be bevelling towards the bike, pulling the blade along the edge rather than trying to push down into it.. There was a noticable point where the work shifted from my finger to my wrist when leaning the blade over like that..It literally felt like I'd been fighting the tool and suddenly found how to let it do the work.
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