What Is This Tool Called, And Where Do I Find It?

[jk215]

So what were your verdicts on edging veg tan with the heat tools? Ive been a lot of combination veg tan and exotic pieces and id love to be able to seal a combined edge nicely like in the original video.

[Eemo]

It works, but veg tan burns real easy. Careful with the heat!

[greekgod]

HI guys anyone tried the project of playing around with different combinations of a generic soldering iron with different tips to get a good outcome? Any advice?

[jk215]

HI guys anyone tried the project of playing around with different combinations of a generic soldering iron with different tips to get a good outcome? Any advice?

I bought a generic adjustable soldering iron off amazon last week and have been playing around with it. I will post some pictures of my results when I get a minute. Ive been using it on veg-tan with black acrlyic paint as my edge dressing and its been going ok so far I think.

[valafar]

hello,

I was reading your posts on edging and the tools used also the inks, if you need some help on the application of the inks and the tools used I can give you some info , also where to buy the edgers and parts and I've used the inks from France and Italy I could tell you how each one is different and some tips on the applications

Greg

[Eemo]

greg,

please do! that would be awesome!

[greekgod]

If I am allowed to eavesdrop please??

[Snpr9696]

NIce info here

[jk215]

Ok so here is my soldering iron update. For an experiment I purchased a generic soldering iron with adjustable temperature gauge off amazon and tried to mimic the edges done by the more expensive fileutuse. I planned on buying the after market brass tips from China but they wont fit in the weird model iron I bought some Im stuck wit the stock pointed tip.

The first few attempts I had the temperature wayyyy too high and while it didnt burn the edges it did release some weird silver metallic specks all over. Dont know what that was but failed that attempt. Next time I kept the temperature very low and while it takes a lot longer it seems to work out.... ok. In the wallet below I have some Horween Cavalier as the outer shell and english bridle as the interior. Obviously the english bridle would traditionally burnish fine but the Cavalier does not. First I sanded and put a base layer of edge paint down and let dry. After the base layer I sanded again and went around with my edger. The dried paint actually helps the edging process on the softer Cavalier leather. Repainted a second coat especially over the parts I just removed with the edger and let dry. I then coated in beeswax and went over with the soldering iron lightly. A broad tip would have made this step a lot faster. i repeated another layer of edge paint and another round of soldering iron treatment. After I was ok with the outcome I added some gum trag and went over it with a plastic bone folder to get the final shine up.

In this photo the edge closest to you is "finished" and the other is untreated except one layer of edge paint. Im still very interested in purchasing the unit from Campbell Randall but they havent returned any of my inquiries about purchasing one.

[CampbellRandall]

I just came across this message. Unfortunately I could not find your email request, so I'm afraid it didn't make or it was filtered. Please send your inquiry to Dan (AT) campbell-randall.com and I'll respond immediately.