Leather Edger

[Leatherbaron]

Here is my newly created leather edger with twin sided edging rollers

Cost$365

Metal from scrap yard 5$

3/4 " shaft for rollers was $10 plus $60 for an Engineering guy with lathe

to clean up the shaft and thread both ends and supply 2 nylon locknuts

Bearing and casings were $80

I bought the motor new for $160 but only because I could not find one for free, a washing machine motor

would have done the job but my local dump shop had none after a cleanup.

V-Belt $14 , The motor I used was 3000 rpm and the bearing company where I got the bearings from with the casings for the shaft

Calculated the size of the 2 pulleys needed to obtain 2000 rpm which is just the right speed. The Pulleys were $36

Got a friend with a wood leathe to turn up the rollers with various grooves with 3/4 hole through centre.

Motor rotates clockwise hence the rollers rotate clockwise

Could have been very cheap if I had access to more parts for free , but I bought all new parts

Otherwise it is a very simple piece of equipment and It work great.

[Blazin]

Sweet!