My Work Belt.

[chainedrose]

@knothead thats a wonderful looking belt. what did you use to make those holes? and how do you measure it to get matched holes on both sides. also in edge braiding is a slanted straight line hole better than a round hole?

[KnotHead]

@knothead thats a wonderful looking belt. what did you use to make those holes? and how do you measure it to get matched holes on both sides. also in edge braiding is a slanted straight line hole better than a round hole?

I used a chisel bought from Tandy Leather Factory. It is a 4 prong 1/8th inch with a 45 degree turn to each chisel. I used 1/8th inch lace which means I measured from the edges 1/8th inch. Using a divider I then scored a line on each side of the belt and then chiseled my holes.

I like the angle for this braid. The braid will cover more area this way, or give better coverage.

Brian...

[chainedrose]

thank you. how do you go abt the corners please?

[KnotHead]

thank you. how do you go abt the corners please?

Usually the corners will have the holes chiseled closer together than the 1/8th inch spread. I usually will punch those with a plier chisel at half of the 1/8th inch, or 1/16th of an inch apart in the corners. You can buy the plier chisel in different sizes from Tandy leather.

[chainedrose]

Thank You :-) yes I did see the chisels you've mentioned up on Tandy.

[KnotHead]

You're very welcome.