Cutting Circles

[Tree Reaper]

When I cut circles I put the pin in the back of the leather and cut from the back.

[Genyfer Belle]

When I cut circles I put the pin in the back of the leather and cut from the back.

Do you get any issues with being able to tell that you cut it from the back.Say like, the edges flare upward when looking at the face of the leather.Just curious

Thanks

[LNLeather]

I make a lot of coasters and before I got my clicker I always used a

LION EV-R-Round Circle Cutter. Capable of cutting circles

from 3/4 in. up to 6 3/4 in.

I found this to be the easiest and fastest way to make a whole lot of rounds. If your pattern

covers the center then there is no problem with a pin mark. If the pattern does not cover the center

then Bruce Johnson's solution sounds Really Good to me. Very clever!

BTW - I did some price checking and they are about $31.49

DO NOT buy one from Amazon - their price is Way Way too expensive. Outrageous!

Edited November 19, 2012 by LNLeather

[Mijo]

I second Lion's circle cutter, I've been using that one for over a year and it works well. My only gripe about it is that the measurements are all in metric, which isn't a big deal.

[ACarver]

i'm using this monster, it OLFA

[brettra]

I've used the Olfa compass cutter like this one: http://www.olfa.com/CircleCuttersDetail.aspx?C=50&Id=149

Great up to 4 oz leather with a single pass. It had a plastic no slip centre disk that prevented the hole but the pin did wear through it fairly quickly. Still looks like a scrap of leather would be just as easy to prevent the mark.