String cutter

[vander]

What is your prefered rawhide cutter? Has anyone made their own, I'm just starting and am looking for advice?

thanks

[Rawhide]

What is your prefered rawhide cutter? Has anyone made their own, I'm just starting and am looking for advice?

thanks

I wouldn't mind seeing this either. I can't afford a $425 cutter and beveler and all the one's I've tried to build so far, came out like crap. Right now, I am using the plastic tandy lace maker and have been very successful with it, but the beveling part, I have major problems with.

Marlon

[roo4u]

HEY GUYS...onthe leather tools forum there is a post by trastu shows a homemade string cutter...im going to try making one looks simple enough to build...has pix of it taken apart showing all the pieces looks like it would be easy enough to use it to bevel with as well. take a look.

i too use the plastic lace maker from tandy and though i split my roo thinenough that it doesnt really need tobe beveled im wanting to learn the rawhide

i also just made myself a braid rounder out of some oak i bought at a home store...after using it once i wonder how i did without it..i will post pix of it later

[andystevens]

Hansen stringers are great and Gail Hought makes a really good one I have both and use each one of the them for different strings. The Hought does not have the splitter but has 45 and 33 angles and the Hansen has a splitter.

[rgerbitz]

I think I have posted this before, I am sorry if this is repetitive. I had this made at a local welding shop. It is made from a solid piece of hydralic ram. It is nothing fancy, and there are a few changes that I am going to have made to it some day. But it works well for cutting rawhide and roo. I paid $50. If a guy was handy enough you could make one out of hardwood that would work I would think. Let me know if you need more info, dimensions, better pictures... etc. Would be happy to help.

Rob

[rcsaddles]

I use the Aussie Lace Cutter for all my rawhide string. From some other posts on this site I use it backwards but it works for me. I have tried a draw gauge but that is too big for me to use.

I have a homemade splitter as well as a couple that were given to me. I would be happy to post some pics as soon as I can figure out how to. (Someone please send me a pm with instructions)

Beveling is another story. My instructor, Mary Fields, never beveled lace and i have not either. I seem to pull tight enough you can't really tell the lace is not beveled. This is rawhide, not leather. I know that is going to get afew hackles up and I will try beveling my rawhide sometime and probably change my mind on it but that is the way I do it now.

[rawhide1]

I use Bryan Neuberts string cutter/bevler. It is well worth the $400.00

Mike

[entiendo]

I use the one Gail Hought recommends. I tried a homemade one but it was frustrating. Nothing like learning something new and not having the right tools to learn it properly. It's so easy for a rookie to use. Most all my string is just lovely and nicely beveled.

I haven't had a need until now to split my leather, but I have a green hide that I think is going to need it, hopefully I can find one that suits me.

[rgerbitz]

I was asked for some more info on my string cutter, so here it is.

There are a few things that I am going to change when I get a chance:

The collar needs to be off set or a finger added so that the string is not against anything after it has passed the cutting edge. I have troubles some times when the strings are thick and a bit to dry wedging in and either breaking the blades off or busting the string. ( which I would rather have happen when cutting string than when braiding)

I would also like to add another angle for beveling the current one is a bit steeper than 45 and I think one closer to 30 would be nice at times.

Otherwise for the price it works great. I don't have some of the fine tuning that it looks like some of the others have but I am finding that the more I use it the better I get along with it. I have about $200 wrapped up in the splitter and cutter.

If any of this is unclear or someone would like some more info or pictures I would be more than happy to help. Please do not hesitate to ask.

Rob

[Rawhide]

I was asked for some more info on my string cutter, so here it is.

There are a few things that I am going to change when I get a chance:

The collar needs to be off set or a finger added so that the string is not against anything after it has passed the cutting edge. I have troubles some times when the strings are thick and a bit to dry wedging in and either breaking the blades off or busting the string. ( which I would rather have happen when cutting string than when braiding)

I would also like to add another angle for beveling the current one is a bit steeper than 45 and I think one closer to 30 would be nice at times.

Otherwise for the price it works great. I don't have some of the fine tuning that it looks like some of the others have but I am finding that the more I use it the better I get along with it. I have about $200 wrapped up in the splitter and cutter.

If any of this is unclear or someone would like some more info or pictures I would be more than happy to help. Please do not hesitate to ask.

Rob

Rob this is great. Thanks for posting.

I do have one follow up question/request. Dimensions? Not that I want to completely duplicate your design, The pictures just don't have much in relative size to judge with.

Thanks so much for sharing this info.

You're a gentleman and a scholar.

Marlon